Islam

Robert Rozehnal traces the ritual practices and identity politics of a contemporary Sufi order in Pakistan: the Chishti Sabris.

An element common to all the articles collected here is the attempt to make parallel use of sources from different cultures - Biblical and Talmudic Hebrew, Greek and Latin, Arabic and Judaeo-Arabic - comparing these different but complementary sources in the investigation of topics in Jewish and Arabic history.

The text of the Qur'an appears to many to be desperately muddled and lacking any coherence.

Early Modern England was obsessed with the 'turke'.

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

An extensive collection of essays that examines the place of homosexuality in the contemporary and classical Muslim world.

In Israel there are Jews and Muslims who practice Sufism together.

Islam came on the scene, with a message, philosophy and code of conduct, perfect by all means, with its advent, the new faith revolutionised the contemporary world in a very short span of time.

This bibliography, first published in 1990, is a result of a quarter-century professional and personal relationship between two academics interested in Middle East studies.

When Muslim women from diverse national and cultural contexts meet one another through transnational dialogue and networking, what happens to their sense of identity and social agency?

This book combines sociological theorising with studies on the Middle East and Islam.

This book tells the stranger-than-fiction story of how a poor white family from Indiana was scapegoated into prominence as America's "e;worst"e; family by the eugenics movement in the early twentieth century, then "e;reinvented"e; in the 1970s as part of a vanguard of social rebellion.

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

Latino and Muslim in America examines how so-called "e;minority groups"e; are made, fragmented, and struggle for recognition.

On 4 July 1187 the legendary Muslim leader Saladin destroyed the Crusader army of the Latin Kingdom of Jerusalem with a terrible slaughter at the battle of Hattin - and went on to restore the Holy City of Jerusalem to Islamic rule.

Now in its second edition, Islam: The Basics provides an introduction to the Islamic faith, examining the doctrines of the religion, the practises of Muslims and the history and significance of Islam in modern contexts.

Audisee(R) eBooks with Audio combine professional narration and sentence highlighting for an engaging read aloud experience!

This three-volume set of previously out-of-print titles closely examines three key aspects of Muslim Spain: the Muslim conquest and settlement, together with its political and economic administration; spirituality in the region; and El Cid and the Spanish reconquest.

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

Place plays a fundamental role in the structuring of the discipline of Art History.

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

Tariq Ramadan, one of Europe's leading thinkers and one of Islam's most innovative and important voices, explores in this volume what it means to be a Western Muslim, addressing a topic that is vitally important to the futures of both Islam and the West.

Latino and Muslim in America examines how so-called "e;minority groups"e; are made, fragmented, and struggle for recognition.

An examination of how American newspaper articles on Muslims are strikingly negative by any measure.

Across North America, Islam is portrayed as a religion of immigrants, converts, and cultural outsiders.

Written in an accessible, journalistic style, Jihad in Paradise focuses on Southeast Asia's struggle to deal with Islamic extremists and terrorism at the hands of Jemah Islamiyah, al Qaeda's Southeast Asian arm.

Ever since a group of people came into existence who called themselves Muslims and followed Islam, questions of what it means to be a member of this group - who is to be included/excluded and what the requirements for membership are - have proven to be both divisive and defining.

Muslims: Their Religious Beliefs and Practices offers a survey of Islamic history and thought from the formative period of the religion to the contemporary period.

Remembering 9/11 recalls the afterlife of the tragedy and the shock that led many to ask 'why do they hate us so much?

Islam is the fastest growing religion in the United States.

This book explores several challenges facing FinTech in Islamic financial institutions.

This book presents how ancient Christianity must be understood from the viewpoint of the history of religions in late antiquity.

Dedicated to supernatural revelation and the divine governance of society, Pakistan's Ahmadi community has endured mob violence and penal sanctions for refusing to embrace the beliefs of the Sunni majority.

Wie junge Musliminnen in Österreich und Deutschland ihre Umwelt erlebenZahlreiche Bücher werden über muslimische Frauen verfasst, wenige von ihnen.

Giving to Godexamines the everyday practices of Islamic giving in post-revolutionary Egypt.

In Morocco, Marvine Howe, a former correspondent for The New York Times, presents an incisive and comprehensive review of the Moroccan kingdom and its people, past and present.

How do ordinary Muslims deal with and influence the increasingly pervasive Islamic norms set by institutions of the state and religion?

This book provides an analysis of the relationship between the Egyptian army and the Muslim Brotherhood (MB).

In the Name of Elijah Muhammad tells the story of the Nation of Islam-its rise in northern inner-city ghettos during the Great Depression through its decline following the death of Elijah Muhammad in 1975 to its rejuvenation under the leadership of Louis Farrakhan.

Ahmed El Shamsy''s The Canonization of Islamic Law is a detailed history of the birth of classical Islamic law.

This book, first published in 1971, details the Muhammad 'Arif manuscript which propagates the project of the Hejaz railway connecting Damascus with Medina and Mecca.

Jamie Gilham collates the work of leading and emerging scholars of Islam in Britain, Christian-Muslim relations and Victorian Studies to offer fresh perspectives on Islam and Muslims in Victorian Britain.

While Christian approaches to the problem of evil have been much discussed, the issue of theodicy in Islam is relatively neglected.

Introducing innovative new research from international scholars working on Islamic fashion and its critics, Islamic Fashion and Anti-Fashion provides a global perspective on muslim dress practices.