Vali Nasr Quotes
A timely and incisive look into the history, politics, and future of the Muslim Brotherhood by the foremost expert on Islamism in Egypt. Carrie Rosefsky Wickham has constructed a detailed account of how the Brotherhood confronts the challenges before it, and why and when it embraces change. Everyone concerned with the future of Egypt should read this book.
Nasr, Vali. Endorsement of The Muslim Brotherhood: Evolution of an Islamist Movement, by Carrie Rosefsky Wickham, Princeton UP, 2013.
On the surface, this reform seems to contradict Sharia – Islamic religious law -- where religion permeates all of politics.
There were many who disagreed about the commitment to non violence. For example, they advocate Sharia (Islamic) fundamentalist law where a Muslim who converts to another religion is executed and adulterers are stoned to death. So their ends are very violent and intolerant. In the past they have espoused and committed violence as a means. Many believe that recent claims of non violent means are just tactical deceptions which are authorized as a methodology in the Koran.
Vali Reza Nasr is an Iranian-American academic and author specializing in the Middle East and the Islamic world. He is Majid Khaddouri Professor of International Affairs and Middle East Studies at Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) in Washington, D.C. He served as the eighth dean of the school from 2012 to 2019. Nasr is also a Non-Resident Fellow in South Asia at Atlantic Council and is described by The Economist as "a leading world authority on Shia Islam".
