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  • Islam and the Question of Reform

    by Benjamin MacQueen, Rebecca Barlow, Kylie Baxter ...
    Series series Islamic Studies Series
    Reform, by definition, is not a complete break with tradition, but a determination by scholars, activists, politicians and critical thinkers to re-claim the tenets of their faith. Muslim communities have historically displayed a tendency to preserve the status quo. By contrast, the individuals and movements in Islam and the Question of Reform are determined; often at great personal risk; to push ... Read more

    $16.60 USD

  • US Foreign Policy in the Middle East

    The Roots of Anti-Americanism

    by Kylie Baxter, Shahram Akbarzadeh ...
    Over the last sixty years, Washington has been a major player in the politics of the Middle East. From Iran in the 1950s, to the Gulf War of 1991, to the devastation of contemporary Iraq, US policy has had a profound impact on the domestic affairs of the region. Anti-Americanism is a pervasive feature of modern Middle East public opinion. But far from being intrinsic to ‘Muslim political culture’, ... Read more

    $70.99 USD

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  • Progressive Muslims

    On Justice, Gender and Pluralism

    by Omid Safi ...
    Series series Islam in the Twenty-First Century
    Developed in response to the events of September 11, 2001, these 14 articles from prominent Muslim thinkers offer a provocative reassessment of Islam's relationship with the modern world. Confronting issues such as racism, justice, sexuality and gender, this book reveals the real challenges faced by Muslims of both sexes in contemporary Western society.A probing, frank, and intellectually ... Read more

    $31.00 USD

  • The Relevance of Islamic Identity in Canada

    Culture, Politics, and Self

    by Nurjehan Aziz ...
    This volume examines, from diverse perspectives, what it means to be a Muslim in Canada. Is it a public or a private identity, and as an identity is it compatible with a secular democracy such as Canada? What relation does it bear to historical, cultural, and ethnic identities? Is a total agnostic or an atheist a Muslim? Is a person who disavows being a Muslim still a Muslim? How do Muslims cope ... Read more

    $10.31 USD

  • Globalization and Islamism

    Beyond Fundamentalism

    by Nevzat Soguk ...
    Series series Globalization
    Tensions between the West and the Islamic world have reached an all-time high, fueled by caricatures and misunderstandings on both sides. In contrast, as Nevzat Soguk shows, actual histories reveal profound connections across Islamic and Western civilizations. Moving beyond the usual focus on Wahhabi fundamentalism, Soguk highlights the often-overlooked non-Arab forms of Islam in Turkey and in ... Read more

    $36.99 USD

  • Decolonizing Palestine

    Hamas between the Anticolonial and the Postcolonial

    by Somdeep Sen ...
    In Decolonizing Palestine**, Somdeep Sen rejects the notion that liberation from colonialization exists as a singular moment in history when the colonizer is ousted by the colonized.** Instead, he considers the case of the Palestinian struggle for liberation from its settler colonial condition as a complex psychological and empirical mix of the colonial and the postcolonial. Specifically, he ... Read more

    $18.99 USD

  • Islamophobia

    The Challenge of Pluralism in the 21st Century

    Edited by John L. Esposito, Ibrahim Kalin ...
    Islamophobia has been on the rise since September 11, as seen in countless cases of discrimination, racism, hate speeches, physical attacks, and anti-Muslim campaigns. The 2006 Danish cartoon crisis and the controversy surrounding Pope Benedict XVI's Regensburg speech have underscored the urgency of such issues as image-making, multiculturalism, freedom of expression, respect for religious symbols ... Read more

    $32.39 USD

  • Sexuality in Muslim Contexts

    Restrictions and Resistance

    Edited by Anissa Helie, Homa Hoodfar ...
    This groundbreaking book explores resistance against the harsh policing of sexuality in some Muslim societies. Many Muslim majority countries still use religious discourse to enforce stigmatization and repression of those, especially women, who do not conform to sexual norms promoted either by the state or by non-state actors. In this context, Islam is often stigmatized in Western discourse for ... Read more

    $28.39 USD

  • Women and Islam

    Edited by Zayn R. Kassam ...
    Series series Women and Religion in the World
    This balanced exploration provides the basis for an energetic engagement with what it means to be a Muslim woman in a globalized world.The expert essays in Women and Islam are designed to stimulate discussion and help readers achieve a more sober understanding of the lives of Muslim women around the world. They explore the issues Muslim women face as they fight for gender justice and meet the ... Read more

    $64.79 USD

  • Shari'a Law and Modern Muslim Ethics

    by Anver Emon, Ziba Mir-Hosseini, Zakia Salime, Malika Zeghal, Clark Lombardi, Connie J. Cannon, Ahmet T. Kuru, Muhammad Qasim Zaman, Dorothea E. Schulz, Michael G. Peletz ...
    Many Muslim societies are in the throes of tumultuous political transitions, and common to all has been heightened debate over the place of sharia law in modern politics and ethical life. Bringing together leading scholars of Islamic politics, ethics, and law, this book examines the varied meanings and uses of Islamic law, so as to assess the prospects for democratic, plural, and gender-equitable ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • Reformist Voices of Islam: Mediating Islam and Modernity

    by Shireen T. Hunter ...
    This compelling volume introduces the current generation of moderate reformist thinkers and activists within Islam, the intellectual traditions they carry on, and the reasons why reformist movements have been overshadowed by fundamentalist, revolutionary, and jihadist movements in the Islamic world today. ... Read more

    $26.59 USD

  • Political Islam

    Religion and Politics in the Arab World

    by Nazih Ayubi ...
    Islamic theocracy is now firmly established in fundamentalist Iran, and waves of fundamentalism are sweeping the entire Islamic world, and its diaspora. This book examines the claim of those Islamists who contend that, as a belief system and a way of life, Islam carries with it a theory of politics and the state which should be applied unquestioningly. Ayubi traces both the intellectual sources ... Read more

    $87.99 USD