Endorsements and Reviews-I Some remarks from the Foreword to the book by Muslim feminist scholar Professor Riffat Hassan of the University of Louisville are especially worth citing:
“Abdur Rab offers a comprehensive vision of Islam
using the Quran as his sole religious textual source. He intentionally avoids
the Hadith literature, which he believes, and argues, has done much damage to
the message of the Quran. His work provides many thought-provoking insights and
should be a significant contribution to the ‘Quran only’ movement in modern
Islam.” —Jeffrey Lang, Ph.D., Professor of Mathematics,
University of Kansas,
and author of Losing My Religion: A Call for Help “At a time when misconceptions about Islam are on the
rise, even among Muslims, Abdur Rab has provided a compelling argument for
returning to the Quran for a deeper, more complete, more original understanding
of the meaning and message of Islam. The result is a book that posits not a NEW
interpretation of Islam, but a more authentic one.” —Reza Aslan, Ph.D., Professor of Creative
Writing, UC, Riverside,
and author of No god but God: The Origins, Evolution, and Future of Islam
Two more endorsements included in the hardcover jacket are: “[This] book brings Islam nearer to modernity, more
particularly challenging some aspects of practiced Islam so far thought
unchallengeable. In that respect, [the author’s] contribution can be called
revolutionary.” —Rezaul Haq Khandker, Ph.D., retired senior official of
UNDP, New York “This book is extremely well written, and the
author’s points appear to be researched and well documented. He offers some
interesting insights into the religion of Islam, and many of the issues he
addresses are timely with regards to the current wars in the Middle
East.” —Bookpros Media Analysis
The book includes endorsements from two more noted Islamic scholars as below:
Exploring Islam in a New Light: An Understanding from the Quranic Perspective Of significance amongst scholarly works, written
by Muslim scholars against the backdrop of the contemporary situation, is Dr.
Abdur Rab’s Exploring Islam in a New Light: An Understanding from the
Quranic Perspective, a wide-ranging book, in which the author shares
his own understanding of Islam, as he has studied and lived it. […]Whether or
not one agrees with all of Dr. Rab’s views, his book is a serious modern
attempt at understanding Islam profoundly from within. Dr. Rab’s deep and
dedicated study of the Qur’an makes his book—first and foremost—a labor of
love. It is also a book that offers valuable insights on a number of issues of
interest and concern to contemporary Muslims. Though Dr. Rab has written his
book as a committed Muslim, his book has much to offer to all readers who are
keen to see and understand Islam as it is embodied in the Qur’an. |