Islam category: 2999 books

Discover the richness of Rumi’s spiritual tradition—through facing-page commentary that brings his writings to life for you. "This book you are now holding is a selection of what I believe are the best of Rumi’s accounts of the compassionate actions, sayings, and qualities of the...

Islam today is a truly global faith, yet it remains somewhat of an enigma to many of us. Each and every day our newspapers are saturated with references to Islam; Quran, Taliban, Hijab, Fatwa, Allah, Sunni, Jihad, Shia, the list goes on. But how much do we really understand? Are we, in fact, misunderstanding?...

The Apostates is the first major study of apostasy from Islam in the western secular context. Drawing on life-history interviews with ex-Muslims from the UK and Canada, Simon Cottee explores how and with what consequences Muslims leave Islam and become irreligious. Apostasy in Islam is a deeply controversial...

Understand the religion behind the headlines. Do you want to understand the world’s fastest-growing religion? Are you interested in knowing who Muhammad was and why he had such as lasting influence? This book, which features colour photographs throughout, is the essential overview for everyone who...

Islam is the second largest religion in the world judging from the number of adherents and believers, and the faith has been and still is one of the fastest-growing major religions of the world. There are many motifs, beliefs and rituals that Islam follows like any other religion.How do Muslims interact...

This Is Islam presents a lively introduction to a religion that has a dramatic history and plays a crucial role in the world today. Designed for people unfamiliar with Islamic beliefs, rituals, and customs, it explains the history of Islam, the importance of Islamic law, and major sects including Sunnism, Shiism, and Sufism.

Islam is the belief in one God, translated into Arabic as Allah. He is one Supreme Being without shape and form that we can't comprehend. In the Arabic language, the word Islam has many meanings. It comes from the root of ‘Islam’ is described literally as meaning ‘submission’, ‘surrender’,...

Hari-hari besar Islam termasuk ke dalam hari-hari festival yang banyak dirayakan oleh umat Islam Indonesia. Bahkan kemudian, di Indonesia yang mayoritas masyarakatnya beragama Islam, hari-hari tersebut dimasukkan sebagai hari libur nasional. Paling tidak hari besar Islam yang termasuk dalam konteks...

Revealing Islam’s formative influence on literary Romanticism, Islam and Romanticism traces a lively lineage of interreligious exchange, surveying the impact of Muslim sources on the West’s most seminal authors. Spanning continents and centuries, the book surveys Islamic receptions that bridge Romantic...

My Year Inside Radical Islam is a memoir of first a spiritual and then a political seduction. Raised in liberal Ashland, Oregon, by parents who were Jewish by birth but dismissive of strict dogma, Daveed Gartenstein-Ross converted to Islam in college-a process that began with a desire to connect with...

Prophet Ishmael AS, known as Prophet Ismail AS in Arabic (Arabic: إسماعيل Ismail) and Dhabih Ullah, is the figure known in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam as Abraham's (Ibrahim) son, born to Hagar (Hajar). In Islam, Ishmael is regarded as a prophet (nabi) and an ancestor to Muhammad. He also...

Islam is considered the worlds fastest-growing religion, and today more than 420 million Africans follow the Islamic faith. Since Islam was introduced to the continent during the seventh century a.d., it has had a profound political and cultural influence on Africa. This book traces the historical...

Le témoignage poignant d'une mère à propos de la conversion de son enfant à l'islam ! Que faire quand un tsunami débarque dans votre vie bien tranquille ? Je suis la maman de deux grands garçons équilibrés. Je suis une cadre épanouie, une jeune quinqua en bonne santé à qui la vie...

Angels are a basic tenet of belief in Islam, appearing in various types and genres of text, from eschatology to law and theology to devotional material. This book presents the first comprehensive study of angels in Islam, through an analysis of a collection of traditions (hadīth) compiled by the...