The Sorrowful Muslim’s Guide by Hussein Ahmad Amin, Translated by Yasmin Amin, Nesrin Amin published in Association with the Aga Khan University Institute for the Study of Muslim Civilisations explores the interaction between pre-Islamic tradition and modern supporters of continuity, reform and change in Muslim communities.
Published as Dalīl al-Muslim al-ḥazīn ilā muqtada-l-sulūk fī’l-qarn al-ʿishrīn in 1983, this book remains a timely and important read today. Both the resurgence of Islamist politics and the political, social and intellectual upheaval which accompanied the Arab Spring challenge us to re-examine the interaction between the pre-modern Islamic tradition and modern supporters of continuity, reform and change in Muslim communities.
About the Author: Hussein Ahmad Amin was born in Cairo in 1932 and died in 2014. While Deputy Director of the Diplomatic Institute in Cairo he produced several major works on Islam, all of which were critical of Islamist movements.
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About the Aga Khan University Institute for the Study of Muslim Civilisations (AKU-ISMC)
Established in 1983, the Aga Khan University
(AKU) is an institution of academic excellence
and an agent for social development. AKU
has campuses and programmes in South Asia,
Europe and Africa and operates on the core
principles of quality, relevance, impact and
access. It prepares its students to lead change
in their societies and to thrive in the global
economy.
Founded in London in 2002, AKU’s Institute
for the Study of Muslim Civilisations (ISMC)
promotes scholarship that explores new
perspectives on Muslim societies. We consider
key issues such as tradition and modernity,
religion and the state, pluralism and unity,
and the nature of community in an era of
global connection and change. Our mandate
is to address fundamental challenges of the
human condition as they are expressed across
the diverse societies of the Muslim world and
its diasporas.
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