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The Trouble with Islam Today In the audio book, Irshad Manji - award- winning journalist and self-proclaimed Muslim Refusenik - explains the disturbing attitudes with which Muslims far and wide practice Islam today: Arab cultural tribalism posing as pure faith, an uncritical approach to the Quran as the final and therefore superior word of God, and a rejection of universal human rights as if they are incompatible with the divine. As a faithful Muslim, Irshad shows that Islam has the raw material to rectify these injustices. She offers a practical vision of how reform-minded Muslims can empower women, promote respect for religious minorities and foster a competition of ideas. This vision builds on ijtihad, Islam's lost tradition of independent thinking. Irshad Manji's Speech at the University of California - Berkeley In April 2005, Irshad Manji spoke at UC-Berkeley, one of America’s most liberal universities. Her message got an interesting reception at a campus where Muslims and non-Muslims too often fear debates about Islam. Purchase and download Irshad’s dynamic and profoundly personal speech, followed by a feisty Q & A. Listen to the sound of silences being broken. Above all, enjoy the feeling of free expression being exercised...		Listen to the following exerpts from The Trouble with Islam Today + Irshad Manji Speaking at the University of California - Berkeley.