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Controversies in Formative Shi'i Islam: The Ghulat Muslims and Their Beliefs by Mushegh Asatryan
$74.34I.B.Tauris in association with the Institute of Ismaili Studies Among the various Muslim communities that were articulating their doctrinal positions in the early Islamic centuries, one in particular was known derisively as the Ghulat ('extremists')... -
Shariʿa and Life: Authority, Compromise, and Mission in European Mosques by Uriya Shavit 9781487552275
RRP: $113.21$95.94Drawing on five years of field studies in pragmatic- and dogmatic-inclined mosques across Europe, Shari'a and Life explores how Muslims engage with shari'a norms in general, and specifically with the challenges they face as Muslims living in majority... -
Al-Kafi, Volume 1 of 8: English Translation by Muhammad Sarwar 9780991430864
RRP: $34.29$34.12Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780991430864Author Muhammad SarwarFormat PaperbackPage Count 596Imprint Islamic Seminary IncorporatedPublisher Islamic Seminary IncorporatedWeight(grams)... -
The Proof of God: Shi'i Mysticism in the Work of al-Kulayni (9th-10th centuries) by Mohammad Ali Amir-Moezzi 9780755651917
$47.10This book is an English translation of the award-winning book by Mohammad Ali Amir-Moezzi on the Book of the Proof (Kitab al-Hujja) part of the Sufficient Book (Kitab al-Kafi), authored by one of the most celebrated religious authorities and a... -
Contemporary Thought in the Muslim World: Trends, Themes, and Issues by Carool Kersten
RRP: $65.16$57.26This book presents an intellectual history of today's Muslim world, surveying contemporary Muslim thinking in its various manifestations, addressing a variety of themes that impact on the lives of present-day Muslims. Focusing on the period from roughly... -
The Lovers by Rod Nordland
RRP: $17.14$11.66A riveting, real-life equivalent of The Kite Runner-an astonishingly powerful and profoundly moving story of a young couple willing to risk everything for love that puts a human face on the ongoing debate about women's rights in the Muslim world."She is... -
After The Prophet by Lesley Hazleton
RRP: $27.43$18.75Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780385523943Author Lesley HazletonFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint Anchor BooksPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 255gDimensions(mm) 202mm *... -
Shi'i Islam: A Beginner's Guide by Moojan Momen 9781780747873
RRP: $17.14$16.04From infallible Imams to Ayatollahs in Iran, Shi'ism has long been a prominent, if misunderstood, branch of Islam. It regards Ali, Muhammad's son-in-law, as the Prophet's legitimate successor. But theological differences between the Shi'ah and Sunni... -
The Ismaili Assassins: A History of Medieval Murder by James Waterson 9781526760821
RRP: $25.71$18.78The Ismaili Assassins were an underground group of political killers who were ready to kill Christians and Muslims alike with complete disregard for their own lives. These devoted murderers were under the powerful control of a grand master who used... -
Militia State: The Rise of Al-Hashd Al-Shaabi and the Eclipse of the Iraqi Nation State by Baria Alamuddine 9781914325168
RRP: $42.88$28.78Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781914325168Author Baria AlamuddineFormat HardbackPage Count 250Imprint Nomad PublishingPublisher Nomad PublishingWeight(grams) 600gDimensions(mm) 221mm *... -
Introducing Islam: A Graphic Guide by Ziauddin Sardar 9781848310841
RRP: $15.42$11.49Islam is one of the world's great monotheistic religions. Islamic culture, spanning 1,500 years, has produced some of the finest achievements of humanity. Yet the religion followed by a fifth of humankind is too often seen in the West in terms of... -
When Power and Piety Collide by Sayed Moustafa Al-Qazwini 9781508568964
RRP: $17.14$15.27Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781508568964Author Sayed Moustafa Al-QazwiniFormat PaperbackPage Count 192Imprint Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformPublisher Createspace... -
The Voyage and the Messenger: Iran and Philosophy by Henry Corbin 9781556432699
RRP: $29.14$21.61Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781556432699Author Henry CorbinFormat PaperbackPage Count 296Imprint North Atlantic Books,U.S.Publisher North Atlantic Books,U.S.Weight(grams)... -
The Fourteen Infallibles: A Compilation of Speeches and Lectures by Sayed Ammar Nakshawani
$29.54Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781908110053Author Sayed Ammar NakshawaniFormat PaperbackPage Count 280Imprint Sun Behind the Cloud PublicationsPublisher Sun Behind the Cloud... -
Shi'i Islam and Sufism: Classical Views and Modern Perspectives by Denis Hermann
$53.24I.B. Tauris in association with the Institute of Ismaili Studies Offering new perspectives on the relationship between Shi'is and Sufis in modern and pre-modern times, this book challenges the supposed opposition between these two esoteric traditions... -
Twelve Infallible Men: The Imams and the Making of Shi'ism by Matthew Pierce
RRP: $75.39$59.18A millennium ago, Baghdad was the capital of one of history's greatest civilizations. A new Islamic era was under way. Yet despite the profound cultural achievements, many Muslims felt their society had gone astray. Shi a Muslims challenged the dominant... -
Al-Kafi, Volume 7 of 8: English Translation by Muhammad Sarwar 9780989001670
RRP: $30.79$26.62Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780989001670Author Muhammad SarwarFormat PaperbackPage Count 254Imprint Islamic Seminary IncorporatedPublisher Islamic Seminary IncorporatedWeight(grams)... -
An Introduction to Shi`i Islam: The History and Doctrines of Twelver Shi'ism by Moojan Momen
RRP: $42.88$41.75This book is a general introduction to Shi'i Islam-specifically to Twelver Shi'ism, to which the majority of Shi'is belong today. It deals with the history and development of this important religion, giving an account of Shi'i doctrines and focusing in... -
Blasphemy and Apostasy in Islam: Debates in Shi'a Jurisprudence by Mohsen Kadivar
RRP: $53.17$48.29Published in Association with the Aga Khan University Institute for the Study of Muslim CivilisationsTake a front-row seat to the debate on blasphemy and apostasy in Islam Presents a back-and-forth debate between two modern Shi'a jurists (one... -
Beyond Sectarianism: Ambiguity, Hermeneutics, and the Formations of Religious Identity in Islam by Tehseen Thaver 9781512825947
RRP: $77.19$76.40In this groundbreaking book, Tehseen Thaver offers a fundamental reevaluation of how one should think about the relationship between the Qur’an, Shi‘ism, and religious identity. Beyond Sectarianism focuses on the literary Arabic Qur’an exegesis of the... -
An Enchanted Modern: Gender and Public Piety in Shi'i Lebanon by Lara Deeb 9780691124216
RRP: $60.04$46.67Based on two years of ethnographic research in the southern suburbs of Beirut, An Enchanted Modern demonstrates that Islam and modernity are not merely compatible, but actually go hand-in-hand. This eloquent ethnographic portrayal of an Islamic community... -
Al-Kafi, Volume 6 of 8: English Translation by Muhammad Sarwar 9780991430895
RRP: $34.22$32.16Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780991430895Author Muhammad SarwarFormat PaperbackPage Count 528Imprint Islamic Seminary IncorporatedPublisher Islamic Seminary IncorporatedWeight(grams)... -
Al-Kafi, Volume 2 of 8: English Translation by Muhammad Sarwar
RRP: $34.29$32.85Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780991430888Author Muhammad SarwarFormat PaperbackPage Count 588Imprint Islamic Seminary IncorporatedPublisher Islamic Seminary IncorporatedWeight(grams)... -
Al-Kafi, Volume 3 of 8: English Translation by Muhammad Sarwar 9780991430826
RRP: $34.22$32.66Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780991430826Author Muhammad SarwarFormat PaperbackPage Count 524Imprint Islamic Seminary IncorporatedPublisher Islamic Seminary IncorporatedWeight(grams)... -
Al-Kafi, Volume 5 of 8: English Translation by Muhammad Sarwar 9780991430871
RRP: $34.22$32.14Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780991430871Author Muhammad SarwarFormat PaperbackPage Count 530Imprint Islamic Seminary IncorporatedPublisher Islamic Seminary IncorporatedWeight(grams)... -
Al-Kafi, Volume 4 of 8: English Translation by Muhammad Sarwar 9780991430857
RRP: $34.22$33.02Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780991430857Author Muhammad SarwarFormat PaperbackPage Count 562Imprint Islamic Seminary IncPublisher Islamic Seminary IncWeight(grams) 744gDimensions(mm)... -
The Ten Granted Paradise by Sayed Ammar Nakshawani 9780990374008
RRP: $42.80$35.01Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780990374008Author Sayed Ammar NakshawaniFormat PaperbackPage Count 270Imprint Universal Muslim Association of AmericaPublisher Universal Muslim Association... -
Beyond the Quran: Early Ismaili ta'wil and the Secrets of the Prophets by David Hollenberg 9781611176780
RRP: $68.53$56.18Ismailism, one of the three major branches of Shiism, is best known for ta'wil, an esoteric, allegorizing scriptural exegesis. Beyond the Qur'?n: Early Ismaili ta'wil and the Secrets of the Prophets is the first book-length study of this interpretive... -
Spiritual Resurrection in Shi'i Islam: An Early Ismaili Treatise on the Doctrine of Qiyamat by Christian Jambet
$74.34I.B.Tauris in association with the Institute of Ismaili Studies Of the few surviving Nizari Ismaili texts from the Alamut period, the Haft bab (Seven Chapters), which outlines the basic tenets of Ismaili philosophical theology, has proved to be the... -
Shi'i Interpretations of Islam: Three Treatises on Theology and Eschatology by S. J. Badakhchani
$74.34One of the most prominent Muslim scholars and scientists of the medieval era, the Persian polymath Nasir al-Din Tusi (1201-1274) joined the Shi'a Nizari Ismaili community at a young age, as the armies of Genghis Khan poured across his homeland. In the... -
The Shi'i World: Pathways in Tradition and Modernity by Farhad Daftary
$75.03I.B.Tauris in association with the Institute of Ismaili Studies The world's 200 million Shi'i Muslims express their faith in a multiplicity of ways, united by reverence for the ahl al-bayt, the family of the Prophet. In embracing a pluralistic ethic,... -
Extremist Shi'ites: The Ghulat Sects by Matti Moosa 9780815624110
RRP: $66.81$55.49Little is known in the West about the division of the Islamic world into Shiites and Sunnites and even less about the stratification of these two groups, with most of the attention going to the Sunnites. Moosa's comprehensive study of the origins and... -
Twelver Shiism: Unity and Diversity in the Life of Islam, 632 to 1722 by Andrew J. Newman
RRP: $49.73$45.27Charts the history and development of Twelver Shi'ism. As many as 40 different Shi'i groups existed in the ninth and tenth centuries yet only 3 forms have survived. Why is Twelver Shi'ism one of them? As the established faith in modern Iran, the majority... -
Female Personalities in the Qur'an and Sunna: Examining the Major Sources of Imami Shi'i Islam by Rawand Osman 9780367868055
RRP: $68.59$60.14This book investigates the manner in which the Qur'an and sunna depict female personalities in their narrative literature.Providing a comprehensive study of all the female personalities mentioned in the Qur'an, the book is selective in the personalities... -
Mullahs on the Mainframe: Islam and Modernity among the Daudi Bohras by Jonah Blank 9780226056777
RRP: $51.46$50.86The values of traditionalist Islam are often portrayed as inherently hostile to those of a modern, pluralistic society. This book shatters many of these stereotypes. Jonah Blank provides a first-hand account of the Daudi Bohra community, a Shi'a... -
Shi'Ism by Heinz Halm
RRP: $49.73$45.27A new edition of Heinz Halm's comprehensive survey of all the Shi'ite groups. It traces the development of all the individual branches from their common origins to their current status in the modern world. The dogmatic and organisational development of... -
Kamil al Ziarat by Ibn E Quluya Al Qummi 9780692228043
RRP: $34.29$34.13Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780692228043Author Ibn E Quluya Al QummiFormat PaperbackPage Count 510Imprint Wilayat Mission PublicationsPublisher Wilayat Mission... -
Partners of Zaynab: A Gendered Perspective of Shia Muslim Faith by Diane D'Souza 9781611173772
RRP: $78.82$64.32How do pious Shia Muslim women nurture and sustain their religious lives? How do their experiences and beliefs differ from or overlap with those of men? What do gender-based religious roles and interactions reveal about the Shia Muslim faith? In Partners... -
Tawheed al Mufaddal by Mufaddal Ibn Umar 9780615947037
RRP: $15.42$13.43Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780615947037Author Mufaddal Ibn UmarFormat PaperbackPage Count 150Imprint Wilayat Mission PublicationsPublisher Wilayat Mission PublicationsWeight(grams)... -
In Their Eyes by Ali Naji 9781943393398
RRP: $17.15$14.43Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781943393398Author Ali NajiFormat PaperbackPage Count 114Imprint Mainstay FoundationPublisher Mainstay FoundationWeight(grams) 132gDimensions(mm) 203mm *...