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The contents emphasize the traditional self-image of Islam, the roles of Islam in history, and idealizations of Muhammad and early Islam, then trace institutional decline and the rise of Islamic resurgence. The work also discusses responses to European influence and the spectrum of conservative reformers and contemporary liberal thinkers.","# ISLAMICFUNDAMENTALISMAND MODERNITY\n\nWilliam Montgomery Watt  \n# ROUTLEDGE LIBRARY EDITIONS:POLITICS OF ISLAM\n\n# ISLAMIC FUNDAMENTALISM ANDMODERNITY\n\nThis page intentionally left blank  \nISLAMIC FUNDAMENTALISM ANDMODERNITY  \nWILLIAM MONTGOMERY WATT  \nVolume 8  \nFirst published in 1988  \nThis edition first published in 2013  \nby Routledge  \n2 Park Square,Milton Park,Abingdon,Oxon,OX144RN  \nSimultaneously published in the USA and Canada  \nby Routledge  \n711 Third Avenue,New York,NY 10017  \nRoutledge is an imprint of the Taylor &Francis Group,an informa business  \n◎1988 W.Montgomery Watt  \nAll rights reserved.No part of this book may be reprinted or reproduced orutilised in any form or by any electronic,mechanical,or other means,nowknown or hereafter invented,including photocopying and recording,or in anyinformation storage or retrieval system,without permission in writing from thepublishers.  \nTrademark notice:Product or corporate names may be trademarks or registeredtrademarks,and are used only for identification and explanation without intentto infringe  \nBritish Library Cataloguing in Publication DataA catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library  \nISBN:978-0-415-64437-2(Set)  \neISBN:978-0-203-07906-5(Set)  \nISBN:978-0-415-83080-5(Volume 8)  \neISBN:978-0-203-38134-2(Volume 8)  \n## Publisher's Note\n\nThe publisher has gone to great lengths to ensure the quality of this reprint butpoints out that some imperfections in the original copies may be apparent.  \n## Disclaimer\n\nThe publisher has made every effort to trace copyright holders and wouldwelcome correspondence from those they have been unable to trace.  \n# ISLAMIC\n\nFUNDAMENTALISMAND MODERNITY  \nThis page intentionally left blank  \n# ISLAMIC\n\nFUNDAMENTALISMAND MODERNITY  \nPROFESSORWILLIAM MONTGOMERY WATT  \nROUTLEDGELondon and New York  \nFirst published in 1988 by Routledge11 New Fetter Lane,London EC4P 4EE29 West 35th Street,New York NY 10001  \n◎W.Montgomery Watt 1988  \nPhototypeset in Linotron Baskerville,10/12ptby Input Typesetting Ltd,LondonPrinted in Great Britain byTJ.Press(Padstow)Ltd,Padstow,Cornwall  \nAll rights reserved.No part of this book may bereprinted or reproduced or utilized in any form orby any electronic,mechanical,or other means,nowknown or hereafter invented,including photocopyingand recording,or in any information storage orretrieval system,without permission in writingfrom the publishers.  \nBritish Library Cataloguing in Publication DataWatt,W.Montgomery(William Montgomery),1909  \nIslamic fundamentalism and modernity.  \n1.Islam  \nI.Title297  \nLibrary of Congress Cataloging in Publication DataWatt,W.Montgomery(William Montgomery)Islamic fundamentalism and modernity/William Montgomery Watt.  \np.  cm.Bibliography:p.Includes index.  \n1.Islam—20th century.I.Title.BP60.W37  1988297'.09'04—dc1988-4386ISBN O-415-00623-6  \nCONTENTS  \nI THE TRADITIONAL SELF-IMAGE OF ISLAM  \n11 The unchanging static world2 The finality of Islam63 The self-sufficiency of Islam84 Islam in history145 The idealization of Muhammad and early Islam17241 The religious institution at the zenith of its power252 Totalitarian strategies of the religious institution293 The loss of legislative and judicial responsibilities334 Changes in education385 The present position42441 Responses to the European impact442 The erosion of the traditional self-image473 Conservative reformers and activists51(a)Muhammad Abduh51(b)Hasan al-Banna’53(c)Mawdudi55(d)Colonel Qadhafi57(e)The Ahmadiyya sect58(f)Concluding remark60621 The early liberals622 Contemporary liberal thinking65  \n3  \nII THE RELIGIOUS INSTITUTION AND ITSDECLINE  \nII THE BEGINNINGS OF ISLAMIC RESURGENCE  \nIV THE LIBERAL SEARCH FOR A NEW 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