A Reader On Classical Islam
To enable the reader to shape, or reshape, an understanding of the Islamic tradition, Peters skillfully combines extensive passages from Islamic texts with a fascinating commentary of his own, providi...
Jewish And Islamic Law: A Comparative Study Of Custom During The Geonic Period
Gideon Libson's highly original work on custom is the first attempt to present a comprehensive comparative study of Jewish-Islamic law on a particular topic during the early Middle Ages. His in-depth ...
Islam Without Fear: Egypt And The New Islamists
For the last several decades an influential group of Egyptian scholars and public intellectuals has been having a profound effect in the Islamic world. Raymond Baker offers a compelling portrait of th...
The History Of An Islamic School Of Law: The Early Spread Of Hanafism
The Hanafi school of law is one of the oldest legal schools of Islam, coming into existence in the eighth century in Iraq, and surviving up to the present. So closely is the early development of the H...
Sir Richard Burton's Travels In Arabia And Africa: Four Lectures From A Huntington Library Manuscript
FROM REVIEWS OF THE ORIGINAL EDITION: "Burton's own narratives...are classics of travel. Best known is the account of his journey to Medina and Mecca, closed to non-Muslims.... As Hayman observes, [Bu...
Saracens: Islam In The Medieval European Imagination
In the first century of Islam, most of the former Christian Roman Empire, from Syria to Spain, was brought under Muslim control in a conquest of unprecedented proportions. Confronted by the world of I...
Guardians Of Islam: Religious Authority And Muslim Communities Of Late Medieval Spain
Muslim enclaves within non-Islamic polities are commonly believed to have been beleaguered communities undergoing relentless cultural and religious decline. Cut off from the Islamic world, these Musli...
The Columbia World Dictionary Of Islamism
Antoine Sfeir's "Columbia World Dictionary of Islamism" is a major resource. Translated for the first time from the original French, this volume features more than two thousand entries on the history ...
Religion And State: The Muslim Approach To Politics
If Westerners know a single Islamic term, it is likely to be "jihad," the Arabic word for "holy war." The image of Islam as an inherently aggressive and xenophobic religion has long prevailed in the W...
Islamist Networks: The Afghan-Pakistan Connection
Al Qaida was unable to realize its lethal potential until it found sanctuary in Afghanistan, where Osama bin Laden fled after being expelled from Sudan. But why was the network's sanctuary not attacke...
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