Islam

By all measures, the late twentieth century was a time of dramatic decline for the Islamic world, the Ummah, particularly its Arab heartland.

Hilal Elver offers an in-depth study of the escalating controversy over the right of Muslim women to wear headscarves.

Islamic Environmentalism examines Muslim involvement in environmentalism in the United States and Great Britain.

“In considerable detail and with admirable clarity, [Habeck] contributes one of the most valuable books on the ongoing Middle East—and world—crisis” (Booklist, starred review).

This exciting new addition to Palgrave Studies in Islamic Banking, Finance, and Economics argues that social capital can facilitate rule-compliance and co-operation in the sharing of risk in financial and economic activities.

This book provides a fascinating, unparalleled look at the Nation of Islam, including its history, the complexity of its views towards orthodox Muslims, women, and other minorities, and the trajectory of the group after the 1995 Million Man March.

The September 11 attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon left us stunned, angry, and uncomprehending.

Against the background of long-standing narratives in which Twelver Shi'ism is viewed as fundamentally authoritarian, The School of Hillah and the Formation of Twelver Shi'i Islamic Tradition builds upon recent scholarship in the fields of Religious Studies, Anthropology, and History to argue that Twelver Shi'ism is better understood as a discursive tradition.

American and Muslim Worlds before 1900 challenges the prevailing assumption that when we talk about "e;American and Muslim worlds"e;, we are talking about two conflicting entities that came into contact with each other in the 20th century.

The volume brings together seventeen studies on Avicenna by Dimitri Gutas, written over the past twenty-five years.

The first volume of the collected major articles of Richard M.

The scientific debates on border crossings and cultural exchange between Judaism, Christianity, and Islam have much increased over the last decades.

This book investigates the role of Islam and religious freedom in the constitutional transitions of six North African and Middle Eastern countries, namely Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Egypt, Turkey, and Palestine.

This book contains poetry attributed to Omar Khayyaam (1048-1131), a popular Iranian poet whose philosophies provoke strong reactions from those who agree or disagree with his ideas.

This book offers a comparative study of emotion in Arabic Islamic and English Christian contemplative texts, c.

Islam through Objects represents the state of the field of Islamic material cultural studies.

Few topics are as broad or as daunting as the God of Israel, that deity of the world's three monotheistic religions, Judaism, Christianity, and Islam, who has been worshiped over millennia.

This book discusses the need for a paradigm shift from Islamic economics universe of discourse to Iqtisad, a socio-economic system that is entirely independent from other economic doctrines and systems of thought.

The politics of inclusion is about more than hate, exclusion, and discrimination.

The first English translation of the rubais of Rumi *; Presents 233 of the most evocative of Rumi's 1,700 rubais *; Shows that the mystical embrace is the way to directly experience the Divine Rumi is well known for the over 44,000 verses that appear in a 23-volume collection called the Divan-i Kebir.

For more than half a century, Saudi Arabia--through both official and non-governmental channels--has poured billions of dollars into funding and sponsoring religious activities and Islamic causes around the world.

Despite the importance of Islam in global affairs and the role of Islamic Studies in Religious Studies, little attention has been given to the basic questions of how Islam should be taught.

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

This book addresses the reception of Islamic visual culture by the northern Iberian kingdoms, by systematically comparing works of art from both sides and fleshing out their historical context.

Challenges a foundational narrative of Jewish history under early Islam—that Jews went from farmers to merchants—presenting an alternative.

The Qur'an and the Bible have been called "e;intertwined scriptures"e; due to the Qur'an's frequent invocation of biblical narratives and figures.

A compelling book that casts the Qur'anic encounter with Jews in an entirely new lightIn this panoramic and multifaceted book, Meir Bar-Asher examines how Jews and Judaism are depicted in the Qur'an and later Islamic literature, providing needed context to those passages critical of Jews that are most often invoked to divide Muslims and Jews or to promote Islamophobia.

It is widely recognised that the provision of an inclusive education is critical to maintaining high standards of learning and teaching for all students in higher education - a fact that is backed up by recent introduction of legislation and best practice guidelines around the world.

Quelles sont les influences de la pensée philosophique grecque sur la science des fondements jurisprudentiels islamiques ?

Indian Muslims form the largest ethnic minority within Singapore's otherwise largely Malay Muslim community.

In order to preserve contemporary understandings of the sciences, many figures of the Divine Action Project (DAP) held that God could never violate or suspend a law of nature, causing the marginalization of miracles from scholarly theology-science dialogue.

This volume brings together a set of key studies on classical Arabic poetry (ca.

This volume examines the important question of whether or not international human rights and Islamic law are compatible.

Having survived the process of modernization and reasserted themselves in public life, religious traditions play an increasingly important public role in shaping and defining social institutions and interactions.

The unique essays in this collection use the underlying allegiance to scripture in Islam, Judaism, and Christianity to underscore the deep affinities between the three monotheistic traditions while at the same time encouraging respect for the differences between the traditions to be preserved.

The Muslim charity sector is stronger than ever, attracting thousands of volunteers and millions of pounds in donations.

It has often been argued that Arab states are arbitrary political creations, lacking historical or present legitimacy.

Die Tatsache, dass der Koran zu einem Buch zusammengestellt wurde, ohne die Reihenfolge seiner Offenbarung zu berücksichtigen und die Tatsache, dass Tausende von Ḥadīṯ, die mit dem Koran nicht vereinbar sind, ernst genommen wurden, als ob sie von Muḥammad (Friede sei mit ihm) gesagt wurden, und der Koran mit diesen irreführenden Ḥadīṯ interpretiert wurde und immer noch wird, ist ein Hindernis zur Verständlichkeit des Korans und damit des Islams.

A sweeping new work exploring Iran's cultural import and influence on each of the world's major religionsToday it is Iran's association with Islam that commands discussion and debate.

This study examines the collective progression of Islamic politics between points of dissent and positions of power.

Many global film industries fail in expanding the role of Muslims on screen.

There are many books that highlight the need and importance of mission toward unreached people.

This book explains how religious politics, repressive institutions, and leaders'' political strategies intersected in the US Global War on Terror.

A prominent mystic and renowned anti-colonial warrior from Indonesia, Shaykh Yusuf of Macassar (1626-1699), was exiled to South Africa where he played a pioneering role in laying the foundations of Islam.

Explores the urban, cosmopolitan sensibilities of Urdu poetry written in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries in Lucknow.

The headscarf issue draws a great deal of public and academic attention in Turkey, yet the debate largely unfolds within the contours of the discussions over modernization, Westernization, and the Islamic / secular divide.

This volume explores the 'Mimetic Theory' of the cultural theorist Rene Girard and its applicability to Islamic thought and tradition.