Islamic Studies
"Muslim Britain"Communities Under Pressure
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A topical sociological survey of the British South Asian Muslim community in the aftermath of 9/11 With illustrations. Hardback, 288 pages. Size: 215 x 135 mm. Weight: 100g.
Author: (Abbas, Tahir, ed.)
ISBN: 1842774484
Publisher: Zed Books Ltd
Date: 2005 (United Kingdom)
Readership: Professional & Vocational Islamic Studies
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"Muslim Identity and the Balkan State"
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"Institute of Muslim Minority Affairs (Imma) Book" series; This work focuses on the current situation of Balkan Muslims, their relationship with the state, and the links between their ethnic and religious identities. With map, index. Paperback, 250 pages. Size: 225 x 138 mm. Weight: 547g.
Author: (Poulton, Hugh, ed.)
ISBN: 1850653488
Publisher: C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd
Date: 1997 (United Kingdom)
Readership: Professional & Vocational Islamic Studies
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"Nakba"Palestine, 1948, and the Claims of Memory
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"Cultures of History" series; Palestine, 1948, and the Claims of Memory uses blurbs. With 14 illustrations. Paperback, 416 pages. Size: 228 x 153 mm. Weight: 499g.
Author: (Sa'Di, Ahmad H., ed.)
ISBN: 0231135793
Publisher: University Presses of California, Columbia and Princeton
Date: 2007 (United States)
Readership: Professional & Vocational Islamic Studies
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"Narratives of Truth in Islamic Law"
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"Library of Islamic Law" series; Addresses the issue of truth in law, within the context of Muslim societies. The truth, in legal terms, is the version of 'what happened', which carries most authority. This book looks at how this narrative is constructed in Muslim societies, and which truths are privileged over others in constructing it. Hardback, 384 pages. Size: 216 x 138 mm. Weight: 586g.
Author: (Dupret, Baudouin, ed.)
ISBN: 1845111877
Publisher: I B Tauris & Co Ltd
Date: 2007 (United Kingdom)
Readership: General (Us: Trade) Islamic Studies
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"The New Crusades"Constructing the Muslim Enemy
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Not since the Crusades of the Middle Ages has Islam evoked the degree of fear, hostility, and ethnic and religious stereotyping that is evident throughout Western culture today. This book explores the historical, political, and institutional forces that have raised the specter of a threatening and monolithic Muslim enemy. Paperback, 400 pages. Size: 230 x 160 mm. Weight: 591g.
Author: (Qureshi, Emran, ed.)
ISBN: 0231126670
Publisher: University Presses of California, Columbia and Princeton
Date: 2003 (United States)
Readership: Professional & Vocational Islamic Studies
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"Pioneers of Islamic Revival"
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Examines the political environments, lives and works of influential 19th and 20th century Muslim thinkers. New introduction puts them in context of radically changed circumstances confronting Islamic countries. With notes index. 2 rev ed. Paperback, 368 pages. Size: 216 x 143 mm. Weight: 1g.
Author: (Rahnema, Ali, ed.)
ISBN: 1842776150
Publisher: Zed Books Ltd
Date: 2005 (United Kingdom)
Readership: General (Us: Trade) Islamic Studies
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"The Politics of Islamic Finance"
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Valuable reading for anyone who wants to understand Islamic banking and its formal and informal societal and political relationships. With illustrations. Paperback, 312 pages. Size: 234 x 156 mm. Weight: 499g.
Author: (Henry, Clement M., ed.)
ISBN: 0748618376
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
Date: 2004 (United Kingdom)
Readership: Professional & Vocational Islamic Studies
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"Struggling With History"Islam and Cosmopolitanism in the Western Indian Ocean
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Compares and contrasts anthropological and historical approaches to the study of the Indian Ocean by focusing on the vexed nature of 'cosmopolitanism'. This volume includes chapters which contribute to debates on the nature of cosmopolitanism, the comparative study of Muslim societies, and the study of colonial and post-colonial contexts. Paperback, 400 pages. Size: 216 x 138 mm. Weight: 509g.
Author: (Simpson, Edward, ed.)
ISBN: 1850658692
Publisher: C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd
Date: 2007 (United Kingdom)
Readership: Undergraduate Islamic Studies
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"Islam and Political Violence"Muslim Diaspora and Radicalism in the West
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"Library of International Relations" series; Explores the concept of Islamism and the re-invention of Islam by the political elites and counter-elites to advance temporal objectives. This book brings together scholars to deal with a set of inter-related questions about the nature of Islamism, impact of the 'war on terror' on the spread of militancy and the unintended security ramifications. Hardback, 288 pages. Size: 216 x 138 mm. Weight: 479g.
Author: Akbarzadeh, Shahram Mansouri, Fethi
ISBN: 1845114736
Publisher: I B Tauris & Co Ltd
Date: 2007 (United Kingdom)
Readership: Professional & Vocational Islamic Studies
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"In Pursuit of Legitimacy"The Muslim Brothers and Mubarak, 1982-2000
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"Library of Modern Middle East Studies" series; The muslim brothers and Mubarak, 1982-2000. With illustrations. Hardback, 256 pages. Size: 216 x 134 mm. Weight: 438g.
Author: Al-Awadi, Hesham
ISBN: 1850436320
Publisher: I B Tauris & Co Ltd
Date: 2004 (United Kingdom)
Readership: Professional & Vocational Islamic Studies
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"Contesting the Saudi State"Islamic Voices From a New Generation
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"Cambridge Middle East Studies" series; Tripp, Charles (ed.) An exploration of the controversial debates about religion and politics in Saudi Arabia. With 1 map. Hardback, 332 pages. Size: 234 x 161 mm. Weight: 788g.
Author: Al-Rasheed, Madawi
ISBN: 0521858364
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Date: 2006 (United Kingdom)
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"Al-Shafi'i's Risala"Treatise on the Foundations of Islamic Jurisprudence
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Khadduri, Majid (trans.) During the early years of the spread of Islam, the exponents of Islamic legal doctrine were faced with the problems raised by the ruling empire. Written in the second Islamic century by al-Imam al-Shafi'i, the founder of one of the four Sunni schools of law, this work gives the fundamental principles of Islamic jurisprudence and its influence. With bibliography, glossary, indexes. 2 rev ed. Hardback, 380 pages. Size: 225 x 145 mm. Weight: 590g.
Author: Al-Shafi'i, Muhammad Ibn Idris
ISBN: 0946621152
Publisher: Islamic Texts Society
Date: 1987 (United Kingdom)
Readership: Professional & Vocational Islamic Studies
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"Arabs"
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Recognising the Arabs' diversity, this title identifies the core themes which give the Arab world its distinctive personality and sense of community. These themes - family, religion, Arabism and power - track an experience very different to our own. They illuminate the Arabs values and aspirations, the dilemmas they face in a time of change. New ed. Paperback, 224 pages. Size: 198 x 129 mm. Weight: 174g.
Author: Allen, Mark
ISBN: 0826494021
Publisher: Continuum International Publishing Group Ltd.
Date: 2007 (United Kingdom)
Readership: General (Us: Trade) Islamic Studies
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"The Secret History of Al-Qa'Ida"
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* A unique and indispensable insight into the story of al-Qa'ida from a UK-based Arab Muslim journalist and expert on the organisation New ed. Paperback, 304 pages. Size: 198 x 126 mm. Weight: 239g.
Author: Atwan, Abdel-Bari
ISBN: 0349120358
Publisher: Little, Brown Book Group
Date: 2007 (United Kingdom)
Readership: General (Us: Trade) Islamic Studies
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"Islam Without Fear"Egypt and the New Islamists
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Offers a portrait of the New Islamists - Islamic scholars, lawyers, judges and journalists - who provide the moral and intellectual foundations for a more fully realized Islamic community, open to the world and with full rights of active citizenship for women and non-Muslims. With illustrations. New ed. Paperback, 320 pages. Size: 224 x 180 mm. Weight: 505g.
Author: Baker, Raymond William
ISBN: 0674019792
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Date: 2006 (United States)
Readership: Professional & Vocational Islamic Studies
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