Civil Society in the Muslim World: Contemporary Perspectives, Amyn B. Sajoo (Editor)

Civil Society in the Muslim World: is this an oxymoron? According to the authors, the Muslim society historically has had pluralistic tradition and a society that respects human rights and pluralism can co-exist with Islam. This publication of the London Institute of Ismaili Studies is a compendium of articles by Shirin Akiner, Mohammed Arkoun, Aziz Esmial, Tair Faradov, Abdou Filali-Ansary, Ersin Kalaycioglu, Iftikhar Malik, Ziba Mir-Hosseini and Oliver Roy. It was published in response to the growing attacks to Islam as a result of September 11, 2001.