Rituals & Practice

How is one authentically" modern? Substantively drawing on contemporary social theory, this book investigates the multiplicity of answers that Muslims have given to this question since the end of the nineteenth century. Through six historical and...

It is commonly understood that the Qur'an sought to transform social and religious practices in its seventh-century Arabian milieu. Yet the nature of that transformation is debated, especially as it relates to women, warfare, kinship and community. This...

China's Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region is experiencing a crisis of securitization and mass incarceration. In Soundscapes of Uyghur Islam, author Rachel Harris examines the religious practice of a group of Uyghur women in a small village now engulfed...

This book analyses engagements with non-Shia practices of Muharram celebrations in the past and present, in South Asia and within a larger diaspora. Breaking new ground by bringing together a variety of regional perspectives (Bengal, the Deccan,...

New Methods in the Study of Islam offers an international perspective on the field of Islamic studies. It seeks to push the study of Islam to the forefront of methodological considerations by revisiting classical topics for example the Qur'an, hadith...

Within western political, media and academic discourses, Muslim communities are predominantly seen through the prism of their Islamic religiosities, yet there exist within diasporic communities unique and complex secularisms. Drawing on detailed...

Protest is an activity not associated with the pious and collectively-minded, but more often seen as an activity of the liberal and rebellious. Judaism, Christianity and Islam are commonly understood as paragons of submission and obedience following...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789087283629Author Muhammad SilaFormat PaperbackPage Count 250Imprint Leiden University PressPublisher Leiden University Press

Nineteenth-century philologist and Biblical critic William Robertson Smith famously concluded that the sacred status of holy places derives not from their intrinsic nature, but from their social character. Building upon this insight, "Mecca and Eden"...

Islam is at home in many of the areas of the eastern Indonesia, with the early 15th century Masjid Tua Wapauwe in Northern Maluku arguably the oldest mosque in Indonesia. The studies collected in this volume present a rich introduction to the myriad ways...

This is an assessment of the influence and impact of the Islamic scholar and activist Fethullah Gulen, and those who are inspired by him, on contemporary Islam. This edited collection deals with the challenges and opportunities faced by Muslims and the...

This book draws on extensive fieldwork among Muslims in Nepal to examine the local and global factors that shape contemporary Muslim identity and the emerging Islamic revival movement based in the Kathmandu valley. Nepal's Muslims are active...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781943740161Author Ahmed Lotfy RashedFormat PaperbackPage Count 158Imprint Common Word PublishingPublisher Common Word PublishingWeight(grams)...

Gendering the Hadith Tradition presents for the first time a partial translation and study of Imam Badr al-Din al-Zarkashi's work, al-Ijaba li-Iradi ma Istadraktahu Aisha Ala al-Sahabah-The Corrective: Aisha's Rectification of the Companions. It...

In this book William C. Chittick provides a first-time look at historic Persian literature and the topic of love, which is at the heart of Islamic spiritual thought. It contains extensive Arabic and Persian material, from the Qur'an up through the...

Written by a Muslim convert and mother of three, Welcome to Islam captures the occasionally poignant but often humorous reality of beinga Muslim in the current climate: as a convert, a working woman, amother, and as an active member of the local...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780892590605Author As-Sayyid SabiqFormat PaperbackPage Count 214Imprint American Trust Publications,U.S.Publisher American Trust Publications,U.S...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781908892522Author Uthman Dan FodioFormat HardbackPage Count 98Imprint Diwan PressPublisher Diwan PressWeight(grams) 272g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781943393879Author Sayyid Ali Al-HakeemFormat PaperbackPage Count 264Imprint Mainstay FoundationPublisher Mainstay FoundationWeight(grams) 340g

Mecca the Blessed, Medina the Radiant is an unprecedented photographic exploration of the holiest cities of Islam and the Hajj, or annual pilgrimage during Ramadan when more than a million faithful journey to Mecca's Great Mosque to commemorate the first...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781908892676Author Ibn Abi Zayd Al-QayrawaniFormat HardbackPage Count 212Imprint Diwan PressPublisher Diwan PressWeight(grams) 503g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781646043286Author Gabrielle DeonathFormat HardbackPage Count 144Imprint Ulysses PressPublisher Ulysses Press

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781891785405Author Mostafa al-BadawiFormat PaperbackPage Count 280Imprint Fons Vitae,USPublisher Fons Vitae,USWeight(grams) 345gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm...

"The Quran in Plain English: A Simple Translation for Children and Young People".Kube Publishing Ltd.Book InformationISBN 9780860372332Author Iman Torres Al HaneefFormat PaperbackPage Count 212Imprint Islamic FoundationPublisher Islamic...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780971534636Author Elias Al-MaqdisiFormat PaperbackPage Count 216Imprint 2414 World PublishersPublisher 2414 World PublishersWeight(grams)...

The eighth volume in a new translation of Sahih Muslim, the second most authentic collection of Prophetic traditions, with Imam Nawawi's commentary and translation by Adil Salahi.Imam Nawawi's commentary on Sahih Muslim is one of the most highly regarded...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781943393947Author Sayyid Ali Al-HakeemFormat PaperbackPage Count 232Imprint Mainstay FoundationPublisher Mainstay FoundationWeight(grams) 299g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781938117442Author Abu Sukhailah Ibn-Abelahyi Al-AmreekeeFormat PaperbackPage Count 108Imprint Taalib Al-ILM Educational ResourcesPublisher Taalib Al-ILM...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780648247104Author Sufi Mohammed IqbalFormat PaperbackPage Count 164Imprint Firdaws Academy PressPublisher Firdaws Academy PressWeight(grams)...

An innovative analysis that traces the continuity of the state's custodianship of Islam as the preferred religion in the Middle East and North Africa In The Making of the Modern Muslim State, Malika Zeghal reframes the role of Islam in modern Middle East...

Following the 1979 revolution, the Iranian government set out to Islamize society. Muslim piety had to be visible, in personal appearance and in action. Iranians were told to pray, fast, and attend mosques to be true Muslims. The revolution turned...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780957236189Author Patrick C. NotchtreeFormat PaperbackPage Count 112Imprint Limebury BooksPublisher Limebury Books

The author devotes this volume to a debate concerning the application of the rule of cause prevention. He shows that a strict and extremist application has been the reason for many restrictions that social tradition in many Muslim countries have imposed...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781919826769Author Shaykh Fadhlala HaeriFormat PaperbackPage Count 320Imprint Zahra PublicationsPublisher Zahra PublicationsWeight(grams) 140g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781891785856Author Tayeb ChouirefFormat PaperbackPage Count 380Imprint Fons Vitae,USPublisher Fons Vitae,USWeight(grams) 526gDimensions(mm) 254mm * 178mm *...

Countless juristic works have been composed on the Hajj and the Umrah-the major and minor Islamic pilgrimage to Mecca-with meticulous attention to the proper manner of performing their rites in keeping with the relevant legal rulings derived from the...

China's Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region is experiencing a crisis of securitization and mass incarceration. In Soundscapes of Uyghur Islam, author Rachel Harris examines the religious practice of a group of Uyghur women in a small village now engulfed...

Although the West denounces the spread of radical Islam in Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, and elsewhere in the Muslim world, it tends to overlook the development of Islamic extremism in its own societies. Over the past several decades, groups like al-Qaeda have...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781590566800Author B.A. MasriFormat PaperbackPage Count 348Imprint Lantern Books,USPublisher Lantern Books,USWeight(grams) 1g

All four of the bombers involved in 7/7, the deadly attack on London's transport system in July 2005, were aged 30 or under. The spectre of extremist Islam looms large and Muslim youth in the UK are increasingly linked to radical Islamic movements. A...