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  • The Narrative of Africa Rising

    Changing Perspectives

    by Ryan Gibb, Richard S. Glotzer, Stephen Harmon, Erin Kenny, Ashley E. Leinweber, Kafayat Mahmoud, Brenda McCollum ...
    Series series Africa: Past, Present & Prospects
    Throughout time, African civilizations have manoeuvred and negotiated successfully to maintain their societies and ensure cultural continuity despite encountering expanding trade, foreign invasion, and imposition of colonial and neocolonial states. The Narrative of Africa Rising: Changing Perspectives evaluates the discourse on “Africa Rising” through representative case studies to create a ... Read more

    $89.09 USD

  • Islamic Education in Africa

    Writing Boards and Blackboards

    by Cheikh Anta Babou, Liazzat J. K. Bonate, Tal Tamari, Corinne Fortier, Muhammad Sani Umar, Roman Loimeier, Ashley E. Leinweber, Ousseina D. Alidou, Rudiger Seesemann, Abdoulaye Sounaye, Rudolph Ware, Benjamin F. Soares, Noah Butler, Alexander Thurston ...
    Writing boards and blackboards are emblematic of two radically different styles of education in Islam. The essays in this lively volume address various aspects of the expanding and evolving range of educational choices available to Muslims in sub-Saharan Africa. Contributors from the United States, Europe, and Africa evaluate classical Islamic education in Africa from colonial times to the present ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

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    An Ethnography of an Iraqi Village

    by Elizabeth Warnock Fernea ...
    A delightful account of one woman's two-year stay in a tiny rural village in Iraq, where she assumed the dress and sheltered life of a harem woman."A most enjoyable book abouut [Muslim women]—simple, dignified, human, colorful, sad and humble as the life they lead." —Muhsin Mahdi, Jewett Professor of Arabic Literature, Harvard Unversity.A wonderful, well-written, and vastly informative ... Read more

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  • 1000 Lashes

    Because I Say What I Think

    by Raif Badawi ...
    Translated by Ahmed Danny Ramadan ...
    "Raif Badawi's is an important voice for all of us to hear."— Salman RushdieRaif Badawi, a Saudi Arabian blogger, shared his thoughts on politics, religion, and liberalism online. He was sentenced to 1,000 lashes, ten years in prison, and a fine of 1 million Saudi Riyal, over a quarter of a million U.S. dollars. This politically topical polemic gathers together Badawi’s pivotal texts. He expresses ... Read more

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  • The Clash of Ideas in World Politics

    Transnational Networks, States, and Regime Change, 1510-2010

    by John M. Owen, IV ...
    Series series Princeton Studies in International History and Politics
    Some blame the violence and unrest in the Muslim world on Islam itself, arguing that the religion and its history is inherently bloody. Others blame the United States, arguing that American attempts to spread democracy by force have destabilized the region, and that these efforts are somehow radical or unique. Challenging these views, The Clash of Ideas in World Politics reveals how the Muslim ... Read more

    $39.59 USD

  • The Future of Islam

    Exploring the Islamic World: Politics, Challenges, and Future Perspectives

    by Wilfrid Scawen Blunt ...
    In "The Future of Islam," Wilfrid Scawen Blunt embarks on a profound exploration of Islamic culture and its potential trajectory in the modern world. Written in the late 19th century, the book employs a rich, lyrical prose style, intertwining history, politics, and evocative reflections that articulate both admiration and concern for Islamic societies. Blunt's contextual grounding in the colonial ... Read more

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  • A New Anthropology of Islam

    by John R. Bowen ...
    Series series New Departures in Anthropology
    In this powerful, but accessible new study, John Bowen draws on a full range of work in social anthropology to present Islam in ways that emphasise its constitutive practices, from praying and learning to judging and political organising. Starting at the heart of Islam - revelation and learning in Arabic lands - Bowen shows how Muslims have adapted Islamic texts and traditions to ideas and ... Read more

    $31.99 USD

  • Confronting Political Islam

    Six Lessons from the West's Past

    by John M. Owen, IV ...
    How the conflicts of Western history shed light on current upheavals in the Middle EastPolitical Islam has often been compared to ideological movements of the past such as fascism or Christian theocracy. But are such analogies valid? How should the Western world today respond to the challenges of political Islam? Taking an original approach to answer this question, Confronting Political Islam ... Read more

    $19.99 USD

  • Law and Piety in Medieval Islam

    by Megan H. Reid ...
    Series series Cambridge Studies in Islamic Civilization
    The Ayyubid and Mamluk periods were two of the most intellectually vibrant in Islamic history. Megan H. Reid's book, which traverses three centuries from 1170 to 1500, recovers the stories of medieval men and women who were renowned not only for their intellectual prowess but also for their devotional piety. Through these stories, the book examines trends in voluntary religious practice that have ... Read more

    $38.59 USD

  • The Place of Tolerance in Islam

    by Khaled Abou El Fadl ...
    Khaled Abou El Fadl, a prominent critic of Islamic puritanism, leads off this lively debate by arguing that Islam is a deeply tolerant religion. Injunctions to violence against nonbelievers stem from misreadings of the Qur'an, he claims, and even jihad, or so-called holy war, has no basis in Qur'anic text or Muslim theology but instead grew out of social and political conflict.Many of Abou El Fadl ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

  • Elusive Jannah

    The Somali Diaspora and a Borderless Muslim Identity

    by Cawo M. Abdi ...
    As a Somali working since high school in the United Arab Emirates, Osman considers himself “blessed” to be in a Muslim country, though citizenship, with the security it offers, remains elusive. For Ardo, smuggled out of Somalia to join her husband in South Africa, insecurities are of a more immediate, physical kind, and her economic prospects and legal status are more uncertain. Adam, in the ... Read more

    $15.99 USD

  • Islamic Criminal Law: Oxford Bibliographies Online Research Guide

    by Christie S. Warren ...
    Series series Oxford Bibliographies Online Research Guides
    This ebook is a selective guide designed to help scholars and students of Islamic studies find reliable sources of information by directing them to the best available scholarly materials in whatever form or format they appear from books, chapters, and journal articles to online archives, electronic data sets, and blogs. Written by a leading international authority on the subject, the ebook ... Read more

    $9.99 USD