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“ But spirituality is not faith without religion ; it is the quest for meaning and peace of heart as the essence of religion. Viewed in this light, Muslim-Majority Societies are profoundly bereft of serenity, coherence and peace. The time has come for a spiritual and religious emancipation.”
- The Arab Awakening, Tariq Ramadan.
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If you are familiar with Arab Spring and aware with the uprising events occurred across the Middle Eastern and North African countries in 2011 , then you are in for a treat. This book analyzed those events from the politic, economic and social perspective with the main objective to find out whether the uprising led by the youth in Tunisia, Egypt, Syria, Bahrain and other MENA countries is successful or not. The fact that this book only contained 4 chapters does not make it lesser impactful than other books that i have read about Arab Spring. In chapter Cautious optimism, while the technology (mainly social media) is the main medium on why Arab spring is happening across the countries, he also pointed out that many western countries choose which side they wanted to support according to their alliance. While many western countries cheering up for Hosni Mobarak to be pushed out from the office in Egypt but none of this support is nowhere to be found when it came to the uprising in Syria.
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The Third chapter which is titled as Islam, Islamism and Secularization tapped into the current Muslim Conscience. The re-telling of how Islamism started as anti colonialist resistance and eventually adopting violence to achieve the means has been dividing muslims especially on the level of acceptance to it. It doesnt mean secularization doesnt have a weakness. Turkey and Tunisia maybe is the epitome of how secularization can be integrated in Islamic Countries but the principles of how Western Countries adopted it made a huge difference. On the personal level, i would take Secular Country governance over Islamist governance. Having read Islamism and Islam by Bassam Tibi did have an impact to the way i apprached this chapter. I would say that Tariq discussed Islamism on a surface level while Bassam Tibi’s book is far more superior in its details. As for the last chapter which titled Islamic Reference, the author emphasized that Arab and Muslim Majority Societies are seriously lacking in spirituality. I couldnt agree more on this. The fact that rituals completions was being put on pedestals as a symbols of a good muslims but most failed to comprehend the ultimate goals and the state of the heart in completing the rituals.
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Overall, a sound analysis on Arab spring provided by Tariq Ramadhan. Some parts in certain chapters is pretty insightful especially the evaluation of Muslim Countries with the West. On other parts i find it uninspiring and boring, to be precise once i finished reading it. I am not sure whether solutions offered by the auhor is viable or applicable to say the least. Will i recommend this book? Yes due to the account of his message on integrating the faith to solve the global problems and issues.
- The Arab Awakening, Tariq Ramadan.
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If you are familiar with Arab Spring and aware with the uprising events occurred across the Middle Eastern and North African countries in 2011 , then you are in for a treat. This book analyzed those events from the politic, economic and social perspective with the main objective to find out whether the uprising led by the youth in Tunisia, Egypt, Syria, Bahrain and other MENA countries is successful or not. The fact that this book only contained 4 chapters does not make it lesser impactful than other books that i have read about Arab Spring. In chapter Cautious optimism, while the technology (mainly social media) is the main medium on why Arab spring is happening across the countries, he also pointed out that many western countries choose which side they wanted to support according to their alliance. While many western countries cheering up for Hosni Mobarak to be pushed out from the office in Egypt but none of this support is nowhere to be found when it came to the uprising in Syria.
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The Third chapter which is titled as Islam, Islamism and Secularization tapped into the current Muslim Conscience. The re-telling of how Islamism started as anti colonialist resistance and eventually adopting violence to achieve the means has been dividing muslims especially on the level of acceptance to it. It doesnt mean secularization doesnt have a weakness. Turkey and Tunisia maybe is the epitome of how secularization can be integrated in Islamic Countries but the principles of how Western Countries adopted it made a huge difference. On the personal level, i would take Secular Country governance over Islamist governance. Having read Islamism and Islam by Bassam Tibi did have an impact to the way i apprached this chapter. I would say that Tariq discussed Islamism on a surface level while Bassam Tibi’s book is far more superior in its details. As for the last chapter which titled Islamic Reference, the author emphasized that Arab and Muslim Majority Societies are seriously lacking in spirituality. I couldnt agree more on this. The fact that rituals completions was being put on pedestals as a symbols of a good muslims but most failed to comprehend the ultimate goals and the state of the heart in completing the rituals.
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Overall, a sound analysis on Arab spring provided by Tariq Ramadhan. Some parts in certain chapters is pretty insightful especially the evaluation of Muslim Countries with the West. On other parts i find it uninspiring and boring, to be precise once i finished reading it. I am not sure whether solutions offered by the auhor is viable or applicable to say the least. Will i recommend this book? Yes due to the account of his message on integrating the faith to solve the global problems and issues.
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