Islam category: 2999 books

Met 'Waarin islam en christendom verschillen, een stap naar dieper inzicht' wil Hans Stolp een brug slaan tussen twee geloven die momenteel vooral in een patstelling tegenover elkaar lijken te staan. Steeds weer lijkt een gebrek aan kennis en inzicht tot (voor)oordelen te leiden. De stellige overtuiging...

Réformer l’islam – On a beau ne pas partager les convictions d’Éric Zemmour (cette étrange obsession pour la soumission des femmes !), la place qu’a prise le plus dérangeant des essayistes français dans le débat public (notamment avec le Suicide français, 500 000 exemplaires vendus...

LEADER The Task That Awaits Us - Felice Dassetto FOCUS European Islam: Trends and Prospects - Jørgen S. Nielsen The Paradoxes of the Integration Debate - Uriya Shavit Morocco on the Road to European Islam - Benjamin Bruce Islam in Italy: from Community to Citizenship - Bartolomeo Conti Fatwas: Mirrors...

"Social Justice in Islam" is perhaps the best known work of Sayyib Qutb, a leading figure in the Muslim Brethen of Egypt who was executed by the regime of 'Abd al-Nasr in 1966. Despite the years that have passed since Sayyid Qutb's death, the imprint of his thought on the contemporary Islamic movements...

Conservative Islam: A Cultural Anthropology by Erich Kolig analyzes the salient characteristics of Islam and contemporary Muslim society from the perspective of traditional cultural anthropology. Gender issues, the headscarf and veiling, alcohol and pork prohibition, the taboo on satirizing religious...

Malek Chebel offre ici sa propre sélection des hommes et des femmes qui ont façonné l'islam; et, chemin faisant, il dessine une histoire originale de la religion. Comment comprendre les bouleversements du monde arabe sans connaître l'islam ? Fondée sur une sagesse humaine des plus élaborée,...

With the end of the Soviet Union in 1991, a major turning point in all former Soviet republics, Central Asian and Caucasian countries began to reflect on their history and identities. As a consequence of their opening up to the global exchange of ideas, various strains of Islam and trends in Islamic...

Although Muslims are now an important presence in Europe, little is known about the Muslim communities that exist in the Nordic and Baltic regions of Europe. This is the first comprehensive and detailed study of the history, context and development of Islamic institutions and Muslim groups in Sweden,...

What fuels the conflict?There are powerful cultural and spiritual forces that explain… Why Palestinians reject peace offers Why radical Muslims attach Israel’s supporters, especially Americans The role of Christians in unfolding world events Why, if Islam is a religion of peace, Muslims kill Jews...

Plus de 350 articles rédigées par des spécialistes reconnus pour approfondir votre connaissance de la culture et de la religion musulmanes Le Dictionnaire de l’Islam (religion et civilisation) publié par Encyclopaedia Universalis est consacré à l’Islam sous tous ses aspects : fondements...

Islam – Strafe oder Rettung..?? Das vorliegende Buch möchte nach Wegen suchen, welche aus der gegenwärtigen Dekadenz der 'Westlichen Welt' führen und gedanklich verschiedene Möglichkeiten durchspielen, wie wir heutigen Menschen zu einer anderen Sicht- und Lebensweise gelangen könnten. Schwerpunkt...

There are an awful lot of things for a new Muslim to learn. It seems simple at first, accepting Allah is the one and only true God, and then accepting and agreeing to live by the five pillars of Islam and following the straight path. But as you read and learn and grow in your faith, you find that...

Women in Islam: Exploring new Paradigms is a revolutionary book that explores the vast literature and canonical texts on the rights of Muslim women. The author argues that the revelation of Qur’an marked a watershed in the history of Muslim women. It empowered them in several ways. If women are oppressed...

Seit der Aufklärung gehört die Kritik am Christentum zum intellektuellen Tagesgeschäft. Einer ähnlich schonungslosen Sicht auf den Islam wird hierzulande jedoch gern die Legitimation abgesprochen. Besonders seit 9/11 werden Politiker und Kolumnisten nicht müde, die grundlegende Friedfertigkeit...