Two Billion Caliphs: A Vision of a Muslim Future

Two Billion Caliphs: A Vision of a Muslim Future

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  • Create Date:2022-06-03 06:53:07
  • Update Date:2025-09-06
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  • Author:Haroon Moghul
  • ISBN:0807024651
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Summary

Explains the attraction of Muslims to their faith, and discusses the challenges contemporary Islam confronts, and how we might imagine an Islamic theology and identity ready to face tomorrow

Islam is often associated with and limited to the worst of the world--extremism, obscurantism, misogyny, bigotry。 So why would so many people associate with such a fundamentalist faith? Two Billion Caliphs advocates for a way of being Muslim in the world, ready for today and prepared for tomorrow。 Unlike stale summaries, which restrict themselves to facts and figures, Haroon Moghul presents a deeply Muslim perspective on the world, providing Islamic answers to universal questions: Who are we? What are we doing here? What happens to us when we die? And from description, Moghul moves to prescription, aspiring to something outrageous and audacious。 Two Billion Caliphs describes what Islam has been and what it is, who its heroes are, what its big ideas are, but not only to tell you about the past or the present, but to speak to the future。

Two Billion Caliphs finds that Islam was a religion of intimacy, a faith rooted in and reaching for love, and that it could be and should be again。 Fulfilling that destiny depends on the efforts of Muslims to reclaim their faith, rebuild their strength, and reimagine their future, on their own terms。 Two Billion Caliphs offers Muslim thoughts for the age ahead, to create an interpretation Islam of and for days to come, the kind of religion the world's Muslims deserve, with echoes of the confident faith Muslims once had。 The destiny of Islam, then, is not, as so many prefer to argue, a reformation。 It is a counter-reformation。 A restoration of what once was。

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Shamila

“…a moment of contemplation… is worth 70 years in prayer”I often say that writers have a way of writing the book that I am searching for。 This time Haroon Moghul was that author。 The book, read by the author on audible was like listening to poetry。 The author has a talent beyond belief of keeping the attention of someone who is generally not interested in reading a book primarily about religion。 This book, published in 2022, will serve as a beacon for the generations to come。 For those who could “…a moment of contemplation… is worth 70 years in prayer”I often say that writers have a way of writing the book that I am searching for。 This time Haroon Moghul was that author。 The book, read by the author on audible was like listening to poetry。 The author has a talent beyond belief of keeping the attention of someone who is generally not interested in reading a book primarily about religion。 This book, published in 2022, will serve as a beacon for the generations to come。 For those who could not accept the answer “…because Quran says so…”。 For those who have a deep affiliation with Islam but they cannot explain why。 For those who suffer the silent pain of agnosticism, and want to move on in life。 。。。more

M。 Ilyas Suri

The book is worth reading。 Its composition is unconventional from my viewpoint (at times quite complex and even lacking cohesion for my taste and age)。 Its contents however, reflect strong personal emotions, deep reverence for material and ethical values enshrined in Islam as a religion and way of life for all times。 It offers a vision of a "Muslim Future" in a way that perhaps no one else has penned down so far。 I particularly find its chapters 10 to 14 relevant to our times and also outright t The book is worth reading。 Its composition is unconventional from my viewpoint (at times quite complex and even lacking cohesion for my taste and age)。 Its contents however, reflect strong personal emotions, deep reverence for material and ethical values enshrined in Islam as a religion and way of life for all times。 It offers a vision of a "Muslim Future" in a way that perhaps no one else has penned down so far。 I particularly find its chapters 10 to 14 relevant to our times and also outright thought provoking。 。。。more

Murtaza

A good explainer by my friend Haroon about Islam as he understands it。 Lots of personal stuff in the book as well。

Umar Lee

This book is reviewed in my Substack newsletter https://umarlee。substack。com/p/review。。。 This book is reviewed in my Substack newsletter https://umarlee。substack。com/p/review。。。 。。。more