Product DescriptionOne of the classic books you need to read if you want to know Islam.Product DescriptionOne of the classic books you need to read if you want to know Islam. The Faith of Islam by Edward Sell
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Somalia: The New Barbary?: Piracy and Islam in the Horn of Africa
Product DescriptionSomali piracy is repeatedly associated with the historical specter of barbary. The world now fears Somalia has taken on its mantle by becoming a safe haven for terrorists wishing to wreak havoc on civilized societies. Western policy towards Somalia focuses on the country’s poverty-stricken Islamic population, but are these efforts misdirected? Is an aggressive [...]
Islam and Nation: Separatist Rebellion in Aceh, Indonesia
Product DescriptionRooted in the latest theoretical debates about nationalism and ethnicity, yet written in an accessible and engaging style, Islam and Nation presents a fascinating study of the genesis, growth and decline of a nationalist movement.Drawing on hundreds of interviews with nationalist leaders, activists and guerillas, Aspinall reveals how the Free Aceh Movement went from [...]
Islam, Gender, and Social Change
Product DescriptionFor several decades, the Muslim world has experienced a religious resurgence. The reassertion of Islam in personal and political life has taken many forms, from greater attention to religious practice to the emergence of Islamic organizations, movements, and institutions. One of the most controversial and emotionally charged aspects of this revival has been its [...]
The Lost-Found Nation of Islam in America
Product DescriptionThis important work on American Black Islam, previously published in cloth, is now available in trade paperback. With the 1995 Million Man March in Washington, the Nation of Islam and its often controversial leader, Minister Louis Farrakhan, have reemphasized their importance as a major voice of the African-American community. Marsh examines the rise, fall, [...]
The Culture of Islam: Changing Aspects of Contemporary Muslim Life
Product DescriptionHaving worked for several decades in North Africa, anthropologist Lawrence Rosen is uniquely placed to ask what factors contribute to the continuity and changes characterizing the present-day Muslim world. In The Culture of Islam, he brings his erudition and his experiences to illuminating key aspects of Muslim life and how central tenets of that [...]
Simple Guides Islam
Product DescriptionTHIS BOOK WILL HELP YOU • to appreciate one of the world’s great religions and the Islamic way of life • to understand what it means to follow the teachings of the Prophet Muhammad — ‘the Messenger of God’ • to recognize Islam’s key practices and traditional beliefs • to avoid faux pas in [...]
Extreme Islam: Anti-American Propaganda of Muslim Fundamentalism
Product Description “Here is a window inside the Jihad… presented here in its bare face without a distorting commentary.”—Jeremy Glover, Headpress “(C)ontains essays and fascinating images that will render you serious, humbled and even a bit sympathetic… Extreme Islam‘s deranged carnival succeeds in shocking most when the ‘extremists’ themselves are lucid, poignant and poetic.”—R.U. Sirius, [...]
Fear and Friendship: Anglicans Engaging with Islam
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The Origins and Early Development of Shi’a Islam
Product DescriptionThis book reconstructs the development of an Islamic ideal in the form of Shi’ism It traces the Shi’a response to this ideal, from its origins among a group of the Prophet’s Companions until the Imamate of Ja’far as-Sadiq, by which time all the fundamental elements of Shi’ism had appeared. The Origins and Early Development [...]
