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.
In einer Welt, in der die Suche nach Frieden und tieferem Verständnis noch nie so dringend war, offenbart dieses Buch überraschende Zusammenhänge zwischen Wissenschaft, Religion und Spiritualität.
In this book, experts give an introduction to all important Islamic topics: The Beginnings, Muhammad, Hadit, Koran, Systematics: Theology, Philosophie, Ethics and Education, Law, Piety: Rite, Sufism, Religious order, Folk Religion, Shia, Culture: Historiography, Literature, Art and Architecture, Science; Challenges of modernity: Politics and Human Rights, Economics and Globalization, Women, Refomism and Islamism, Dialogue with non-Muslims.
Die vorliegende Taschenbuchausgabe "Der Koran - Übersetzung" gibt den von Rudi Paret bereits vorgelegten Text seiner international anerkannten großen Koran-Übersetzung in überarbeiteter Fassung wieder.
Ausgangspunkt der Darstellung ist die Frage, ob die ältesten Dokumente über das Leben des Propheten Muhammad Frauen in die Gestaltung eines religiösen Bildungsbereichs einbeziehen.
Die bewährte Übersetzung des Koran von Max Henning zeichnet sich durch gute Lesbarkeit und Verständlichkeit bei Texttreue und Respekt vor dem religiösen Gehalt aus.
Symbol of Divine Light surveys the history of the mosque lamp, describing the numerous variants made in different historical periods and containing more than 200 stunning color and b/w illustrations.
This extraordinary biography of the Algerian warrior and Sufi saint, Emir Abd el-Kader (1807/8-1883), shows his dazzling spiritual qualities in the fight against the French colonial authorities.
Although relatively unknown in the West, Islam has been forcefully brought to the public's attention by the acts and threats of the ';Islamic terrorists.
In his fascinating new book, Bosnian academic and former statesman, Rusmir Mahmutcehajic, explores how men and women traditionally ordered their communities, architecture, and habits of life to reflect the divine order, and how this order is coming under attack in an increasingly secularized modern world.
From Rumi's whirling dervishes in Turkey over 700 years ago, to circles of silent mystics in the West today, this book reveals the history and practices of Sufism, the ancient but still active system of Islamic mysticism which has long been the spiritual current in Islam that counterbalances fundamentalism.
There are almost no authoratative books readily available for the general reader that provide, in clear and accessible language, an introduction to the spiritual perspective illuminating Rumi's magical poetry.
This new edition of Frithjof Schuon's important work, Sufism: Veil and Quintessence, is a fully revised translation from the French original and has an extensive Appendix containing previously unpublished letters and other private writings.
Titus Burckhardt's masterpiece, Introduction to Sufi Doctrine, explores the essence of Islamic mysticism, or Sufism, presenting its central doctrines and methods to a Western audience in a highly intelligible form.
In our day, which is characterized by a great misunderstanding of Islam, this work outlines the ideal of an Islamic society at the time of the Prophet Muhammad.
Tierno Bokar (1875-1939), African mystic and Muslim spiritual teacher, was remarkable for the drama of his life story (which was made into a recent play directed by Peter Brook).
The fifth daughter in a patriarchal society, and an indigenous Bedouin in Israel, Amal came into this world fighting for her voice to be heard in a community that did not prize girls.
Through the friendship of two young Franco-Iranians, Exiles from Paradise is a novel that delves deep into the great conflict between enlightened Islam and fanaticism.
With a foreword by HRH Prince El Hassan bin Talal of Jordan, this collection of contributions from leading contributors on the teaching of Islam in schools is aimed as a step towards improving intercultural understanding.
We live in a world polarized by the ongoing conflict between Muslims, Christians and Jews, but - in an extraordinary narrative spanning fourteen centuries - Zachary Karabell argues that the relationship between Islam and the West has never been simply one of animosity and competition, but has also comprised long periods of cooperation and coexistence.
