Norsk islam

by Mohammed Usman Rana

I denne boken lanserer den prisbelønte spaltisten Mohammad Usman Rana ideen om norsk islam - og nøkkelen til vellykket integrasjon av muslimer i Norge. Han hevder islams hellige tekster må settes inn i en norsk virkelighet. For å finne inspirasjon reiser han til USA der han møter ledende skikkelser innenfor vestlig islam.

Rana tar også for seg de mest kontroversielle spørsmålene i islam-debatten som ytringsfrihet, homofili og dødsstraff. Men det finnes et stort skjær i sjøen for ideen om norsk islam. Radikalismen truer ideen innenfra. Hvordan kan vi hindre unge nordmenn i å slutte seg til ekstremistiske grupper?

Hardcover

First published January 1, 2016

Reviews

[Hind Al-Qahtani · Rating 3 out of 5]

for anyone interested in the subject of Islam in the west, this is a great read to keep up to date with changes in the political sphere. As the title states, it is mainly revolved around a Norwegian setting although the USA and other Scandinavian countries do make an appearance. It was great for me because I have not been one to keep up to date or keep myself informed about matters of religion and religious people and how all that fits into society and politics today, so his references to past incidents was sort of like a crash course for me on that side of history. In any case, my only criticism would be the vocabulary used which I guess is not something you can work too much with given the subject of discussion, my experience, however, was that of feeling down with the constant use of words like extremism, fundamentalism, terrorism. The author is fully aware of the political and cultural debate ongoing as he has been a leader of numerous Islamic entities, so he is probably met with a heavier conversation than I meet in everyday life. It is just not the world I want to live in though, being in a constant fight to change the discourse. Someone has to do it, and I cant criticise his method because it is generating a debate and hopefully inspiring people to speak their mind peacefully.