Islam category: 2999 books
by Jonas Yunus Atlas
Language: English
Release Date: April 21, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: April 21, 2015
Winner of the Belgian Prize of the Religious Book 2015. (Audience award)
To acquaint himself with the soul of Islam J.Y. Atlas had openhearted conversations with influential Muslim scholars and artists. From Jakarta to New York and from London to Lahore, this Christian theologian met with imams...
The Inner Meanings of Worship in Islam
A Personal Selection of Guidance for the Wayfarer
Language: English
Release Date: March 2, 2002
IN THIS COLLECTION of teachings on the inner meanings of worship in Islam, Shaykh Fadhlalla Haeri brings together the most profound guidance for those who journey along this path -- from the Qur'an, the Prophet's traditions, narrations from the Ahl al-Bayt, and seminal works from the Ahl al-Tasawwuf...
by Muhammad Sakura
Language: English
Release Date: December 12, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: December 12, 2016
O you who believe! Have fear of God, and be among the truthful.” (Quran 9:119)
Ask the average person to define truthfulness and the answer will most likely be restricted to something about truthful speech. Islam, however, teaches that truthfulness is far more than having an honest tongue....
Early Orientalism
Imagined Islam and the Notion of Sublime Power
Language: English
Release Date: June 17, 2013
The history of western notions about Islam is of obvious scholarly as well as popular interest today. This book investigates Christian images of the Muslim Middle East, focusing on the period from the Renaissance to the Enlightenment, when the nature of divine as well as human power was under particularly...
Oasis n. 25, Who Speaks for Muslims?
June 2017 (English Edition)
Language: English
Release Date: September 19, 2017
The West is looking for a single interlocutor, but authority in Islam is decentralized. LEADER In Search of a Leader - Martino Diez FOCUS The Qur’an as a Political Programme - Asma Afsaruddin The Islamists appropriate the sacred texts in order to construct their concept of theo-democratic government...
by Hüseyn Hilmi Işık
Language: English
Release Date: December 16, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: December 16, 2011
Islam that abrogated celestial religions of Judaism and Christianity along with their validity is explained first. That Qur’an-ı Karîm is word of Allah; miracles of Muhammad ׳alayhissalâm, his virtues, moral practices and habits; how to be a true Muslim; a comparison of Islam and Christianity;...
by John Witcombe
Language: English
Release Date: December 4, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: December 4, 2013
An ancient Bible prophecy reveals the agenda of today’s determined Islam.
Islam—the world’s second-largest religion—has big plans. Its goal? Nothing less than to bring the nations of this world under the influence of Islam and the rule of its sharia law.
Beginning in A.D....
Feminism in Islam
Secular and Religious Convergences
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2013
While many in the West regard feminism and Islam as a contradiction in terms, many Muslims in the East have perceived Western feminist forces in their midst as an assault upon their culture. In this career-spanning collection of influential essays, Margot Badran presents the feminisms that Muslim women...
Islam in Global Politics
Conflict and Cross-Civilizational Bridging
Language: English
Release Date: March 12, 2012
Reaching beyond traditionally politicised scholarship to provide a unique perspective on the place of religion and culture in global and local politics, this book examines the impact of Islam on 'civilizational' relations between different groups and polities.
Bassam Tibi takes a highly original...
Images of Jesus Christ in Islam
2nd Edition
Language: English
Release Date: March 25, 2010
Images of Jesus Christ in Islam 2nd Edition provides a general introduction to the question of Jesus Christ in Islam and a dialogical discussion of this issues' importance for Christian-Muslim relations. Its originality lies in its comprehensive presentation of relevant sources and research and...
Lectures on the Foundations of Islam
A Self-Study Course
Language: English
Release Date: November 17, 2015
If you want to understand Islam, you need to read the books that are its foundation—Koran, Sira (life of Mohammed) and Hadith (his traditions). The Foundations of Islam Self-Study Course is the easiest way to systemically study these books. The Foundations course is a training system with a philosophy...
Practicing Islam
Knowledge, Experience, and Social Navigation in Kyrgyzstan
Language: English
Release Date: December 16, 2016
David W. Montgomery presents a rich ethnographic study on the practice and meaning of Islamic life in Kyrgyzstan. As he shows, becoming and being a Muslim are based on knowledge acquired from the surrounding environment, enabled through the practice of doing. Through these acts, Islam is imbued in...
Voices of Modern Islam
What It Means to Be Muslim Today
Language: English
Release Date: June 21, 2018
Raising awareness of what Islam is, as well as deepening understanding about the lived realities of Muslim people, this book explores the contemporary Muslim experience through first-hand interviews with over a hundred Muslims.
Exploring key issues such as women and Islam, extremism and radicalisation,...
Mawlana Mawdudi and Political Islam
Authority and the Islamic state
Language: English
Release Date: October 4, 2010
Mawlana Mawdudi was one of the most influential and important Islamic thinkers of the modern world, whose brand of political Islam has won widespread acceptance in South and South East Asia as well as the Middle East. He was not only an Islamic scholar, but also a journalist and political activist...