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Reopening Muslim Minds
A Return to Reason, Freedom, and Tolerance
By: Mustafa Akyol
Narrated by: Neil Shah
Length: 9 hrs and 18 mins
4.8 out of 5 stars (15 ratings)

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Reopening Muslim Minds

Name: Reopening Muslim Minds
Brand: Dreamscape Media, LLC
SKU: BK_DRMS_008844UK
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Rating: 4.8 (15 reviews)

By: Mustafa Akyol

Narrated by: Neil Shah

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Summary

In this book, Mustafa Akyol, senior fellow at the Cato Institute and opinion writer for The New York Times, both diagnoses “the crisis of Islam” in the modern world and offers a way forward. Diving deep into Islamic theology, and also sharing lessons from his own life story, he reveals how Muslims lost the universalism that made them a great civilization in their earlier centuries. He especially demonstrates how values often associated with Western Enlightenment - freedom, reason, tolerance, and an appreciation of science - had Islamic counterparts, which sadly were cast aside in favor of more dogmatic views, often for political ends.

Elucidating complex ideas with engaging prose and storytelling, Reopening Muslim Minds borrows lost visions from medieval Muslim thinkers, such as Ibn Rushd (aka Averroes), to offer a new Muslim worldview on a range of sensitive issues, including human rights, equality for women, and freedom of religion, or freedom from religion. While frankly acknowledging the problems in the world of Islam today, Akyol offers a clear and hopeful vision for its future.