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Inscríbete en LibraryThing para averiguar si este libro te gustará. Actualmente no hay Conversaciones sobre este libro. I'm pretty sure this book represents the more 'progressive' end of Muslim thinking but highly recommend if you'd like to know a little more about the Muslim community and the practice of Islam. The writing is personal, hopeful and easy to read while addressing complex issues that apply to any religious tradition. ( ) This book is an act of bravery and an act of love. Ghobash dispenses fatherly wisdom through the prism of his Muslim faith. He urges his sons, 17 and 13 to seek truth and to learn to sift through shades of gray, rejecting the easy answers of black and white, binary thinking. As a citizen of the UAE and an ambassador to Russia, he has an extraordinary world view and a compelling grasp of Islamic history. His own father was a victim of violence, assassinated (mistakenly) by a PLO member in the 70s when Ghobash was just 6 years old. The urgent need to protect his own sons from violence and radicalism was always on my mind as I read through this collection of letters. All are addressed to his older son, though I'm sure he has both in mind, and they seem to be written for a larger audience too, though each begins with a term of endearment. There is both depth and breadth here as he gives a pretty thorough overview of the history of Islam as well as explanation of the more recent conflicts in the middle East as they are entangled in the religion, but I still found it challenging to grasp and sort out. His big-picture view of Islam shows its development since its inception in the 7th century and really it has followed a similar trajectory to Christianity in its evolution of understanding, interpretation and control, though it is a few hundred years behind. But Ghobash himself is forward-thinking in looking at the role of women, the dissemination of information and the need to engage outside viewpoints rather than shunning them. Ultimately, fundamentalism doesn't do any favors for any religion. This is a hopeful book, a touching book and a book that promotes understanding and dialogue. The wise and loving point of view of this book is irresistible. Parent to child: "Here are some things I think it is important to wonder about as you grapple with complex issues of faith and identity in our modern world." We are privy to the astute considerations of a worldly man of faith expressed in careful guidance toward deep and flexible understanding and independence. Engaging on a human level. sin reseñas | añadir una reseña
"Omar Saif Ghobash was born in 1971 in the United Arab Emirates--the same year the country was founded--to an Arab father and a Russian mother. After a traumatizing experience losing his father to a violent attack in 1977, when he was only six years old, Ghobash began to realize the severe violence that surrounded him in his home country. As he grew older, eventually being appointed as the UAE Ambassador to Russia in 2008, he began to reflect on what it means to be a Muslim, establishing a moral foundation rooted in the belief of the hard grind that is the crux of spiritual and practical living. This book is the result of the personal exploration Ghobash went through in the years after his father's death. The new generation of Muslims is tomorrow's leadership, and yet many are vulnerable to taking the violent shortcut to paradise and ignoring the traditions and foundations of Islam. The burning question, Ghobash argues, is how moderate Muslims will unite and find a voice that is true to Islam while actively and productively engaging in the modern world. Letters to a Young Muslim will explore how Arabs can provide themselves, their children, and their youth with a better chance of prosperity and peace in a globalized world, while attempting to explain the history and complications of the modern-day Arab landscape and how the younger generation can solve problems with extremists internally, contributing to overall world peace"-- No se han encontrado descripciones de biblioteca. |
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