Islam's Predicament with Modernity presents an in-depth cultural and political analysis of the issue of political Islam as a potential source of tensions and conflict, and how this might be peacefully resolved. This critical analysis of value conflicts, tensions and change in the Islamic world will be of interest to scholars and advanced students of international relations, social theory, political science, religion, Islamic studies and Middle Eastern studies.

An extremely timely translation of a seminal text on the role of women in Muslim society by the early twentieth century thinker al-Taher al-Haddad. Considered one of the first feminist works in Arab literature, this book will be of considerable interest to scholars as an early feminist tract coming from a Muslim in Arab society.