Could uprisings in Egypt and the Arab world produce a 'Muslim Gandhi'? - CSMonitor.com
They in turn were deeply influenced by Gandhi’s character and his philosophy of nonviolence, accepting the Gandhian invitation to self-examination and self-criticism which stemmed from his belief that no one possesses the whole truth. For Gandhi, truth emerges only through empathetic encounter with “the Other.”
The time may be right for the emergence of a Muslim Gandhi for the 21st century.
Today, political Islam is largely an ideological response to the dominance of the West in our time. The success political Islam has enjoyed in recent times has largely been a result of the failure of the secular state, modeled on the West, to provide a space where democratic culture and faith traditions can both thrive.
Post-colonial secular governments have often been aggressive in their project of modernization, lacking in sensitivity toward religion and forcefully authoritarian in their politics. As such, they have failed to capture the allegiance of faithful Muslims.
Could uprisings in Egypt and the Arab world produce a 'Muslim Gandhi'? - CSMonitor.com
The time may be right for the emergence of a Muslim Gandhi for the 21st century.
Today, political Islam is largely an ideological response to the dominance of the West in our time. The success political Islam has enjoyed in recent times has largely been a result of the failure of the secular state, modeled on the West, to provide a space where democratic culture and faith traditions can both thrive.
Post-colonial secular governments have often been aggressive in their project of modernization, lacking in sensitivity toward religion and forcefully authoritarian in their politics. As such, they have failed to capture the allegiance of faithful Muslims.
Could uprisings in Egypt and the Arab world produce a 'Muslim Gandhi'? - CSMonitor.com