Ideals and Realities of Islam Seyyed Hossein Nasr
Publisher: ABC International Group, Inc.

Be careful of mixing up the ideal with the reality. Dominated, Captured, Enslaved is The Olympics have been dominated, captured and enslaved by Islamists and Islam and the threats posed by both and Olympic ideals have been tarnished forever as a result. Faster, Higher, Stronger no longer, Re: Olympic Ideals Don't Match Reality, Wall Street Journal, July 25, 2012. Venturi as Ideali e realita dell' Islam, Milan, 1974. As we will come to see, Muslim jurists operated in largely theoretical spaces, and throughout history have been forced to negotiate their ideals, with realities on the ground. Nasr, Ideals and Realities of Islam, London, 1966, chapter 1, 3 and 4 (trans. One non-Muslim writer once remarked how when talking to Muslims about Islam compared to the West, Muslims take the ideal of Islam and compare it to the reality of the West. The Olympics motto is Faster, Higher, Stronger. Done after the real position in Islamic countries is analysed, i.e., how individuals, families, firms and governments actually behave, so the gap between ideals and reality can be measured and Islamic remedies developed. (5) Islam is a way of life that has compatibility and understanding between ideals - ideals and reality, (6) Islam emphasizes the relationship with God (hablum minanallah) and human relations (hablum minan nas).