Islam category: 2999 books
Ashraf `Ali Thanawi
Islam in Modern South Asia
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2012
Ashraf Ali Thanawi (1863-1943) was one of the most prominent religious scholars in Islamic history. Author of over a thousand books on different aspects of Islam, his work sought to defend the Islamic scholarly tradition and to articulate its authority in an age of momentous religious and political...
Islam
Faith and History
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2013
Combining the personal with the scholarly, this innovative introduction gives the reader an insight into Islam and its rich history.
The New Orientalists
Postmodern Representations of Islam from Foucault to Baudrillard
Language: English
Release Date: July 20, 2007
The west's Orientalism, its construction of an Arabic and Islamic 'Other', has been exposed, examined and expurgated under the critical theory microscope. At the same time postmodern thinkers from Nietzsche onwards have employed the motifs and symbols of the Islamic Orient within an ongoing critique...
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.
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Language: English
Release Date: December 16, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: December 16, 2009
Southeast Asia manifests some of the most interesting, non-violent as well as conflictual elements of Islamic social and political life in the world. This book examines the ways in which Muslim politics in Southeast Asia has greatly impacted democratic practice and contributed to its practical and...
What Is an American Muslim?
Embracing Faith and Citizenship
Language: English
Release Date: January 2, 2014
Since 2001, there has been a tremendous backlash against the very idea that it is possible to be both American and Muslim-the controversy over the so-called "Ground Zero Mosque" and the attempts to ban shari'a law are examples. Even within the Muslim community many leaders urge believers to integrate...
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...
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...
Young Muslim America
Faith, Community, and Belonging
Language: English
Release Date: January 8, 2018
Young Muslim America explores the perspectives and identities of the American descendants of immigrant Muslims and converts to Islam. Whether their parents were new Muslims or new Americans, the younger generations of Muslim Americans grow up bearing a dual heritage and are uniquely positioned to...
Ancient Religions, Modern Politics
The Islamic Case in Comparative Perspective
Language: English
Release Date: March 23, 2014
Why does Islam play a larger role in contemporary politics than other religions? Is there something about the Islamic heritage that makes Muslims more likely than adherents of other faiths to invoke it in their political life? If so, what is it? Ancient Religions, Modern Politics seeks to answer these...
The Quran and the Secular Mind
A Philosophy of Islam
Language: English
Release Date: October 31, 2007
This book is concerned with the rationality and plausibility of the Muslim faith and the Qur'an, and in particular how they can be interrogated and understood through Western analytical philosophy. It also explores how Islam can successfully engage with the challenges posed by secular thinking.
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by Tariq Ramadan
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2009
Tariq Ramadan attempts to demonstrate, using sources which draw upon Islamic thought and civilization, that Muslims can respond to contemporary challenges of modernity without betraying their identity. The book argues that Muslims, nurished by their own points of reference, can approach the modern...
Jihad in Islamic History
Doctrines and Practice
Language: English
Release Date: July 28, 2008
What is jihad? Does it mean violence, as many non-Muslims assume? Or does it mean peace, as some Muslims insist? Because jihad is closely associated with the early spread of Islam, today's debate about the origin and meaning of jihad is nothing less than a struggle over Islam itself. In Jihad in Islamic...
Muslim-Christian Encounters (Routledge Revivals)
Perceptions and Misperceptions
Language: English
Release Date: December 19, 2013
First published in 1991, this title explores the myths and misperceptions that have underpinned Muslim-Christian relations throughout history, and which endure to the current day. William Montgomery Watt describes how the myths originated and developed, and argues that both Muslims and Christians...