Middle East Religions category: 3324 books
Islamic Insurance
A Modern Approach to Islamic Banking
Language: English
Release Date: February 12, 2004
Some Muslims believe insurance is unnecessary, as society should help its victims. Muslims can no longer ignore the fact that they live, trade and communicate with open global systems, and they can no longer ignore the need for banking and insurance. Aly Khorshid demonstrates how initial clerical apprehensions were overcome to create pioneering Mus
Caliphate Redefined
The Mystical Turn in Ottoman Political Thought
Language: English
Release Date: January 8, 2018
The medieval theory of the caliphate, epitomized by the Abbasids (750–1258), was the construct of jurists who conceived it as a contractual leadership of the Muslim community in succession to the Prophet Muhammed’s political authority. In this book, Hüseyin Yılmaz traces how a new conception...
by Maulana Muhammad Ali
Language: English
Release Date: August 23, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: August 23, 2011
Authoritative and carefully researched history of Islam under the first four righteous Caliphs. Refutes the myth that Islam was spread by the sword. Wonderfully free of all sectarian influences.
Parable and Politics in Early Islamic History
The Rashidun Caliphs
Language: English
Release Date: October 19, 2010
The story of the succession to the Prophet Muhammad and the rise of the Rashidun Caliphate (632-661) is familiar to historians from the political histories of medieval Islam, which treat it as a factual account. The story also informs the competing perspectives of Sunni and Shi'i Islam, which read...
by Sir Richard Francis Burton
Language: English
Release Date: March 28, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: March 28, 2015
We are about to describe one of the most important scenes in the Mohammedan's life. A pilgrimage to Mecca, followed by a visitation to Medina, are, under certain limitations, obligatory upon all true believers, and many who have led evil lives date their reformation from the first sight of the holy...
Islam and World History
The Ventures of Marshall Hodgson
Language: English
Release Date: November 5, 2018
Published in 1974, Marshall Hodgson’s The Venture of Islam was a watershed moment in the study of Islam. By locating the history of Islamic societies in a global perspective, Hodgson challenged the orientalist paradigms that had stunted the development of Islamic studies and provided an alternative...
Sayyids and Sharifs in Muslim Societies
The Living Links to the Prophet
Language: English
Release Date: June 25, 2012
The global Muslim population includes a large number of lineal descendants and relatives of the Prophet Muhammad. These kinsfolk, most often known as "sayyid" or "sharif," form a distinct social category in many Muslim societies, and their status can afford them special treatment...
Islam and the Baha'i Faith
A Comparative Study of Muhammad ‘Abduh and ‘Abdul-Baha ‘Abbas
Language: English
Release Date: April 25, 2008
Muhammad ‘Abduh (1849-1905) was one of the key thinkers and reformers of modern Islam who has influenced both liberal and fundamentalist Muslims today. ‘Abdul-Baha (1844-1921) was the son of Baha’ullah (1817-1892), the founder of the Baha’i Faith; a new religion which began as a messianic...
Haféz
Teachings of the Philosopher of Love
Language: English
Release Date: March 3, 2004
An exploration of the Persian poet’s spiritual philosophy, with original translations of his poetry
• Features extensive insight into the meanings and contexts of the poetry and philosophies of this spiritual teacher
• Includes over 30 complete poems by Haféz, including “The...
Daech. Les dessous du groupe terroriste
Combattre au nom du djihad
Language: French
Release Date: August 9, 2016
Découvrez enfin tout ce qu’il faut savoir sur Daech et le développement du groupe terroriste islamique en moins d’une heure !
Alors que l’État islamique fait presque quotidiennement la une de l’actualité, rares sont ceux à véritablement connaître les missions que s’est données...
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Language: English
Release Date: April 12, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: April 12, 2016
Popular culture serves as a fresh and revealing window on contemporary developments in the Muslim world because it is a site where many important and controversial issues are explored and debated. Aesthetic expression has become intertwined with politics and religion due to the uprisings of the "Arab...
After Jihad
America and the Struggle for Islamic Democracy
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2007
A lucid and compelling case for a new American stance toward the Islamic world.
What comes after jihad? Outside the headlines, believing Muslims are increasingly calling for democratic politics in their undemocratic countries. But can Islam and democracy successfully be combined? Surveying...
The Missing Martyrs
Why Are There So Few Muslim Terrorists?
Language: English
Release Date: November 7, 2018
Why are there so few Muslim terrorists? With more than a billion Muslims in the world-many of whom supposedly hate the West and ardently desire martyrdom-why don't we see terrorist attacks every day? Where are the missing martyrs? These questions may seem counterintuitive, in light of the death and...
Before Taliban
Genealogies of the Afghan Jihad
Language: English
Release Date: April 2, 2002
In this powerful book, David B. Edwards traces the lives of three recent Afghan leaders in Afghanistan's history--Nur Muhammad Taraki, Samiullah Safi, and Qazi Amin Waqad--to explain how the promise of progress and prosperity that animated Afghanistan in the 1960s crumbled and became the present tragedy...