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Former Chief Justice of the High Court of Cairo, Muhammad Said al-Ashmawy is recognized for his part in the struggle against Islamic extremism. This book provides the writings of al-Ashmawy and is edited and introduced in a manner which contextualizes...

Muhammad Abduh (1849-1905) is widely regarded as the founder of Islamic modernism. Egyptian jurist, religious scholar and political activist, he sought to synthesise Western and Islamic cultural values. Arguing that Islam is essentially rational and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789670526539Author Osman BakarFormat PaperbackPage Count 146Imprint Islamic Book TrustPublisher Islamic Book TrustWeight(grams) 195gDimensions(mm) 216mm *...

The dictionary focuses primarily on the 19th and 20th centuries, stressing topics of most interest to Westerners. What emerges is a highly informative look at the religious, political, and social spheres of the modern Islamic world. Naturally, readers...

This is one of the I Can Series of books that introduces and illustrates some basic yet important concepts and terms for young Muslim children. These are explained with reference to their everyday life and in the settings with which children are familiar...

An authoritative new edition and translation, with commentary, of one of the masterpieces of Persian Sufi poetry.The Gulshan-i Rāz, by Mahmud Shabistarī (1288–1340), is widely regarded as a masterpiece of Persian Sufi poetry and philosophy. This new...

An authoritative new edition and translation, with commentary, of one of the masterpieces of Persian Sufi poetry.The Gulshan-i Raz, by Mahmud Shabistari (1288-1340), is widely regarded as a masterpiece of Persian Sufi poetry and philosophy. This new...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781506462103Author Fiyaz MughalFormat PaperbackPage Count 158Imprint Augsburg FortressPublisher Augsburg Fortress PublishersWeight(grams) 318g

Mobilizing Mainstream Islam explains the rise and changing shape of religious nationalism in Indonesia after the fall of Suharto in 1998. In the 2000s, a time of electoral democratization, Indonesia's religious and political landscape experienced...

Two important texts in the Sufi tradition made available together in English for the first time.Inscriptions of Wisdom brings together, for the first time in English, two pivotal Sufi texts that illuminate Ibn al-'Arabi's (d. 1240) celebrated work Fusus...

Islam is frequently characterized as a "religion of the book," and yet Muslims take an almost entirely oral approach to their scripture. Qur'an means "recitation" and refers to the actual words Muslims believe were revealed to Muhammad by God. Many...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781806542840Author Ustadh Abu BaraaFormat PaperbackPage Count 185Imprint Bookvault PublishingPublisher Bookvault PublishingWeight(grams) 280gDimensions(mm)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781806542970Author Ustadh Abu BaraaFormat HardbackPage Count 185Imprint Bookvault PublishingPublisher Bookvault PublishingWeight(grams) 361gDimensions(mm)...

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Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781836903277Author ibn Abdul MajidFormat PaperbackPage Count 276Imprint Bookvault PublishingPublisher Bookvault PublishingWeight(grams) 407gDimensions(mm)...

This second volume details the continued spread of Muslim culture and peoples during the sixteenth, seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, a period that saw the height of the powerful Ottoman, Safavid and Mughal empires, followed by their precipitous...

Allan Christelow examines the Muslim courts of Algeria from 1854, when the French first intervened in Islamic legal matters, through the gradual subordination of the courts and judges that went on until World War I. Originally published in 1985. The...

A survey of the Muslim, Jewish, and Christian debates and mystical discussions about Muhammad's heavenly journey that took place in early medieval Spain.This book demonstrates how Muhammad's heavenly journey, as discussed throughout the eleventh and...

In Unveiling Traditions Anouar Majid issues a challenge to the West to reimagine Islam as a progressive world culture and a participant in the building of a multicultural and more egalitarian world civilization. From within the highly secularized space...

In the period between the twentieth century's two world wars, Black and Muslim people from the United States, South Asia, and the Caribbean collided across an expansive diasporic geography. As these people and their ideas came into contact, they...

This book takes a hermeneutic approach toward reading the writings of Jamal al-Banna and Tariq al-Bishri across several decades in order to explore contemporary Islamic political thought under authoritarianism. Ebtisam Aly Hussein uses the framework of...

This study of messianism and revolution examines an extremely rich though unexplored historical record on the rise of Islam and its sociopolitical revolutions from Muhammad's constitutive revolution in Arabia to the Abbasid revolution in the East and the...

This book provides novel empirical material on the phenomenon of Islamic higher education. Located at the intersection of the academic disciplines of Islamic studies, the study of religion, and migration studies, this book adds to research into Islamic...

Malaika and the Seven Heavens explores Toyin Falola's personal journey with Islam, beginning with his early years in Ibadan, Nigeria. Growing up in environments where Islam coexisted with traditional African religions and later living in a predominantly...

Malaika and the Seven Heavens explores Toyin Falola's personal journey with Islam, beginning with his early years in Ibadan, Nigeria. Growing up in environments where Islam coexisted with traditional African religions and later living in a predominantly...

This volume draws upon the research of The Fundamentalism Project to present working papers on the size, goals, and organizational structure of the Islamic movements; their various responses to the Gulf Crisis; the institutional and political channels...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9788182742055Author M.R.K. AfridiFormat HardbackPage Count 2250Imprint Pentagon PressPublisher Pentagon PressDimensions(mm) 250mm * 200mm * 50mm

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783899302561Author Ibn WarraqFormat HardbackPage Count 752Imprint Schiler & Mucke Gbr VerlagPublisher Schiler & Mucke Gbr VerlagWeight(grams) 1065g

The Bloomsbury Handbook of Muslims and Popular Culture illustrates how Muslims participate in a broad spectrum of activities. Moving beyond a framework that emphasizes ritual, legal, historical, or theological issues, this book speaks to how Muslims live...

In the 9th century, a secret sect of the Isma'ilis -- known in the Middle Ages under the name of Fatimids -- arose to play a prominent role in the history of the Near East. Their supreme head today is the Agha Khan. In this mesmerising book, Heinz Halm...

In recent years, Islamophobia has seen a disturbing global rise. Blaming Muslim minorities for economic, political, and social problems is an increasingly common rhetorical strategy for politicians in countries worldwide. A narrative of the "threatening...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9788173051456Format HardbackPage Count 2400Imprint Aryan Books InternationalPublisher Aryan Books International

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9798895311288Author DIL R BanuFormat PaperbackPage Count 182Imprint Writers Branding LLCPublisher Writers Branding LLCWeight(grams) 272gDimensions(mm) 229mm...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9788126114429Author Naseem AhmadFormat HardbackPage Count 744Imprint Anmol Publications Pvt LtdPublisher Anmol Publications Pvt LtdDimensions(mm) 249mm *...

There are over twenty million Muslims in China today. From the mountainous borders with Afghanistan to the tropical island of Hainan, the ethnicities and cultures of China's Muslims are as diverse as China herself. They come from at least ten different...

The main purpose of this study is to contribute to the familiarization of the reader with the production of Islamist writers in contemporary Turkey, by focusing on the ideas and writings of Necip Fazil Kisakurek, Ali Bulac, and Abdurrahman Dilipak. The...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781738429196Author Umm Bilaal Bint SabirFormat PaperbackPage Count 48Imprint Al Huroof PublishingPublisher Al Huroof PublishingWeight(grams)...

With a particular emphasis on definitions, continuities, and change, this edited volume examines the historical role and function of haya' - or feelings of shame, modesty, and honor - in Islamic theology and law, and explores contemporary Muslims'...

The Third Edition of Brill's Encyclopaedia of Islam is an entirely new work, with new articles reflecting the great diversity of current scholarship. It appears in substantial segments each year, both online and in print. The new scope includes...

This story begins with a divine unveiling: In 1220, a mysterious youth took the Sufi philosopher Muhyi al-Din Ibn 'Arabi behind the veil of the night. There, Ibn 'Arabi first came face to face with advanced and morally ambiguous spiritual practitioners...