Recensione:
“This could be Osama bin Laden’s worse nightmare.”
–United Press International
“Reading it feels like a revelation. [Irshad Manji] does what so many of us have longed to see done: assail fundamentalist Islam itself for tolerating such evil in its midst. And from within.”
–New York Times
“Manji has in no way abandoned her Muslim identity.... What exactly [she] is refusing to do is simple: she refuses to accept that Islam is a stagnant and unchanging structure.”
–The Friday Times (Pakistan)
“She not only has a funky hairdo, but her book, The Trouble with Islam Today, has caused much debate.”
–Jakarta Post (Indonesia)
“This fraudulent book has now become a guide to Islam.”
–Arab News (Saudi Arabia)
“I was deeply surprised by what she had to say. And deeply grateful.”
–Columnist Hesham Hassaballa, Muslimwakeup.com
“Ms. Manji is a blazingly articulate young Canadian Muslim. The subject of her new book ... is a loud, clear call for honesty and reform. It is wry, blunt and irreverent, but never bitter.”
–Columnist Margaret Wente, The Globe and Mail
“[The Trouble with Islam Today] has notably expanded the international sweep of Canadian writing; no other Canadian polemic has ever reached so far so fast.”
–Columnist Robert Fulford, National Post
“The democratic movements that have now emerged have shown just how many young Muslims want to give voice to their aspirations and achieve their full potential. If you want to get a taste of what they sound like, read Irshad Manji’s courageous book, The Trouble with Islam Today.”
–Columnist Thomas Friedman, New York Times
“Bigger, much bigger, than girl meets God.”
–O, The Oprah Magazine
“One of the most hard-hitting analyses of Islam to appear since the Sept. 11 attacks.”
–Philadelphia Inquirer
“A manifesto for the progressive side.... Hot with revolutionary questions, anger and challenges.”
–The Independent (UK)
“Passionate, courageous and astonishingly funny.”
–The Jerusalem Post
“Beyond controversial.... Her easy conversational style, addressed to ‘my fellow Muslims,’ makes it accessible to a wide range of readers.”
–The Toronto Star
“Direct, tightly reasoned, and packed with knockout punches.”
–Montreal Gazette
“A book that challenges the reader to ask questions and think. One doesn’t have to agree with everything she says. It is the duty of the silent Muslim masses to join in this conversation about Islam.”
–Winnipeg Free Press
“Crammed with acute observations and cogent arguments that show Islam is much more than fatwas and fasting.”
–Edmonton Journal
“Worthy of close attention and praise as a heartfelt declaration of faith in the power of argument to reveal important insights about a religion whose global significance increases every day.”
–Georgia Straight (Vancouver)
“A brisk, brash, fascinating read. It bristles with ideas, both intelligent and challenging. Manji has done her homework and her vigorous defence of controversial positions is not only admirable, but convincing.”
–The London Free Press
“Irshad Manji may appear an unlikely reformer, but who better to lead an international revolt than a former political refugee, a dimpled, brown-skinned lesbian, a supercharged, Blackberry-toting, 35-year-old media entrepreneur.”
–Toronto Life
“Irshad Manji breaks every taboo in the book, while also challenging our prejudices about Islam. What’s more, she does so as a Muslim, and not as a Westernized woman preaching from the pulpit of a feminist ivory tower.”
–Quantara.de (German Internet portal promoting dialogue with the Islamic world)
“An impassioned and committed advocate.... She dares to shine light on areas where Islam has gone wrong.”
–Folha de Sao Paolo (Brazil)
“This is a bold book, considering that many North Americans are still tending their wounds. Manji draws the line and crosses it, all in one graceful gesture.”
–Avenue magazine
“Despite what Irshad Manji’s enemies say, her only crime is a questioning nature.”
–Sydney Morning Herald
“I cannot urge Irshad Manji more strongly to maintain her frank, open and intelligent approach. This cause is, I believe, the most important new movement in several decades.”
–Jane Mansbridge, Adams Professor of Political Leadership and Democratic Values, Harvard University
“Some of the greatest world-historical changes have been sparked by one person with a love of humanity, a big idea and a commitment to see it take hold. That describes Irshad Manji.”
–Charles Hill, Distinguished Fellow, International Security Studies, Yale University
“In the end, it is impossible to dislike someone who in her own idiosyncratic way asks, and tries to answer, one of the central questions of our time: ‘How do we sow reform in the Muslim world – without becoming cultural colonizers?’”
–The Economist
L'autore:
Irshad Manji is an acclaimed journalist, lecturer and human rights advocate based in Toronto. Her bestseller The Trouble with Islam Today has been published internationally. In those countries that have banned it, Manji is reaching readers by posting free translations on her website, www.muslim-refusenik.com.
Since writing the book, Irshad Manji has travelled the world engaging audiences such as the United Nations Press Corps, the Oxford Union, the Jean-Jacques Rousseau Institute and the Pentagon about supporting the liberal reformation of Islam. Meanwhile, her columns are distributed worldwide by the New York Times Syndicate and she is producing a feature film about what there is to love within Islam.
As a volunteer, she sits on the interfaith editorial board of Seventeen magazine, based in New York City. As well, she serves as a mentor to young scholars, specializing in human rights and public policy, at the Pierre Trudeau Foundation in Montreal.
In addition, Manji is working with young people around the world to launch the world’s first leadership centre for reform-minded Muslims.
Recognizing Irshad Manji’s leadership, Oprah Winfrey honoured her with a Chutzpah Award for “audacity, nerve, boldness and conviction.” Ms. magazine has selected her a “Feminist for the 21st Century.” Maclean’s named her to its 2004 honour roll of “Canadians who make a difference.” And on International Women’s Day in 2005, the Jakarta Post (Indonesia) identified her as one of three Muslim women creating positive change in Islam.
In 2006 Irshad will be writing her next book, as a Fellow at Yale University.
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