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Modern Things on Trial

লেখক / Author: Leor Halevi

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In cities awakening to global exchange under European imperial rule, Muslims encountered all sorts of strange and wonderful new things?synthetic toothbrushes, toilet paper, telegraphs, railways, gramophones, brimmed hats, tailored pants, and lottery tickets. The passage of these goods across cultural frontiers spurred passionate debates. Realizing that these goods were changing religious practices and values, proponents and critics wondered what to outlaw and what to permit. In this book, Leor Halevi tells the story of the Islamic trials of technological and commercial innovations of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. He focuses on the communications of an entrepreneurial Syrian interpreter of the shari?a named Rashid Rida, who became a renowned reformer by responding to…

Publisher: Columbia University Press

Pages: 384

Language: en

ISBN-13: 9780231188678

ISBN-10: 0231188676