Islam in Egypt

Book of the Day: No God but God: Egypt and the Triumph of Islam, by Geneive Abdo. Publisher: Oxford University Press.

The rise of political Islam in the Middle East has generated a great deal of concern and fear - not only in West, but also among Muslims themselves. Many are worried that this will become a regression to medieval theocracies, but what if there are alternatives? Perhaps a strong, self-conscious, and overtly political Islamic system doesn’t have to be a repressive theocratic system?

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