Letters to a Young Muslim
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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 Muslim's 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.
Author: Omar Saif Ghobash
Format: Paperback, 272 pages, 153mm x 234mm, 374 g
Published: 2017, Pan Macmillan, United Kingdom
Genre: Social Studies: General
Interest Age: From 18 years
Description
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 Muslim's 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.
Letters to a Young Muslim