Islamic Studies

This updated version of Islam: The Straight Path includes a new Epilogue by John Esposito in which he addresses the impact 9/11 and its aftermath have had on both the Muslim and non-Muslim world, discussing Islam's relationship to democracy and modernity...

Reporting Islam examines the coverage of Muslim women in the New York Times over a 30 year period, from 1980-2011. The analysis addresses the nature of the coverage; whether there are parallels in the depiction of Muslim women from the Middle East and...

In Muslims in Motion , Nazli Kibria provides a comparative look at Bangladeshi Muslims in different global contexts--including Britain, the U.S., the Middle East, and Malaysia. Kibria examines international migrant flows from Bangladesh, and considers...

A climate of Islamophobia allows anxieties about Muslim men living in and migrating to Britain to endure. British Muslims men are often profiled in highly negative terms or regarded with suspicion owing to their perceived religious and cultural heritage...

Control over education has been a keenly contested area since the Justice and Development Party (AKP) came to power in Turkey. Central to this contest has been the question of whose values would be passed down to future generations, with the inculcation...

In the Middle Ages, a varied and vibrant Islamic culture flourished in all its aspects, from religious institutions to legal and scientific endeavors. Lassner, Reisman, and Bonner detail how all three montheist traditions are linked to the same sacred...

Western perceptions of the Middle East have all too often been simplified. Islamic culture can easily be stereotyped in the Western media and even into this century the orient has been romanticised and mythologised. In The Next Threat, five authors from...

New Arabian Studies is an international journal covering a wide spectrum of topics including geography, archaeology, history, architecture, agriculture, language, dialect, sociology, documents, literature and religion. It provides authoritative...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780994704818Author Rafik AbdessalemFormat PaperbackPage Count 364Imprint Afro-Middle East CentrePublisher Afro-Middle East CentreWeight(grams) 485g

This book examines how interest groups in Turkey, including religious nationalists, neoliberal industrialists, and the military, promote and develop their particular worldviews through education and in school curricula. The aim is to explain how these...

New Arabian Studies is an international journal covering a wide spectrum of topics including geography, archaeology, history, architecture, agriculture, language, dialect, sociology, documents, literature and religion. It provides authoritative...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781013289354Author Trinidad RicoFormat HardbackPage Count 134Imprint Saint Philip Street PressPublisher Saint Philip Street PressWeight(grams) 216g

When Muslim rule in Kashmir ended in 1820, Sikh and later Hindu Dogra Rulers gained power, but the country was still largely influenced by Sunni religious orthodoxy. This book traces the impact of Sunni power on Shi'i society and how this changed during...

This book presents a thematic collection of hagiographical stories of Sufi saints, often referred to as friends of Gods. Despite the diverse wealth of Sufi works, much of the rich, global and centuries old literature of Sufi warrior-saints, has yet to be...

To what extent did a perceived morality crisis play a role in the dramatic events of the last years of the Ottoman Empire? Beginning in the late nineteenth century when some of the Ottoman elites began to question the moral climate as evidence for the...

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...

I.B. Tauris in association with the Institute of Ismaili Studies The two sermons edited and translated here for the first time are primary material from the years before the establishment of the Fatimid caliphate in 297/909. The authors have been...

This text provides an in-depth analysis of the politics and organization of Muslim autocracies, radical Islamist movements, and democracies, explaining their influence on the never-ending conflicts in the Middle East. In order to properly understand the...

This installment in the critically acclaimed Contemporary Debates series uses evidence-based documentation to provide a full and impartial examination of beliefs and claims made about Muslim individuals, families, and communities in the United States...

The Contemporary Arab Reader on Political Islam brings together the writings of highly influential figures in the field of Islamism in the contemporary Arab world, many of whose writings have never been available before in English. Addressing the key...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9787458208998Author Sirin SeifFormat PaperbackPage Count 110Imprint Sirin SeifPublisher Sirin SeifWeight(grams) 159gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 6mm

Examines the historical, political, religious, and social dynamics of Muslim minority status in Uganda, and important themes of pre- and post-colonial political community, religion and national identity. Between 2012 and 2016 several Muslim clerics were...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781733603409Author Earl Abdulmalik MohammedFormat HardbackPage Count 178Imprint Bilalian Rivers Press, LLCPublisher Bilalian Rivers Press, LLCWeight(grams)...

According to some observers, Southeast Asian Islam is undergoing a conservative turn. This means voices that champion humanist, progressive or moderate ideas are located on the fringes of society. Is this assessment accurate for a region that used to be...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781725253858Author Victor Hugo CuartasFormat HardbackPage Count 274Imprint Wipf & Stock PublishersPublisher Wipf & Stock PublishersWeight(grams) 535g

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Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781625504531Author Stephen J McGraneFormat PaperbackPage Count 202Imprint Llumina PressPublisher Llumina PressWeight(grams) 222gDimensions(mm) 203mm * 127mm...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781933368054Author Nasrin AlaviFormat PaperbackPage Count 372Imprint Soft SkullPublisher Soft SkullWeight(grams) 369g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789353448509Author Abd Salam ShabeenyFormat PaperbackPage Count 300Imprint Lector HousePublisher Lector HouseWeight(grams) 463gDimensions(mm) 234mm * 156mm...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781912997954Author Ahmet Erdi OzturkFormat PaperbackPage Count 170Imprint Transnational Press LondonPublisher Transnational Press LondonWeight(grams)...

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What does it mean to be a modern Muslim today? In contemporary discourse Islam and modernity are often presented as each other's opposites in media and popular culture. Southeast Asia has a large Muslim population, especially in Indonesia, Malaysia, and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781876843687Author Satoshi AdachiFormat HardbackPage Count 374Imprint Trans Pacific PressPublisher Trans Pacific Press

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Negotiating Development in Muslim Societies explores the negotiation processes of global development concepts such as poverty alleviation, human rights, and gender equality. It focuses on three countries that are undergoing different Islamisation...

As southern Lebanon becomes the latest battleground for Islamist warriors, Everyday Jihad plunges us into the sprawling, heavily populated Palestinian refugee camp at Ain al-Helweh, which in the early 1990s became a site for militant Sunni Islamists. A...

The Al-Azhar University remains the top destination for Southeast Asian students pursuing an Islamic studies degree. The university, built in the last millennium, has been able to withstand competition from modern universities across the globe and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780982493120Author Jason X GrossmanFormat PaperbackPage Count 152Imprint Faithful Life PublishersPublisher Faithful Life PublishersWeight(grams) 140g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781013289347Author Trinidad RicoFormat PaperbackPage Count 134Imprint Saint Philip Street PressPublisher Saint Philip Street PressWeight(grams) 216g