Islam/Muslim question?

Question

I have a question for an essay and i need help:

Societies that are struggling with national or cultural identities while, at the same time, becoming is filled with paradoxes,especially when one considers the roles of men and women. Discuss two or three of the following paradoxes in your paper.

-Maintaining pride (honor) in tradition while avoiding oppressions
-Being modern without completely losing tradition
-Being an individual while supporting the community values

Answer 1

Islam and the West have much to offer each other. Nothing productive will develop while the dominant attitudes are those of suspicion, bigotry, and fear. Islam once played an essential role in preserving knowledge during the ignorance and barbarism of Europe's 'dark ages'. The rediscovery and refinement of this knowledge helped to set Europe on the road to its modern dominance of science and technology. The grip of worldly and corrupted religious leaders was broken in Europe. At the same time the suppression of ijtihad and rational dissent within Islamic societies by similar sorts of rulers caused the decline of the Islamic world, permitting the Europeans to indulge in imperialism and colonialism from the eighteenth century to the mid-twentieth century. A sympathetic exchange of knowledge, flowing this time from Western societies to Islamic societies, may well revivify Islam and permit Islamic societies to enjoy a more creative and significant role in the modern world.

Answer 2

Check out the book, "The Two Faces of Islam" by Stephen Shwartz, "Islam in the World" by Ruthven, "Islamic Awakening Between Rejection and Extremism" by Yusuf al Qaradawi, for starters... these books are from varying viewpoints and might be of help. The roles of men and women are always in hearty discussion too, you'll find a great many resources and books on such topics, from the women's pov and male scholars povs.

Hope this helps a little.

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Answer 3

do your own home work buddy