Islam

In light of the ongoing public debate that focuses on differences between Islam and the West, this book suggests a change of perspective. It departs from the observation that both western Orientalists and Islamist activists have defined Islam similarly...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781908892751Author Abu 'abdullah Muhammad Al-QurtubiFormat PaperbackPage Count 488Imprint Diwan PressPublisher Diwan PressWeight(grams) 771gDimensions(mm)...

Nasir al-Din Tusi, the renowned Shi'i scholar of the 13th century, produced a range of writings in different fields of learning under Ismaili patronage and later under the Mongols. This is a new English translation of his Rawda-yi taslim - the single...

Maristans and Islamic Psychology outlines how the novel methods, tools, and approaches for treating psychological illnesses developed in the maristans (hospitals) of the Muslim world can be utilized today in formulating a practical implementation of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780913321010Author Maulana Muhammad AliFormat HardbackPage Count 1322Imprint Ahmadiyyah Anjuman Isha'at Islam Lahore Inc.,U.S.Publisher Ahmadiyyah Anjuman...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780995870963Author Nurjan MirahmadiFormat PaperbackPage Count 154Imprint Sufi Meditation Center SocietyPublisher Sufi Meditation Center SocietyWeight(grams)...

Providing a precious glimpse into the practice of the mystical life within the Sufi tradition, this volume marks the first time that a complete edition of Ibn ' Arabi's prayers has been made available. The Arabic is based on the best...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781590308844Author Carl W. ErnstFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint Shambhala Publications IncPublisher Shambhala Publications IncWeight(grams)...

As the living scriptural heritage of more than a billion people, the Qur'an (Koran) speaks with a powerful voice. Just as other scriptural religions, Islam has produced a long tradition of interpretation for its holy book. Nevertheless, efforts to...

Today, the issue of Muslim women is held hostage between two extreme perceptions: that of a rigid and conservative Islamic approach and that of a Western ethnocentric and Islamophobic approach. These two perceptions lead to an impasse in which it is...

Traditionally revered as the literal word of God, the Qur'an serves as Islam's sacred book of revelation. Accordingly, its statements and pronouncements rest at the core of the beliefs and teachings that have inexorably defined expressions of the Islamic...

Imam Nawawi's commentary on Sahih Muslim is one of the most highly regarded works in Islamic thought and literature. Accepted by every sunni school of thought, and foundational in the Shaafi school, this text, available for the first time in English, is...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781935295112Author Mustafa OEzcelikFormat PaperbackPage Count 128Imprint Blue Dome PressPublisher Blue Dome PressWeight(grams) 162g

From the time she was a little girl, Maryam rebelled against the terrible second-class existence that was her destiny as an Afghan woman.She had witnessed the miserable fate of her grandmother and three aunts, and wished she had been born a boy. As a...

This series of critical reflections on the evolution and major themes of pre-modern Muslim theology begins with the revelation of the Koran, and extends to the beginnings of modernity in the eighteenth century. The significance of Islamic theology...

At the turn of the millennium, Middle Eastern and Muslim Germans had rather unexpectedly become central to the country's Holocaust memory culture-not as welcome participants, but as targets for re-education and reform. Since then, Turkish- and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781922583246Author Sayyid Ali KhameneiFormat PaperbackPage Count 312Imprint Lantern PublicationsPublisher Lantern PublicationsWeight(grams)...

Bringing the study of international inequality back into the core of sociological theory, this book offers a user-friendly introduction to development and underdevelopment. In doing so, it places various approaches to the definition, measurement, and...

The recent prominence of Islamic politics in the Middle East, has raised important questions about society, politics and culture. It has posed a challenge to the main theoretical approaches in the social sciences from Marxism to modernization theory and...

Acclaimed historian Natalie Zemon Davis's accessible and dramatic biography was widely hailed as a masterpiece and tells the story of Leo Africanus, a sixteenth-century Moroccan who embodies the rich and complex exchanges between Europe and Africa during...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781642938531Author Robert SpencerFormat HardbackPage Count 320Imprint Bombardier BooksPublisher Bombardier BooksWeight(grams) 499gDimensions(mm) 231mm *...

Khadija was the first believer, to whom the Prophet Muhammad often turned for advice. At a time when strongmen quickly seized power from any female Muslim ruler, Arwa of Yemen reigned alone for five decades. In nineteenth-century Russia, Mukhlisa Bubi...

The Royal Armouries' collection of Asian arms and armour is among the finest in the world. With the aid of stunning photography, former Deputy Master Thom Richardson outlines a rich and vibrant diversity of military cultures from the Ottoman Empire to...

This book by renowned scholar and recognised authority on Islam, Shaykh-ul-Islam Dr Muhammad Tahir-ul-Qadri, is a discourse on the legal position of celebrating the Mawlid al-Nabi (birthday of the Prophet Muhammad (PBUH)) within Islam. Most notably,...

The story begins with a parting of the sands - the construction of the Suez Canal that united the Mediterranean with the Arabian Sea. It opened the door of opportunity for people living insecurely on the fringes of a turbulent Europe.The Middle East is...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781957063096Author Khaled Abou El FadlFormat PaperbackPage Count 324Imprint Institute for Advanced Usuli StudiesPublisher Institute for Advanced Usuli...

The only comprehensive introduction to al-Farabi - the first Islamic philosopher to translate the works of Plato and Aristotle. This new survey from a leading scholar documents the philosopher's life, writings and achievements.About the AuthorMajid...

This is a new history showing the significance of the empire to Islam and the wider world. From the 10th century to the end of the 12th century, the Fatimid Empire played a central, yet controversial, role in the history of Islam. This definitive account...

Providing a precious glimpse into the real practice of the mystical life within the Sufi tradition, this volume marks the first time any of Ibn 'Arabi's prayers have been translated into another language. The 14 prayers include not only the most...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781930409262Author As-Sayyid, Nurjan MirahmadiFormat PaperbackPage Count 180Imprint Islamic Supreme Council of AmericaPublisher Islamic Supreme Council of...

Why and under what circumstances did the religion of Islam emerge in a remote part of Arabia at the beginning of the seventh century? Traditional scholarship maintains that Islam developed in opposition to the idolatrous and polytheistic religion of the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780645037944Author Ibn Ata'illah Al-SakandariFormat PaperbackPage Count 302Imprint Dhikr.Publisher Dhikr.Weight(grams) 295gDimensions(mm) 198mm * 129mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781952306013Author Sayyid Muhammad Alawi Al-MalikiFormat PaperbackPage Count 88Imprint Imam Ghazali PublishingPublisher Imam Ghazali PublishingWeight(grams)...

The Sufi path described in this book leads the seeker past ordinary states of consciousness towards a new experience of infinitude that is the source of the universe. In this stage there is no duality or otherness, but instead infinitude, the Original...

Centering on the pioneering work of Christoph Luxenberg, this anthology of scholarly yet accessible studies of the Koran makes a convincing case that Islam's holy book borrowed heavily from Christian texts in Syriac and other Near Eastern sources. In...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781872038025Author Abdul Wadod ShalabiFormat PaperbackPage Count 87Imprint Quilliam Press LtdPublisher Quilliam Press Ltd

Constructs a contemporary philosophical theology from the M?tur?d? tradition of kal?m Reconstructs the theological system of Ab? Man??r al-M?tur?d? Explores the development of the early and classical M?tur?d? tradition Engages with contemporary...

Developed in response to the events of September 11, 2001, these 14 articles from prominent Muslim thinkers offer a provocative reassessment of Islam's relationship with the modern world. Confronting issues such as racism, justice, sexuality and gender,...

Within the field of Islamic Studies, scientific research of Muslim theology is a comparatively young discipline. Much progress has been achieved over the past decades with respect both to discoveries of new materials and to scholarly approaches to the...

Drawn from the first-hand accounts of eyewitnesses, Roy Mottahedeh's absorbing tale of Islam and Politics in revolutionary Iran is widely regarded as one of the best records of that turbulent time ever written. This revised edition includes a new...