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Farid Esack is an internationally known South African Muslim scholar, speaker, and social activist. Since 1997 he has been a Commissioner for Gender Equality, a post to which he was appointed by President Nelson Mandela. In this re-visioning of Islam, he tries to steer between dehumanizing fundamentalism and fossilized traditionalism: "This is a path of a radical Islam committed to social justice, to individual liberty and the quest for the Transcendent."
Esack reveals how the believer's relationship with Allah is spelled out in such acts of devotion as pilgrimage to Mecca, prayers five times a day, and fasting duri
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Manufacturer: Oneworld Publications
Release date: 25 May 1999
ISBN-10 : 1851681469 | ISBN-13: 9781851681464
Release date: 25 May 1999
ISBN-10 : 1851681469 | ISBN-13: 9781851681464
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