When Islam awakens

The book / When Islam Awakens, by the author / Muhammad Arkoun, presents an in-depth study on criticizing Islamic heritage and the possibility of fundamentally reforming it from within. The book reviews intellectual and religious inheritances, with a focus on the status of women, relations between Sunnis and Shiites, and modern approaches to Islamic reason. Arkoun offers an Enlightenment perspective to analyze historical religious texts, highlighting the need for critical thinking and rational approaches in understanding contemporary Islam, providing a framework for reconstructing religious and social awareness in today's Islamic societies.