From the Publisher Funny, challenging, controversial, and unforgiving, this is an unprecedented personal account of a Muslim's life in the modern world. As an Islamic scholar, outspoken social activist and well-known commentator, Esack is in a unique position to tackle the quandaries and challenges facing Muslims today. Whether it be cultivating a meaningful relationship with Allah or striving for gender equality, this groundbreaking work will help believers and non-believers alike to appreciate the eternal relevance of the Qur'an. Editorial Reviews - On Being a Muslim From the Publisher Funny, challenging, controversial, and unforgiving, this is an unprecedented personal account of a Muslim's life in the modern world. As an Islamic scholar, outspoken social activist and well-known commentator, Esack is in a unique position to tackle the quandaries and challenges facing Muslims today. Whether it be cultivating a meaningful relationship with Allah or striving for gender equality, this groundbreaking work will help believers and non-believers alike to appreciate the eternal relevance of the Qur'an. Features - On Being a Muslim Table of Contents Table of Contents Acknowledgements ix Introduction 1 1 On Being with Allah 9 Can Allah be Supremely Indifferent? 11 Between Allah and a Neurotic Self 17 Allah: More than an Ideological Appendage 20 Words and Works for a Window 23 More to the Rituals than Motions? 27 Don't Forget to Marinate the Meat! 30 Ramadan: When Boats are Safe in the Harbour 33 2 On Being with Myself 38 Freedom Isn't Free 40 Dying by the Inches 45 And the Truth Shall Set You Free 51 Who Says I'm not Important? 54 Life! Life! (Or is it 'Wife! Wife!'?) 58 3 On Being with You 63 Beyond the Masks 64 Why Two Ears and One Mouth? 67 Why Does He Take so Long with the Meat? 72 To Dump or Not to Dump? 75 Though Poverty Became their Lot 78 My Brother's Flesh on the Menu? 82 4 On Being a Social Being 87 Revelation or Revolution? 89 The Reader