Middle East category: 7830 books
A Social History of Education in the Muslim World
From the Prophetic Era to Ottoman Times
Language: English
Release Date: May 14, 2013
A Social History of Education in the Muslim World: From the Prophetic Era to Ottoman Times provides a comprehensive view of education and society in the Muslim world throughout the five key historic periods. The book asks intriguing questions such as, how has the Muslim quest for knowledge defined...
by Farhad Daftary
Language: English
Release Date: December 30, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: December 30, 2011
The Ismaili Muslims, who belong to the Shia branch of Islam, live in over 25 different countries around the world, mainly in Asia, Africa and the Middle East. Their history has typically been linked to the history of the various countries in which they live, but the worldwide community is united under...
by Noah Feldman
Language: English
Release Date: August 26, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: August 26, 2012
Perhaps no other Western writer has more deeply probed the bitter struggle in the Muslim world between the forces of religion and law and those of violence and lawlessness as Noah Feldman. His scholarship has defined the stakes in the Middle East today. Now, in this incisive book, Feldman tells the...
Islam in Indonesian Foreign Policy
Domestic Weakness and the Dilemma of Dual Identity
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2004
This companion volume to the highly successful Islam in Malaysian Foreign Policy explores the extent to which foreign policy in the world's largest Muslim nation has been influenced by Islamic considerations.
Radical Islam's Rules
The Worldwide Spread of Extreme Shari'a Law
Language: English
Release Date: February 25, 2005
A major feature of the rise of Islamism in the Middle East, Asia, Africa and parts of the West is the rapid growth of a starkly repressive version of Islamic shari'a law, often fueled by funds and support from Saudi Arabia. The central purpose of Islamists, including terrorists, is to impose such...
Reshaping the Holy
Democracy, Development, and Muslim Women in Bangladesh
Language: English
Release Date: July 28, 2008
Through extensive field research, Elora Shehabuddin explores the profound implications of women's political and social mobilization for reshaping Islam. Specifically, she examines the lives of Muslim women in Bangladesh who have become increasingly mobilized by the activities of predominantly secular...
Islamic Law and Governance in Contemporary Iran
Transcending Islam for Social, Economic, and Political Order
Language: English
Release Date: May 20, 2015
The current rise of Islamism throughout the Muslim world, Islamists’ demand for the establishment of Islamic states, and their destabilizing impact on regional and global orders have raised important questions about the origins of Islamism and the nature of an Islamic state. Beginning with the Iranian...
The Plot to Attack Iran
How the CIA and the Deep State Have Conspired to Vilify Iran
Language: English
Release Date: May 9, 2018
* “Spectacular!” * –Oliver Stone
The world has a lot of questions about the current state of affairs between the United States and Iran…
How has the US undermined democracy in Iran?
Is Iran really trying to develop nuclear weapons?
How has US waged a terror campaign...
Muslim Women Online
Faith and Identity in Virtual Space
Language: English
Release Date: June 17, 2013
While issues surrounding Muslim women are common in the international media, the voices of Muslim women themselves are largely absent from media coverage and despite the rapidly increasing presence of Muslim women in online groups and discussions, it is still a relatively unexplored topic.This book...
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Language: English
Release Date: March 8, 2006
Language: English
Release Date: March 8, 2006
Crucial to understanding Islam is a recognition of the role of Muslim networks. The earliest networks were Mediterranean trade routes that quickly expanded into transregional paths for pilgrimage, scholarship, and conversion, each network complementing and reinforcing the others. This volume selects...
Understanding Islam and the West
Critical Skills for Students
Language: English
Release Date: March 26, 2018
As the world’s second-largest faith and by some accounts the most fast-growing, Islam is often at the forefront of intense public conversation in debates about politics, international relations, globalization, modern society and culture.
From the rise of ISIS and revolutions in North Africa...
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Language: English
Release Date: March 23, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: March 23, 2016
Like anywhere else, the present-day Islamic world too is grappling with modernity and postmodernity, secularisation and globalisation. Muslims are raising questions about religious representations and authority. This has given rise to the emergence of alternative Islamic discourses which challenge...
Confronting Iran
The Failure of American Foreign Policy and the Next Great Crisis in the Middle East and the Next Gre
Language: English
Release Date: March 16, 2007
Iran refuses to relent in developing nuclear technology, despite U.N. sanctions. Rumors persist that Israel is drawing up plans for military strikes. Neither the emboldened Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad nor the embattled President Bush has relented in his war of words. How did we get here?...
Into the Desert
Reflections on the Gulf War
Language: English
Release Date: December 3, 2012
In the decade following the first Gulf War, most observers regarded it as an exemplary effort by the international community to lawfully and forcefully hold a regional aggressor in check. Interpretations have changed with the times. The Gulf War led to the stationing of US troops in Saudi Arabia,...