Skip to search
Skip to main content
Catalog
Help
Feedback
Your Account
Library Account
Bookmarks
(
0
)
Search History
Search in
Keyword
Title (keyword)
Author (keyword)
Subject (keyword)
Title starts with
Subject (browse)
Author (browse)
Author (sorted by title)
Call number (browse)
search for
Search
Advanced Search
Bookmarks
(
0
)
Princeton University Library Catalog
Start over
Cite
Send
to
SMS
Email
EndNote
RefWorks
RIS
Printer
Bookmark
The atheist Muslim : a journey from religion to reason / Ali A. Rizvi.
Author
Rizvi, Ali A.
[Browse]
Format
Book
Language
English
Εdition
First edition.
Published/Created
New York : St. Martin's Press, 2016.
Description
247 pages ; 25 cm
Availability
Copies in the Library
Location
Call Number
Status
Location Service
Notes
Firestone Library - Stacks
BL2765.M628 R59 2016
Browse related items
Request
Details
Subject(s)
Atheists
—
Middle East
—
Biography
[Browse]
Physicians
—
United States
—
Biography
[Browse]
Rizvi, Ali A.
[Browse]
Library of Congress genre(s)
Autobiographies
[Browse]
Getty AAT genre
autobiographies (literary works)
[Browse]
Summary note
"In much of the Muslim world, religion is the central foundation upon which family, community, morality, and identity are built. The inextricable embodiment of religion in Muslim culture has forced a new generation of non-believing Muslims to face the heavy costs of abandoning their parents' religion: disowned by their families, marginalized from their communities, imprisoned, or even sentenced to death by their governments. Struggling to reconcile the Muslim society he was living in as a scientist and physician and the religion he was being raised in, Ali A. Rizvi eventually loses his faith. Discovering that he is not alone in his beliefs, he moves to North America and promises to use his new freedom of speech to represent the voices that are usually quashed before reaching the mainstream media--the Atheist Muslim. In The Atheist Muslim, we follow Rizvi as he finds himself caught between two narrative voices he cannot relate to: extreme Islam and anti-Muslim bigotry in a post-9/11 world. The Atheist Muslim recounts the journey that allows Rizvi to criticize Islam--as one should be able to criticize any set of ideas--without demonizing his entire people. Emotionally and intellectually compelling, his personal story outlines the challenges of modern Islam and the factors that could help lead it toward a substantive, progressive reformation"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliographic references
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Smoke break
Root causes
Letting go (part I): the born-again skeptic
A tale of two identities
Choosing atheism
Islamophobia-phobia and the "regressive left"
The Quran: misinterpretation, metaphor, and misunderstanding
Reformation and secularism
Letting go (part II): the silver lining.
Show 6 more Contents items
ISBN
9781250094445 ((hardback))
1250094445 ((hardback))
1250094453
9781250094452
LCCN
2016024634
OCLC
967152389
Other standard number
40026745604
Statement on language in description
Princeton University Library aims to describe library materials in a manner that is respectful to the individuals and communities who create, use, and are represented in the collections we manage.
Read more...
Other views
Staff view
Ask a Question
Suggest a Correction
Report Harmful Language
Supplementary Information