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Presents a narrative history and analysis of the Assyrian experience in 20th century Iraq. Who are the Assyrians and what role did they play in shaping modern Iraq? Were they simply bystanders, victims of collateral damage who played a passive role in...

Islam has become a potent political force around the world since it reemerged in the late 1960's and 1970's as a religio-political alternative to failed nationalist ideologies. In countries throughout the world, individuals and movements have attempted...

Islam has become a potent political force around the world since it reemerged in the late 1960's and 1970's as a religio-political alternative to failed nationalist ideologies. In countries throughout the world, individuals and movements have attempted...

This collection of seven essays offers wide-ranging and in-depth studies of locations sacred to Muslims, of the histories of these sites (real or imagined), and of the ways in which Muslims and members of other religions have interacted peaceably in...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781399522328Author Adam BursiFormat HardbackPage Count 288Imprint Edinburgh University PressPublisher Edinburgh University PressWeight(grams)...

Conversion to Islam is a phenomenon of immense significance in human history. At the outset of Islamic rule in the seventh century, Muslims constituted a tiny minority in most areas under their control. But by the beginning of the modern period, they...

By the beginning of the 1970s, the modernizing political and cultural movements that had dominated the postwar Arab world were collapsing. The postcolonial project they had fashioned, which sought to create a decolonized order and a new Arab man, had...

A free ebook version of this title is available through Luminos, University of California Press's Open Access publishing program. Visit www.luminosoa.org to learn more.Sounding Islam provides a provocative account of the sonic dimensions of religion,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781541673809Author Marc David BaerFormat HardbackPage Count 560Imprint Basic BooksPublisher Basic BooksWeight(grams) 880gDimensions(mm) 236mm * 163mm * 48mm

In recent decades, Malaysia has been profoundly changed both by forces of globalization, modernization, and industrialization and by a strong Islamization process. Some would argue that the situation of Malay women has worsened, but such a conclusion is...

In the 12th - 14th centuries, Sufism (`Islamic mysticism') became extraordinarily popular across Egypt. Elites and non-elites, rulers and ruled, the wealthy and the poor, even Jews, all embraced a variety of Sufi ideas and practices. This book is the...

A free open access ebook is available upon publication. Learn more at www.luminosoa.org. There is a vast body of imaginal literature in Bengali that introduces fictional Sufi saints into the complex mythological world of Hindu gods and goddesses. Dating...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780812966183Author Karen ArmstrongFormat PaperbackPage Count 272Imprint Random House IncPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 227gDimensions(mm) 202mm...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780199933730Author Tariq RamadanFormat HardbackPage Count 256Imprint Oxford University PressPublisher Oxford University Press

Analyses the narrative function of Kh?rijism in 9th- and 10th-century Islamic historiography The first book-length literary study of Kh?rijism Sheds new light on the creation of historical memory in early Islamic historiography Emphasises the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9784299107152Author Abdur-Rahman AlshehaFormat PaperbackPage Count 126Imprint Abdur-Rahman AlshehaPublisher Abdur-Rahman AlshehaWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781908892225Author Abu Bakr Ibn Al-'arabiFormat PaperbackPage Count 324Imprint Diwan PressPublisher Diwan PressWeight(grams) 499gDimensions(mm) 234mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783981755145Author Ali GhandourFormat PaperbackPage Count 104Imprint Editio GryphusPublisher Editio GryphusWeight(grams) 104gDimensions(mm) 190mm * 120mm *...

A History of Arabic Astronomy is a comprehensive survey of Arabic planetary theories from the eleventh century to the fifteenth century based on recent manuscript discoveries. George Saliba argues that the medieval period, often called a period of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781908110220Author Ayatollah Muhammad-Sadiq NajmiFormat PaperbackPage Count 324Imprint Sun Behind the Cloud PublicationsPublisher Sun Behind the Cloud...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781891785283Author Ahmad ibn 'AjibaFormat PaperbackPage Count 204Imprint Fons Vitae,USPublisher Fons Vitae,USWeight(grams) 308gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780982324653Author Tamam KahnFormat PaperbackPage Count 172Imprint Monkfish Book Publishing CompanyPublisher Monkfish Book Publishing Company

There has never been a more important time for a study of the social, economic and political origins of Judaism, Christianity and Islam, three important world religions which share a common root. This book takes as its starting point the idea that gods,...

A translation of Muhammad Rashid Rida’s best-known work, which examines the compatibility of Islamic political and legal tradition with modern thought Muhammad Rashid Rida (1865–1935) was a prominent Muslim intellectual and reformer. Born in a village...

As a small sect that emerged from Islam over a thousand years ago, the Druze religion and society has long been cloaked in a tradition of secrecy. Veiled from the outside world, the religious tenets have been vulnerable to distortion,...

This exceptionally successful survey text introduces the teachings and practice of Islam from its earliest origins up to its contemporary practice. John L. Esposito, an internationally renowned expert on Islam, traces the development of Islam and its...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780692390290Author Riyadh Al-HakeemFormat PaperbackPage Count 228Imprint Mainstay FoundationPublisher Mainstay FoundationWeight(grams) 308gDimensions(mm)...

Uncovering the hidden history of Islamophobia and its surprising connections to the long-standing hatred of Jews. Hatred of Jews and hatred of Muslims have been intertwined in Christian thought since the rise of Islam. In Jewish Muslims, David M...

A look at the developing conflicts in Christian-Muslim relations during late antiquity and the early Islamic eraHow did the medieval Middle East transform from a majority-Christian world to a majority-Muslim world, and what role did violence play in this...

Investigating the core questions about Arab identity and history, this book tackles the time-honoured stereotypes that depict Arabs as ancient Arabian Bedouin, and reveals the stories to be a myth: tales told by Muslims to recreate the past to explain...

Both in everyday language and religious metaphor, the heart often embodies the true self and is considered to be the seat of emotion in many cultures. Many Muslim thinkers have attempted to clarify the nature of Sufism using its metaphorical image,...

How Christian leaders adapted the governmental practices and political thought of their Muslim rulers in the Abbasid caliphateThe Imam of the Christians examines how Christian leaders adopted and adapted the political practices and ideas of their Muslim...

Since its first publication in 1969, this book continues to be routinely cited as the standard source for the history of the revivalist Egyptian movement, the Muslim Brethren, up to the time of Nasser. This classic work is now accessible to a new...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789670526850Author Muhammad IqbalFormat PaperbackPage Count 130Imprint Islamic Book TrustPublisher Islamic Book TrustWeight(grams) 172gDimensions(mm) 216mm...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780143034872Author Ian BurumaFormat PaperbackPage Count 176Imprint Penguin USAPublisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 147gDimensions(mm) 196mm * 131mm *...

In the Islamic tradition, fiqh (Islamic law) is generally regarded as the science of furu'al-din (matters complementary to the Islamic faith), as opposed to kalam (Islamic theology) which is known as the science of usul al-din (matters primary to the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781956276190Author Munir Al-KhabbazFormat PaperbackPage Count 208Imprint Al-Burāq PublicationsPublisher Al-Burāq PublicationsWeight(grams)...

In Pragmatism in Islamic Law, Ibrahim presents a detailed history of Sunni legal pluralism and the ways in which it was employed to accommodate the changing needs of society. Since the formative period of Islamic law, jurists have debated whether it is...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780738859637Author Nazeer AhmedFormat HardbackPage Count 460Imprint XlibrisPublisher XlibrisWeight(grams) 762gDimensions(mm) 224mm * 155mm * 33mm

FEW BRITISH EXPLORERS IN ARABIA have produced books whose importance as travelogues is trans-cended by their literary quality. One such is The Holy Cities of Arabia, published to critical acclaim in 1928, with its author hailed as a worthy successor to...