Islam

Calfano provides an examination of the pressures faced by Muslims, often considered political and social outsiders in western nations, especially in the United States.

Timeless Wisdom is a collection of universal texts for study, meditation, and inspiration, selected by Eknath Easwaran, the originator of passage meditation.

This book, first published in 1957, is the study of 14th-century Arab historian Ibn Khaldun, who founded a special science to consider history and culture, based on the philosophy of Plato and Aristotle and their Muslim followers.

An up-close and up-to-date look at an often misunderstood faith.

Religion in Europe is currently undergoing changes that are reconfiguring physical and virtual spaces of practice and belief, and these changes need to be understood with regards to the proliferation of digital media discourses.

Elijah Muhammad (1897-1975) was one of the most significant and controversial black leaders of the twentieth century.

The Oxford Handbook of the Minor Prophets provides a clear and engaging one-volume guide to the major interpretative questions currently engaging scholars of the twelve Minor Prophets by collecting 40 essays by both established and emerging scholars who explore a wide range of methodological perspectives.

This book explores the changing role of Muslim women in the economy in the twenty-first century.

This book analyses the root causes of suicide terrorism at both the elite and rank-and- file levels of the Hamas and also explains why this tactic has disappeared in the post-2006 period.

Sherman Jackson offers a trenchant examination of the career of Islam among the blacks of America.

This detailed study by Jutta Sperber shows how the magisterium of the Roman-Catholic Church, the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue and various parts of the Muslim world from Saudi Arabia to Iran have been engaged in Christian-Muslim dialogues.

Aslam and Gunaratna bring together a broad analysis of the responses of states in Asia to the threats presented by the COVID-19 pandemic in its early phase.

International Relations scholarship posits that legitimacy, authority and violence are attributes of states.

The Sociology of Islam provides an accessible introduction to this emerging field of inquiry, teaching and debate.

Islamic philosophy and Sufism evolved as distinct yet interweaving strands of Islamic thought and practice.

Based on a wide variety of previously unstudied sources, these articles explain how science was applied to three aspects of Islamic ritual in the Middle Ages: the regulation of the lunar calendar; the organisation of the times of the five daily prayers; and the determination of the sacred direction (qibla) towards the Kaaba in Mecca.

This book looks at madrasas and educational institutions run by Muslim communities in India focusing on the history, social relevance and importance of these institutions.

This thought-provoking book reflects upon key themes in Islamic law and theology, revealing fascinating insights into Islamic ethics.

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This intimate portrayal of the devotional life in early medieval Islamic society demonstrates how Islamic law defined holy behavior.

The Ismaili Muslims, who belong to the Shia branch of Islam, live in over 25 different countries around the world, mainly in Asia, Africa and the Middle East.

The theme of prophets and prophecy is a central area of theological research and discussion in both Christianity and Islam.

The biblical story of Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden is a cornerstone of Western civilization, yet there are still many mysteries concerning its origins and meaning.

After 9/11, madrasas have been linked to international terrorism.

Islam, as a philosophy, a way of life and of course as a faith, has served like a lighthouse for the whole world.

A comprehensive look at the essentials of Islamic capital markets Bringing together theoretical and practical aspects of capital markets, Islamic Capital Markets offers readers a comprehensive insight into the institutions, instruments, and regulatory framework that comprise Islamic capital markets.

A concise new narrative history of Islam that draws on the transformative insights of recent research to emphasize the diversity and dynamism of the traditionToday's Muslim world is in upheaval: legalists and mystics engage in intense debates, radical groups invoke Sharia, Muslim immigrants in the West face prejudice and discrimination, and Muslim feminists advocate new interpretations of the Koran.

This book investigates the history of Arabian suqs from their pre-Islamic beginnings to the present.

In this incisive new book, Megan Brankley Abbas argues that the Western university has emerged as a significant space for producing Islamic knowledge and Muslim religious authority.

This book explores the recent trend toward the transformation of religious symbols and practices into culture in Western democracies.

Although pluralism and religious tolerance are most often associated today with Western Enlightenment thinkers, the roots of these ideologies stretch back to non-Western and premodern societies, including many under Muslim rule.

Elijah Muhammad's Nation of Islam came to America's attention in the 1960s and 1970s as a radical separatist African American social and political group.

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This handbook is a detailed reference source comprising original articles covering the origins, history, theory and practice of Islamic law.

Written in accessible language, this book provides a comprehensive analysis of a topical subject that is being widely debated across Europe.

Highlighting the dynamic, pluralistic nature of Islamic civilization, Sufia M.

Die kämpferische Koran-Expertin Fatma Akay-Türker legte ihre Funktion als einzige Frau im Vorstand der Islamischen Glaubensgemeinschaft in Österreich zurück, weil sie deren konservatives Frauenbild ablehnte.

This book provides an introduction to the vision of an economic system based completely on the Holy Qur'an-a system defined as a collection of institutions, representing rules of behavior, prescribed by Allah for humans, and the traditions of the Messenger.

This Handbook traces and presents the fundamentals of Islam and their history and background, and provides a global and holistic, yet, detailed picture of Islamic education around the world.

The most comprehensive and up-to-date English-language guide on hadith scholarship The source of much of our knowledge of the first two centuries of Islamic history, the hadith literature is made up of thousands of traditions collected during the formative years of Islam.

Muslim Diaspora identifies those aspects of migratory experience that shatter or reinforce a group's attachment to its homeland and affect its readiness to adapt to a new country.

This volume reprints nineteen articles that deal with the formation of the first Islamic state under the 'rightly-guided' and Umayyad caliphs (632-750 CE).

This expansive four-volume encyclopedia presents a broad introduction to Islam that enables learning about the fundamental role of Islam in world history and promotes greater respect for cultural diversity.

A Muslim Reformist in Communist Yugoslavia examines the Islamic modernist thought of Husein ozo, a prominent Balkan scholar.

Vivid, dramatic portraits of Muslims in America in the years after 9/11, as they define themselves in a religious subculture torn between moderation and extremismThere are as many as six million Muslims in the United States today.

The Oxford Handbook of the Study of Religion provides a comprehensive overview of the academic study of religion.