Middle East category: 7830 books
Shaping a Qur'anic Worldview
Scriptural Hermeneutics and the Rhetoric of Moral Reform in the Caliphate of al-Ma'ūn
Language: English
Release Date: April 16, 2014
Exploring the subjectivity of the Qurʾān’s meaning in the world, this book analyses Qurʾānic referencing in Muslim political rhetoric.
Informed by classical Arabic-Islamic rhetorical theory, the author examines Arabic documents attributed to the ʿAbbāsid Caliph al-Maʾmūn (r. 813-833),...
An Anthology of Philosophy in Persia, Vol. 5
From the School of Shiraz to the Twentieth Century
Language: English
Release Date: November 17, 2014
Persia is home to one of the few civilizations in the world that has had a continuous tradition of philosophical thought lasting more than two and a half millennia. From the time Zoroaster brought the Gathas, the sacred scripture of Zoroastrianism, until today, it has had a philosophical tradition...
Holy War, Holy Peace
How Religion Can Bring Peace to the Middle East
Language: English
Release Date: April 11, 2002
The Intifada of 2000-2001 has demonstrated the end of an era of diplomacy in the Arab-Israeli conflict. The style of peacemaking of the Olso Accords has been called into question by the facts on the ground. Elite forms of peacemaking that do not embrace the basic needs of average people on all sides...
by Muhammad Vandestra
Language: Indonesian
Release Date: November 19, 2017
Language: Indonesian
Release Date: November 19, 2017
Terjemahan Lengkap Kitab Suci Al-Quran Dalam Bahasa Indonesia. (Translation of Holy Quran In Indonesia Languange)
Al-Quran adalah kitab suci agama Islam. Umat Islam percaya bahwa Al-Qur'an merupakan puncak dan penutup wahyu Allah yang diperuntukkan bagi seluruh umat manusia dan bangsa jin,...
by Muhammad Vandestra
Language: Indonesian
Release Date: April 20, 2018
Language: Indonesian
Release Date: April 20, 2018
Terjemahan surat al-fatihah dan juz amma edisi bilingual dalam bahasa inggris dan bahasa indonesia. Juz ‘Amma adalah surat juz ke 30 dalam kitab suci Al-Quran. Di dalamnya terdapat 37 surat. Juz Amma ini dimulai dengan surat an-Naba’ dan diakhiri surat An-Naas. Dalam Juz ‘Amma ini terdapat 34...
by Muhammad Vandestra
Language: Indonesian
Release Date: March 17, 2018
Language: Indonesian
Release Date: March 17, 2018
Kitab Sunan An-Nasaa’iy atau Sunai Nasa'i, adalah salah satu kitab hadits dari 4 kitab sunan yang populer di kalangan umat Islam, 3 kitab sunan lainnya adalah Sunan Abu Daawud, Jaami’ At-Tirmidziy dan Sunan Ibnu Maajah. Mungkin banyak dari kita yang belum mengetahui mengenai kitab Sunan An-Nasaa’iy.
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Das Kalifat
Von Mohammeds Tod bis zum 'Islamischen Staat'
Language: German
Release Date: August 29, 2017
Stellvertreter Gottes und Nachfolger Mohammeds: Die Kalifen sind von einer besonderen Aura umgeben, auch wenn die erstrebte Machtfülle oft ausblieb. Hugh Kennedy schildert anschaulich die Geschichte der "Führer aller Gläubigen" und zeigt, wie sich nach der Abdankung des letzten osmanischen...
US-Kuwaiti Relations, 1961-1992
An Uneasy Relationship
Language: English
Release Date: August 2, 2004
After being granted full independence in 1961, Kuwait began its tumultuous relationship with the US. This book sets out to investigate this alliance within the frameworks of a ‘small state’ and ‘influence’, and in particular under the US presidents Carter, Reagan, and Bush. The political,...
Desert Diplomat
Inside Saudi Arabia Following 9/11
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2015
In the spring of 2001, George W. Bush selected Dallas attorney Robert W. Jordan as the ambassador to Saudi Arabia. Jordan’s nomination sped through Congress in the wake of the terrorist attacks on 9/11, and he was at his post by early October, though with no prior diplomatic experience, as Saudi...
Occupied by Memory
The Intifada Generation and the Palestinian State of Emergency
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2004
Occupied by Memory explores the memories of the first Palestinian intifada. Based on extensive interviews with members of the "intifada generation," those who were between 10 and 18 years old when the intifada began in 1987, the book provides a detailed look at the intifada memories of ordinary...
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Language: English
Release Date: July 31, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: July 31, 2014
As the Middle East continues to grow as a predominant force within the international marketplace, research into Islamic practices and culture is necessary to promote business success in the region. Emerging Research on Islamic Marketing and Tourism in the Global Economy offers in-depth perspectives on...
Interest in Islamic Economics
Understanding Riba
Language: English
Release Date: December 12, 2005
With Islamic banking gradually becoming a more influential factor in the West, an analysis of the concept of riba – a definition of which is not given in the Qur’an – is long overdue. This text presents readers with various interpretations of this Islamic economic concept – generally perceived...
by Mehran Kamrava
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2018
The 2011 Arab uprisings and their subsequent aftermath have thrown into question some of our long-held assumptions about the foundational aspects of the Arab state. While the regional and international consequences of the uprisings continue to unfold with great unpredictability, their ramifications...
by Progressive Management
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2016
This excellent report has been professionally converted for accurate flowing-text e-book format reproduction. The Arab Spring protests in 2011 uprooted regimes, challenged authoritarian leaders, and provided protesters new tools for mobilization. The use of social media and the involvement of women...