Your Fatwa Does Not Apply Here - Untold Stories from the Fight Against Muslim Fundamentalism

Your Fatwa Does Not Apply Here - Untold Stories from the Fight Against Muslim Fundamentalism

by KarimaBennoune (Author)

Synopsis

Karima Bennoune interviewed journalists, doctors, musicians, museum curators, lawyers, street vendors and women's rights activists, among others, in her three-year investigation of opposition to the rising tide of Muslim fundamentalism from Lahore to Minneapolis. Her subjects' own religious views range from the wholly secular to the deeply devout, yet all bear painful witness to the brutal effects of fundamentalist violence and oppression. Defenders of freedom, they struggle to foster creativity, compassion, discussion and diversity even sometimes in the face of death threats (and more than threats) from armed religious militants. Yet, some of these vibrant, engaging and heroic people also suffer from the consequences of counterterrorism.

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 448
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Published: 29 Jan 2015

ISBN 10: 0393350258
ISBN 13: 9780393350258

Media Reviews
Her [Karima Bennoune's] reporting is diligent, passionate and convincing. -- The Economist
Bennoune offers a compelling, meticulously researched account... -- Guardian Weekly
Bennoune has written a very necessary book indeed, and it is to be hoped that it will find the widest audience possible. -- Times Higher Education
Should be required reading. -- The Washington Post
Author Bio
Karima Bennoune is a professor of international law at the University of California-Davis School of Law. She grew up in Algeria and the United States and now lives in northern California.