Islam category: 2999 books

Ethics of Islam is taken from the book Berîka by Muhammad Hâdimi. Immorality and ways to get rid of it; 40 depravities and cures to them; usefulness of ethics; what is a soul; strengths of a soul; personalities emanating from wisdom, courage, chastity and justice are extensively explained.Missionaries...

Discussion, as the title suggests, of the basic tenets of Islam; Allah has invited mankind to know Him through Islam. In this book, we discuss matters such as the lives of the Prophets, the temporary nature of our lives, and what we need to do to comply with the will of Allah.

This volume offers a comprehensive discussion of the contemporary debates within political Islam, providing an in-depth analysis of the specific movements, countries and regions in the Arab world and Israel. The contributors contend that the evolution of Islamic movements is contextual rather than...

Demokratie ist für uns unverzichtbar. Doch im Nahen Osten fehlen demokratische Strukturen weitgehend, mit Ausnahme der Türkei. Ist dafür der Islam verantwortlich oder sind es eher gesellschaftspolitische Entwicklungen? Dass die Salafisten die Demokratie lautstark ablehnen, ist im Westen bekannt...

A few years ago, Imam Rauf wrote a book entitled: 'What's Right With Islam'. That work offers an excellent opportunity to not only critically explore Imam Rauf's perspective concerning topics such as: 9/11, Islam, shari'ah, Islamic government, constitutional principles, the Bill of Rights, the wars...

LEADER A Complex Encounter Destined to Change Us (Michele Brignone) FOCUS Christianity and Europe, between Liquid Secularism and Migrations (Pierangelo Sequeri) The Brain Drain and the Future of Syria (Omar S. Dahi, Helen Makkas) The Sahel, a Forgotten Strategic Frontier (Emilio E. Manfredi) The Economy...

The rise of political Islam has provoked considerable debate about the compatibility of democracy, tolerance, and pluralism with the Islamist position. As The Challenge of Political Islam reveals, Egyptian Islamists today are more integrated into the political arena than ever, and are voicing a broad...

Islam, after many centuries, in the worlds most open, intellectually developed, and creative civilization has lost its way for a long time. Muslims are now engaged in sectarian rivalries and mutually destructive activities, simultaneously developing a narrow view of the broader worldfailing to make...

Abdolkarim Soroush has emerged as one of the leading moderate revisionist thinkers of the Muslim world. He and his contemporaries in other Muslim countries are shaping what may become Islam's equivalent of the Christian Reformation: a period of questioning traditional practices and beliefs and, ultimately,...

Kenneth Cragg (1913–2012) was one of the West's most gifted interpreters of Islam. In this deeply insightful, classic work of Qur’anic studies, he argues that the West must put aside a "spiritual imperialism" that draws on Western prescripts alien to Muslims and "learn to come within" Islam. Only...

With the proliferation of transnational Muslim networks over the last two decades, the religious authority of traditionally educated Muslim scholars, the uluma, has come under increasing scrutiny and disruption. These networks have provided a public space for multiple perspectives on Islam to be voiced,...

In the Name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. We bear witness that Muhammad of 1400 years ago (PBUH) is Allah's last Prophet. Peace! Peace! I am Field Supreme Minister, Ali Mahdi Muhammad. Spiritual Leader of the New World Nation of Islam. The Field Supreme Staff was commissioned Saviour's Day,...

Islam's relationship to liberal-democratic politics has emerged as one of the most pressing and contentious issues in international affairs. In Islam, Secularism, and Liberal Democracy, Nader Hashemi challenges the widely held belief among social scientists that religious politics and liberal-democratic...

 This book examines the varied ways in which Minister Farrakhan’s Resurrected Nation of Islam appeals to men from different backgrounds. Dawn-Marie Gibson investigates a number of themes including faith, family, and community, making use of archival research and engaging in-depth interviews. The...