"A highly educative, stimulating, comprehensive and balanced study, very important for a better understanding of Islam both historically and as a contemporary force addressing the problems of modernity" -- Garry Winston Trompf, University of Sydney, Australia "In Heidegger, Hermeneutics, and the Interpretation of Islam , Milad Milani and Zolt Salontai offer an ambitious and timely intellectual history of Islam. Focusing on its eras of "renaissance" and "reformation", the authors read classical and modern Muslim thinkers through a Heideggerian lens, highlighting their religious and political interpretations. The book will be of value for those interested in Islamic intellectual traditions, the intersection of Islamic and Western thought, and the place of Islam in world history" -- W. Rory Dickson, University of Winnipeg, USA "Despite the many issues one might raise with this controversial book - not least of all, its opposition of 'islamic inauthenticity' to 'philosophical authenticity' and an overlooking of many key Muslim 'postmodern' commentators - there is something engaging about the force and vigour with which it carries out its argument. Followers of Heidegger will be interested to see a Heideggerian lense brought to bear on thinkers as diverse as Al Ghazali, Sayyid Qutb and Ali Shariati, and even if the conclusion the authors draw may not be to many readers' taste, the fact that this conversation is happening at all is surely something worthwhile" -- Ian Almond, Georgetown University, Qatar.