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Challenges in the 21st Century
Politicisation of Islam
al-Qa‘ida (al-Qaeda, “the Base”)
Usama ibn Ladin
(Osama bin Laden,
1957-2011)
Jyllands-Posten Muhammad
cartoons, published 30th
September 2005
Site of the Danish Embassy in Damascus,
stormed and burned by protestors
30th January 2006 Gunmen raid EU offices
in Gaza demanding apology for cartoons
Solutions?
Muslim moderates need to make selves
heard in media
Need for both dialogue between western
and Muslim governments and political
will to promote peace
Challenges in the 21st Century
Calls for Islamic reform
Coming from both academics and popular
intellectuals
Such individuals including Modernists,
Islamists and Traditionalists
Irshad Manji, (b. 1968)
Born in Uganda, family fled to Vancouver
in 1972
Worked in parliament and media
The Trouble with Islam, published 2002
Criticised by extremists, conservatives and
both Muslim and non-Muslim academics,
praised by popular press and other
academics, both Muslim and non-Muslim
Challenges in the 21st Century
New religions born out of Islam
Bahá’is
Báb (Gate)
‘Ali Muhammad Shirazi (1819-50)
Mirza Husayn ‘Ali Nuri, a.k.a. Bahá’u’lláh
(1817-92)
Allahu A‘lam - God is the Most Knowing