Holy Terrors, Second Edition: Thinking About Religion After September 11
It is tempting to regard the perpetrators of the September 11th terrorist attacks as evil incarnate. But their motives, as Bruce Lincoln
In Whose Image?: Political Islam And Urban Practices In Sudan
A Muslim scholar with extensive experience in Africa, T. Abdou Maliqalim Simone was recruited by the Islamic fundamentalist Shari
Textual Sources For The Study Of Islam
"[This collection] is distinguished by its wide range and the care which has clearly gone into the selection of texts for inclusion. . . . Attention has understandably been focused on what might be ca...
Muslim Extremism In Egypt: The Prophet And Pharaoh
"Perhaps more than any other, this book gives the background necessary to understand the purpose and mindset of today's religious radicals. In this classic study of the roots of Islamic extremism, Gil...
Othello's Children In The "New World": Moorish History And Identity In The African American Experience
In the early decades of the 20th century, a North Carolinian named Timothy Drew, established a political and religious organization known today as the Moorish Science Temple of America Inc (M.S.T.A.)....
Perfecting Women: Maulana Ashraf 'Ali Thanawi's Bihishti Zewar
Challenging conventional notions about the place of women in Muslim societies, the "Bihishti Zewar (Heavenly Ornaments)" gives life to the themes of religious and social reform that have too often bee...
Muslim Travellers: Pilgrimage, Migration, And The Religious Imagination
Focusing on travel in Muslim societies from Malaysia to West Africa to Western Europe from the first centuries of Islam to the present, the contributors to this edition investigate the role of religio...
Holy War Idea In Western - Ppr.
A comparison of the religious and cultural traditions of Islam and the Christian West on the meaning of war for religion. In this book James Turner Johnson explores the cultural traditions of the Ch...
Islam And The Cross: Selections From "The Apostle To Islam"
Roger S. Greenway has compiled and edited ten of Zwemer's best chapters, all taken from books long out of print, and has added an introduction providing an overview of Zwemer's life and work. "Becau...
Journey To God: Sufis And Dervishes In Islam
The Sufi tradition as the 'other face' and 'soft core' of Islam represents a particular creative and liberal facet characterized by tolerance, humanism and the accommodation of differences. That is wh...
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