Middle East Religions category: 3324 books
by Maulana Muhammad Ali
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2011
Researched biography of the Holy Prophet. Corrects misconceptions about his life; answers western criticism."(1) Muhammad The Prophet (2) The Early Caliphate, by Muhammad Ali, together constitute the most complete and satisfactory history of the early Muslims hitherto compiled in English" - Islamic...
Living Islam
East & West
Language: English
Release Date: May 4, 1995
This is the journal of a contemporary Sufi master's travels through many lands in the East and West. From Japan to India, to Britain and America, he speaks to contemporary audiences about the timeless eternal reality of the path of dynamic submission and the way to self-fulfillment.
In "Living...
by Charles River Editors
Language: English
Release Date: September 24, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: September 24, 2012
We have men and we have rocks in plenty, but we have nothing else. - Dost Mohammad Khan to John LawrenceIn the 21st century, as NATOs operation against the Taliban and al-Qaeda has dragged on for over a decade, the old maxim that Afghanistan is the graveyard of empires has been revived. Indeed, the rugged,...
by John Renard, Ph.D.
Language: English
Release Date: January 19, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: January 19, 2015
In an age of continued Middle East volatility, religious extremists, and terrorist threats, the mere mention of Islam and Muslims too often provokes misunderstanding and even rancor. Often overlooked are the important links between the Qur'an and the Bible. Also ignored are the significant historical...
The Great Leap-Fraud
Social Economics of Religious Terrorism, Volume Ii: Islam and Secularization
Language: English
Release Date: August 12, 2011
Based on a reassessment of primary documents from the beginning of Judaism through to the Reformation, author A. J. Deus evaluates the Judaic scriptures of the Jews, the Christians, and the Muslims for their potential to stir hatred, violence, and terrorism. He searches for messages in the scriptures...
Christian and Islamic Theology of Religions
A Critical Appraisal
Language: English
Release Date: April 21, 2017
Theologians have had to increasingly engage with beliefs and practises outside of their own traditions. The resultant "theology of religions" is, however, often formulated in isolation from the religions they are describing. This book provides a comparison of the development of theology...
by Shaykh Fadhlalla Haeri
Language: English
Release Date: May 16, 2004
Language: English
Release Date: May 16, 2004
TRANSLATION AND COMMENTARY BY SHAYKH FADHLALLA HAERI
The Hikam, or Wisdom, of the great Sufi Master Ibn `Ata 'Allah al-Iskandari has long been acknowledged as an essential and classic masterwork of the Islamic science of enlightenment. Ibn `Ata 'Allah exemplified the ultimate model of a Sufi...
The Heart of the Qur'an
An Introduction to Islamic Spirituality
Language: English
Release Date: December 4, 2013
"Neither as Christians or Jews, nor simply as intellectually responsible individuals," says Hixon, "have members of Western civilization been sensitively educated or even accurately informed about Islam." As tensions between America and the Middle East grow, we should promote cross-cultural...
Divine Inspirations
Music and Islam in Indonesia
Language: English
Release Date: May 9, 2011
Divine Inspirations: Music and Islam in Indonesia brings together the work of 11 international scholars into an unprecedented volume focused on religion and performance in a nation celebrated for its extraordinary arts, religious diversity, and natural beauty. The resulting collection provides a panoramic...
Idols in the East
European Representations of Islam and the Orient, 1100–1450
Language: English
Release Date: April 5, 2012
Representations of Muslims have never been more common in the Western imagination than they are today. Building on Orientalist stereotypes constructed over centuries, the figure of the wily Arab has given rise, at the dawn of the twenty-first century, to the "Islamist" terrorist. In Idols in the East,...
Religious Knowledge, Authority, and Charisma
Islamic and Jewish Perspectives
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2013
Utah Series in Middle East Studies
The issue of religious authority has long fascinated and ignited scholars across a range of disciplines: history, anthropology, the sociology of religion, and political science. Religious Knowledge, Authority, and Charisma juxtaposes religious leadership in...
Militant Islam
A sociology of characteristics, causes and consequences
Language: English
Release Date: October 30, 2008
Militant Islam provides a sociological framework for understanding the rise and character of recent Islamic militancy. It takes a systematic approach to the phenomenon and includes analysis of cases from around the world, comparisons with militancy in other religions, and their causes and consequences.
The...
New Perspectives on the Qur'an
The Qur'an in its Historical Context 2
Language: English
Release Date: March 29, 2012
This book continues the work of The Qur’ān in its Historical Context, in which an international group of scholars address an expanded range of topics on the Qur’ān and its origins, looking beyond medieval Islamic traditions to present the Qur’ān’s own conversation with the religions and...
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Language: English
Release Date: May 18, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: May 18, 2017
One of the most popular and widespread religions in the world, Islam has attracted a great deal of attention in recent times, particularly in the Western world. With the ongoing tensions in the Middle East and a pervasive sense of hostility toward Arab Americans, there is ever increasing need to examine...