Islam

With the current turmoil in the Middle East, there is a growing interest about Islam-the world's second largest religion and one of the fastest growing-and its holy book, the Koran (or Qur'an). Now, with this easy-to-follow, plain-English guide, you can...

Mayada was born into a powerful Iraqi family. One grandfather fought alongside Lawrence of Arabia. The other is acclaimed as the first true Arab nationalist. Her uncle was Prime Minister for nearly forty years, her mother an important politician. When...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780946621217Author Gai EatonFormat PaperbackPage Count 216Imprint The Islamic Texts SocietyPublisher The Islamic Texts SocietyWeight(grams) 285g

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Across the Islamic world, illuminating Korans from Morocco to Malaysia, and adorning mosques, mausoleums and palaces, are hidden some of the most exquisite geometrical devices ever conceived by man. In this excellent little book, geometer Daud Sutton...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780985884062Author Ibn HajarFormat PaperbackPage Count 70Imprint IslamosaicPublisher IslamosaicWeight(grams) 100gDimensions(mm) 216mm * 140mm * 4mm

"Henry Corbin's works are the best guide to the visionary tradition...Corbin, like Scholem and Jonas, is remembered as a scholar of genius. He was uniquely equipped not only to recover Iranian Sufism for the West, but also to defend the principal Western...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781682359600Author Souad MhaniFormat PaperbackPage Count 92Imprint Strategic Book PublishingPublisher Strategic Book PublishingWeight(grams)...

Coercive control is the most common and devastating means used to subjugate women in personal and family life. Drawing on FBI statistics, health records, interviews with victims and perpetrators, and forensic analysis of dramatic cases from the author's...

Married Ever After is a guide through the marriage process based on 20 timeless Qur'anic principles, insightful Prophetic examples and contemporary research on maintaining successful relationships. We know all relationships involve struggle, and...

A narrative chronicle of Israeli democracy that defines historic phases and follows thematic challenges to democracy, including: competition between religion and the rule of law; the statist society and chaotic minoritocracy; modern illiberal populism...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781932099935Author Huseyin AlgulFormat PaperbackPage Count 88Imprint Tughra BooksPublisher Tughra BooksWeight(grams) 150g

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The Journal of the International Qur'anic Studies Association (JIQSA) is a peer reviewed annual journal published on behalf of the International Qur'anic Studies Association, a non-profit learned society for scholars of the Qur'an. JIQSA welcomes article...

A SUNDAY TIMES AND TLS BOOK OF THE YEAR "Masterly and brilliant"-Simon Sebag Montefiore "A book of vast scope and stunning insight."-Anthony Sattin, Spectator "Commanding erudition and a swashbuckling style define this history of the Arabs"-Justin...

"In four brief chapters," writes Clifford Geertz in his preface, "I have attempted both to lay out a general framework for the comparative analysis of religion and to apply it to a study of the development of a supposedly single creed, Islam, in two...

This book highlights a number of the major Sufi figures whose writings on legal theory were strongly shaped by their Sufism, showing how they belonged to the same tradition and developed each other's ideas. The book focuses in particular on Ibn ?Arab?,...

The essential introduction to Islam by a leading expertHardly a day goes by without mention of Islam. And yet, for most people, and in much of the world, Islam remains a little-known religion. Whether the issue is violence, terrorism, women's rights or...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781912356195Author Mohammed Basil AltaieFormat PaperbackPage Count 208Imprint Beacon Books and Media LtdPublisher Beacon Books and Media LtdWeight(grams)...

In the spring of 1453, the Ottoman Turks advanced on Constantinople in pursuit of an ancient Islamic dream: capturing the thousand-year-old capital of Christian Byzantium.During the siege that followed, a small band of badly organised defenders,...

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'Outstanding, timely and much needed.' Amir Hussain, Professor of Theological Studies, Loyola Marymount University 'A very well-written, remarkably accessible, timely and important book. It is sure to be read widely.' Muhammad Qasim Zaman, Robert H...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781611809961Author Hazrat Inayat KhanFormat PaperbackPage Count 352Imprint Shambhala Publications IncPublisher Shambhala Publications Inc

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781930409910Author Shaykh Muhammad Hisham KabbaniFormat PaperbackPage Count 54Imprint Islamic Supreme Council of AmericaPublisher Islamic Supreme Council of...

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What are the hidden Qur'anic gems that lead to optimal faith, success, taqwa and overall health?Allah has given us the answers. He has taught us how we eat, drink, sleep, behave and live--all to maintain perfect balance and harmony. And yet, when we...

Islam features widely in the news, often in its most militant versions, but few people in the non-Muslim world really understand the nature of Islam. Malise Ruthven's Very Short Introduction contains essential insights into issues such as why Islam...

Current developments in Iran are forcing a fundamentalreassessment of the relationship between Islam and democracyand the processes of democratization in the Muslim world.While some scholars have argued that 'Islam' and 'democracy'are essentially...

In the popular imagination, Islam is often associated with words like oppression, totalitarianism, intolerance, cruelty, misogyny, and homophobia, while its presumed antonyms are Christianity, the West, liberalism, individualism, freedom, citizenship,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780963457455Author Irina TweedieFormat PaperbackPage Count 870Imprint Golden Sufi Center,U.S.Publisher Golden Sufi Center,U.S.Weight(grams) 1gDimensions(mm)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781949123067Author Ibn WarraqFormat PaperbackPage Count 414Imprint Think & TellPublisher Think & TellWeight(grams) 576gDimensions(mm) 234mm * 156mm * 22mm

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781989602027Author Nurjan MirahmadiFormat PaperbackPage Count 532Imprint Naqshbandi Center of VancouverPublisher Naqshbandi Center of VancouverWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780143130130Author Kabir Edmund HelminskiFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint J.P.Tarcher,U.S./Perigee Bks.,U.S.Publisher J.P.Tarcher,U.S./Perigee Bks.,U.S.

A magnificent and indispensable portrayal of the rich folklore of the Islamic world. According to Islamic tradition, Allah created three types of beings: angels, made of light; humans, made of earth; and jinn, made of smokeless fire. Supernatural,...

Covered from head to toe with only her eyes visible, the sight of a Muslim woman on a western city street rarely fails to provoke a strong reaction. Feelings of shock, horror, repulsion, pity or even fear are not uncommon. But have you ever wondered who...

Heretic and impostor or reformer and statesman? The contradictory Western visions of MuhammadIn European culture, Muhammad has been vilified as a heretic, an impostor, and a pagan idol. But these aren't the only images of the Prophet of Islam that emerge...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780946621224Author Ibn Qayyim al-JawziyyaFormat PaperbackPage Count 350Imprint The Islamic Texts SocietyPublisher The Islamic Texts SocietyWeight(grams) 530g

Text and Interpretation examines the main characteristics of the legal thought of Imam Ja'far al-Sadiq, preeminent religious scholar jurist of Medina in the first half of the second century of the Muslim calendar. This book presents an intellectual...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781966600022Author Hamza Ali AbbasiFormat HardbackPage Count 378Imprint Ghamidi Center of Islamic LearningPublisher Ghamidi Center of Islamic...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780989364010Author Michael SugichFormat PaperbackPage Count 212Imprint Michael SugichPublisher Michael SugichWeight(grams) 290gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm...