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  • Islamic Ecumene

    Comparing Muslim Societies

    Edited by David S. Powers, Eric Tagliacozzo ...
    The essays in Islamic Ecumene address the ways in which Muslims from Morocco to Indonesia and from sub-Saharan Africa to the steppes of Uzbekistan are members of a broad cultural unit. Although the Muslim inhabitants of these lands speak dozens of languages, represent numerous ethnic groups, and practice diverse forms of Islam, they are united by shared practices and worldviews shaped by religious ... Read more

    $22.79 USD

  • The Development of Islamic Law and Society in the Maghrib

    Qadis, Muftis and Family Law

    by David S. Powers ...
    Series series Variorum Collected Studies
    The first eleven essays in this collection treat the application of Islamic law in qadi courts in the Maghrib in the period between 1100 and 1500 CE. Based on preserved legal documents and the expert opinions of Muslim jurists (Muftis), the essays examine family law cases involving legal minority, guardianship, divorce, inheritance, bequests, and endowments. Cumulatively, the cases bear witness to ... Read more

    $225.00 USD

  • Zayd

    by David S. Powers ...
    Series series Divinations: Rereading Late Ancient Religion
    Although Muḥammad had no natural sons who reached the age of maturity, Islamic sources report that he adopted a man named Zayd shortly before receiving his first revelation. This "son of Muḥammad" was the Prophet's heir for the next fifteen or twenty years. He was the first adult male to become a Muslim and the only Muslim apart from Muḥammad whose name is mentioned in the Qur'an. Eventually, ... Read more

    $46.79 USD

  • Zayd

    by David S. Powers ...
    Series series Divinations: Rereading Late Ancient Religion
    Although Muḥammad had no natural sons who reached the age of maturity, Islamic sources report that he adopted a man named Zayd shortly before receiving his first revelation. This "son of Muḥammad" was the Prophet's heir for the next fifteen or twenty years. He was the first adult male to become a Muslim and the only Muslim apart from Muḥammad whose name is mentioned in the Qur'an. Eventually, ... Read more

    $58.99 USD

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    The Living Links to the Prophet

    Edited by Kazuo Morimoto ...
    Series series New Horizons in Islamic Studies
    The global Muslim population includes a large number of lineal descendants and relatives of the Prophet Muhammad. These kinsfolk, most often known as "sayyid" or "sharif," form a distinct social category in many Muslim societies, and their status can afford them special treatment in legal matters and in the political sphere.This book brings together an international group of renowned scholars to ... Read more

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  • African Dominion

    A New History of Empire in Early and Medieval West Africa

    by Michael Gomez ...
    A groundbreaking history that puts early and medieval West Africa in a global contextPick up almost any book on early and medieval world history and empire, and where do you find West Africa? On the periphery. This pioneering book, the first on this period of the region’s history in a generation, tells a different story. Interweaving political and social history and drawing on a rich array of ... Read more

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  • The West and the Rest

    Globalization and the Terrorist Threat

    by Roger Scruton ...
    Scruton shows how the different religious and philosophical roots of Western and Islamic societies have resulted in those societies' profoundly divergent beliefs about the nature of political order. For one thing, the idea of the social contract, crucial to the self-conception of Western nations, is entirely absent in Islamic societies. Similarly, Scruton explains why the notions of territorial ... Read more

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  • The Walking Qur'an

    Islamic Education, Embodied Knowledge, and History in West Africa

    by Rudolph T. Ware III ...
    Series series Islamic Civilization and Muslim Networks
    Spanning a thousand years of history — and bringing the story to the present through ethnographic fieldwork in Senegal, Gambia, and Mauritania — Rudolph Ware documents the profound significance of Qur'an schools for West African Muslim communities. Such schools peacefully brought Islam to much of the region, becoming striking symbols of Muslim identity. Ware shows how in Senegambia the schools ... Read more

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  • Islam in History

    Ideas, People, and Events in the Middle East

    by Bernard Lewis ...
    From secular-minded autocrats like Saddam Hussein to religious fundamentalists like Osama bin Laden, powerful voices in the Islamic world have been united by a fierce hatred of the West. If we want to know why they think the way they do, we have to understand the history of Islam and its continuous interactions with the West.This masterly collection of essays by a leading expert on Islam and the ... Read more

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  • No God but One: Allah or Jesus? (with Bonus Content)

    A Former Muslim Investigates the Evidence for Islam and Christianity

    by Nabeel Qureshi ...
    BONUS: This eBook includes downloadable videos and a Q&A with Nabeel Qureshi that are not found in the print edition.Having shared his journey of faith in the New York Times bestselling Seeking Allah, Finding Jesus, Nabeel Qureshi now examines Islam and Christianity in detail, exploring areas of crucial conflict and unpacking the relevant evidence.In this anticipated follow-up book, Nabeel reveals ... Read more

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  • Tunisia

    An Arab Anomaly

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  • The Loss of Hindustan

    The Invention of India

    by Manan Ahmed Asif ...
    Shortlisted for the Cundill History Prize“Remarkable and pathbreaking…A radical rethink of colonial historiography and a compelling argument for the reassessment of the historical traditions of Hindustan.”—Mahmood Mamdani“The brilliance of Asif’s book rests in the way he makes readers think about the name ‘Hindustan’…Asif’s focus is Indian history but it is, at the same time, a lens to look at ... Read more

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