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3 1 4Islam i n World Cult u r e sKurzman, Charles, ed. 1998. Liberal Islam: A Sourc e b o o k . New York: OxfordUniversity Press.———, ed. 2002. M o d e rnist Islam, 1840–1940: A Sourc e b o o k . New York: OxfordUniversity Press.In each of these volumes, Kurzman provides dozens of short, annotatedtranslations of essays by Muslim writers reflecting on tradition and change inthe modern world. Both include a number of selections from Middle EasternMuslim writers relevant to the developments discussed in Chapter 2.Qutb, Sayyid. 1991. M i l e s t o n e s. Burr Ridge, IN: American Trust Publications.The author of this work is one of the leading voices of the Egyptian IslamicBrotherhood. Milestones (cited in Chapter 2 as Signposts along the Road)has been one of the most influential texts of modern Islamic fundamentalis m .S h a h r u r, Muhammad. 2000. P roposal for an Islamic Covenant. Translated byDale F. Eickelman and Ismail S. Abu Shehadeh. http://www. i s l a m 2 1 . n e t /pages/charter/may-1.htm.This provocative text by an important Syrian Muslim author was written inresponse to a request from the International Forum for Islamic Dialogue todevelop a plan of action for the twenty-first century.Secondary StudiesBerkes, Niyazi. 1998. The Development of Secularism in Turkey. New York: Routledge.This reprint of Berkes’s classic work (originally published in 1964) is an indepthexamination of the various factors that contributed to the ascendancyof secularism in Tu r k e y. It traces these developments from the eighteenthcentury through the tanzimat reforms and the establishment of the modernnation-state under Kemal Atatürk.Doumato, Eleanor. 1999. Getting God’s Ear: Women, Islam, and Healing in SaudiArabia and the Gulf. New York: Columbia University Press.Using historical and ethnographic data, Doumato explores women’s religiouspractices in one of the most conservative Islamic countries in theworld. Her work illustrates the differences between public and private religiouslife, as well as the gulf that sometimes exists between men’s andw o m e n ’s religious interests and practices. Islam, far from being monolithic,differs not only from one country to another but even within the boundariesof the household.