Your Fatwa Does Not Apply Here: Untold Stories from the fight Against Muslim Fundamentalism

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Karima Bennoune

Your Fatwa Does Not Apply Here

Untold Stories from the fight Against Muslim Fundamentalism

Karima Bennoune

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Norton
08 December 2014

Religion & beliefs; Islam; Islamic studies; Religious & theocratic ideologies

In Lahore, Pakistan, Faizan Peerzada resisted being relegated to a dark corner by staging a performing arts festival despite bomb attacks. In Senegal, wheelchair-bound Aissatou Cisse produced a comic book to illustrate the injustices faced by disabled women and girls. In Algeria, publisher Omar Belhouchet and his journalists struggled to put out their paper, El Watan (The Nation), the same night that a 1996 jihadist bombing devastated their offices and killed eighteen of their colleagues. In Afghanistan, Young Women for Change took to the streets of Kabul to denounce sexual harassment, undeterred by threats. In Minneapolis, Minnesota, Abdirizak Bihi organized a Ramadan basketball tournament among Somali refugees to counter the influence of Al Shabaab. From Karachi to Tunis, Kabul to Tehran, across the Middle East, North Africa, South Asia, and beyond, these trailblazers often risked death to combat the rising tide of fundamentalism within their own countries. But this global community of writers, artists, doctors, musicians, museum curators, lawyers, activists, and educators of Muslim heritage remains largely invisible, lost amid the heated coverage of Islamist terror attacks on one side and abuses perpetrated against suspected terrorists on the other. A veteran of twenty years of human rights research and activism, Karima Bennoune draws on extensive fieldwork and interviews to illuminate the inspiring stories of those who represent one of the best hopes for ending fundamentalist oppression worldwide.

By: Karima Bennoune
Imprint: Norton
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 211mm, Width: 140mm, Spine: 30mm
Weight: 355g
ISBN: 9780393350258
ISBN 10: 0393350258
Pages: 448
Publication Date: 08 December 2014
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Reviews for Your Fatwa Does Not Apply Here: Untold Stories from the fight Against Muslim Fundamentalism

Should be required reading. -- The Washington Post Bennoune has written a very necessary book indeed, and it is to be hoped that it will find the widest audience possible. -- Times Higher Education Bennoune offers a compelling, meticulously researched account... -- Guardian Weekly Her [Karima Bennoune's] reporting is diligent, passionate and convincing. -- The Economist