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Letters to a young Muslim
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Letters to a young Muslim
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Physical Description:
xvii, 244 pages ; 20 cm.
Summary:
"Omar Saif Ghobash was born in 1971 in the United Arab Emirates--the same year the country was founded--to an Arab father and a Russian mother. After a traumatizing experience losing his father to a violent attack in 1977, when he was only six years old, Ghobash began to realize the severe violence that surrounded him in his home country. As he grew older, eventually being appointed as the UAE Ambassador to Russia in 2008, he began to reflect on what it means to be a Muslim, establishing a moral foundation rooted in the belief of the hard grind that is the crux of spiritual and practical living. This book is the result of the personal exploration Ghobash went through in the years after his father's death. The new generation of Muslims is tomorrow's leadership, and yet many are vulnerable to taking the violent shortcut to paradise and ignoring the traditions and foundations of Islam. The burning question, Ghobash argues, is how moderate Muslims will unite and find a voice that is true to Islam while actively and productively engaging in the modern world. Letters to a Young Muslim will explore how Arabs can provide themselves, their children, and their youth with a better chance of prosperity and peace in a globalized world, while attempting to explain the history and complications of the modern-day Arab landscape and how the younger generation can solve problems with extremists internally, contributing to overall world peace"--
Publication Info:
New York : Picador, 2017.
Subject:
Islam -- 21st century
Muslim youth
Islamic sociology
Ambassadors -- United Arab Emirates -- Biography.
Ghobash, Omar Saif, 1971-
Islamic youth
Youth, Muslim
Muslim sociology
Sociology, Islamic
Commissioners, High (Ambassadors)
High commissioners (Ambassadors)
Ministers (Diplomatic agents)
SAILS ISBN:
9781250119841