Islam category: 2999 books

This book is essential reading for anyone who wants to better understand the complex world of militant Islam. It asks what is the justification, for example, for the barbaric executions of innocent people by the so-called 'Islamic State' On what grounds can this group claim authority to establish...

A memoir and meditation on faith, A Muslim on the Bridge: On Being an Iraqi-Arab Muslim in the Twenty-first Century tells a story of transformation and reflection as the author thoughtfully but pointedly deconstructs the widespread misconceptions about Islam, arguably the world’s most-misunderstood...

This book is a radical piece of counter-intuitive rethinking of the clash of civilizations theory and global politics. In this richly detailed criticism of contemporary politics, Hamid Dabashi argues that after 9/11 we have not seen a new phase in a long running confrontation between Islam...

Can West and East ever understand each other? In this extraordinary book one of the world's leading Muslim scholars explores an area which has which has been almost entirely neglected by scholars in the field - the area of postmodernism and Islam. This landmark work is startling, constantly perceptive and certain to be debated for years to come.

Dans ce petit texte incisif issu d'une conférence donnée à la Sorbonne en 1883, Renan propose une réponse à la question : pourquoi le monde musulman fait-il si peu de place aux sciences? Avançant de manière argumentée, Renan conteste le rôle central attribué implicitement à la religion...

In January 2015, Muslim terrorists massacred cartoonists and writers at the Paris offices of the satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo, proclaiming to be avenging Islam’s prophet. The rampage, which included the murders of hostages at a kosher market, prompted global leaders and throngs of citizens to rally...

The global war on terror is not just a military conflict but a war of ideas. Indeed it is in some respects primarily an ideological struggle. Yet it is a war we cannot win without a broader understanding of al-Qaeda's goals and motives. What do our enemies believe? What motivates their war...

A Muslim is expected to not only be virtuous, but to also enjoin virtue. He/she must not only be morally healthy, but must also contribute to the moral health of society as a whole. ‘Social Ethics in Islam’ contains information about Islamic rulings on rights of other people, etiquettes of sitting,...

A waqf is benevolence institutionalized, in a society made up of individuals actuated by the consciousness of providing charity in the way of the Almighty. The work Endowment, Charity and Service in Islam seeks to serve as a guide book for Muslims doing their part in non-government organizations of the kind, thriving in charitable and voluntary work.

THIS 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...

Samira Haj conceptualizes Islam through a close reading of two Muslim reformers—Muhammad ibn 'Abdul Wahhab (1703–1787) and Muhammad 'Abduh (1849–1905)—each representative of a distinct trend, chronological as well as philosophical, in modern Islam. Their works are examined primarily through...

Drawing on texts both ancient and modern, this book explores rational theology in Islam, from ninth and tenth century Mu'tazilism to rationalist modernist scholarship.

Christians and Jews When Mohammed died, the Christians and Jews of Arabia had been totally subjugated. The history of his relations with the Jews and Christians determined how they have been treated over the past 1400 years. Every action and word that comes from Islam today starts with the Mohammed's...

The modern historical theory of slavery is that white men brought Africans to the Western hemisphere, where they were sold for profit and put to work as slaves. The modern theory is true as far as it goes, but it does not go nearly far enough. Slavery goes far beyond the 300-year period when whites...