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=== ''The Trouble with Islam Today'' === {{Main|The Trouble with Islam Today}} Manji's book ''The Trouble with Islam Today'' (originally titled ''The Trouble with Islam'') was published by [[St. Martin's Press]] in 2004. The book was first released in Canada under the previous title in September 2003.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IWUEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA27|title=Books: Unveiling Islam|last=Hays|first=Matthew|date=2 March 2004|work=The Advocate|access-date=8 October 2019}}</ref> It has since been translated into more than 30 languages.<ref name="Todd" /> Manji offered [[Arabic language|Arabic]], [[Persian language|Persian]], and [[Urdu]] translations of the book available for free-of-charge download on her website.<ref name="Jerusalem Post" /> In ''The Trouble with Islam Today'', Manji investigates new interpretations of the Qur'an which she believes are more fitting for the 21st century.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.irishexaminer.com/analysis/role-of-women-central-to-necessary-reforms-within-islam-441608.html|title=Role of women central to necessary reforms within Islam|last=O'Mahony|first=T.P.|date=1 February 2017|website=Irish Examiner|language=en|access-date=8 October 2019}}</ref> The book has been met with both praise and scorn from both Muslim and non-Muslim sources. Several reviewers have called the book "courageous"<ref>{{cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Calling-all-believers-to-a-conversation-on-Islam/articleshow/1326998.cms|title=Calling all believers to a conversation on Islam|last=Rehman|first=Mujibr|date=11 December 2005|work=[[The Times of India]]|access-date=8 October 2019}}</ref> or "long overdue"<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2004/01/25/books/decent-exposure.html|title=Decent Exposure: ''The Trouble with Islam''|last=Sullivan|first=Andrew|author-link=Andrew Sullivan|date=25 January 2004|work=[[The New York Times]]|access-date=8 October 2019}}</ref> while others have said it disproportionately targets Muslims.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.democracynow.org/2006/2/7/freedom_of_speech_or_incitement_to|title=Freedom of Speech or Incitement to Violence? A Debate Over the Publication of Cartoons of Prophet Muhammed and the Global Muslim Protests|last=Goodman|first=Amy|author-link=Amy Goodman|date=7 February 2006|website=Democracy Now!|language=en|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191008071329/https://www.democracynow.org/2006/2/7/freedom_of_speech_or_incitement_to|archive-date=8 October 2019|access-date=8 October 2019}}</ref> [[Tarek Fatah]], a fellow Canadian Muslim who originally criticized ''The Trouble With Islam'',<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.muslimwakeup.com/main/archives/2003/11/thanks_but_no_t.php|title=Thanks, but No Thanks: Irshad Manji's Book Is for Muslim Haters, Not Muslims|first=Tarek|last=Fatah|author-link=Tarek Fatah|date=27 November 2003|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050207112221/http://canpalnet-ottawa.org/fatah.html|archive-date=7 February 2005}}</ref> reversed his stance, saying that Manji was "right about the systematic racism in the Muslim world" and that "there were many redeeming points in her memoir".<ref>{{cite news|first=Tahir Aslam|last=Gora|author-link=Tahir Aslam Gora|url=http://www.thespec.com/Opinions/article/392889|date=26 June 2008|title=Canada's a centre for Islamic reform|work=[[The Hamilton Spectator]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090107225747/http://www.thespec.com/Opinions/article/392889|archive-date=7 January 2009}}</ref> ''The Trouble with Islam Today'' is banned in many countries in the Middle East.<ref name="Bedell" /> Since July 2009, the book has also been outlawed in Malaysia.<ref name=":3" />
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