Dynamic Islam: Liberal Muslim Perspectives In A Transnational Age
Dynamic Islam analyzes the lives and works of four of the most influential liberal diaspora Muslim intellectuals of the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries--Fatima Mernissi, Leila Ahmed, F...
Islam: Origin And Belief
"This book will be extremely useful to general readers who are interested in Islam. It should draw an audience from nonspecialists such as church groups, business organizations, and employees of Ameri...
Chapters On Marriage And Divorce: Responses Of Ibn Hanbal And Ibn Rahwayh
While western-derived legal codes have superseded Islamic law in many parts of the Muslim world, Islamic, Koran-based law still retains its force in the area of marriage and family relations, the area...
A Matter Of Fate: The Concept Of Fate In The Arab World As Reflected In Modern Arabic Literature
Dalya Cohen-Mor examines the evolution of the concept of fate in the Arab world through readings of religious texts, poetry, fiction, and folklore. She contends that belief in fate has retained its vi...
Americans And Their Weather
This revealing book synthesizes research from many fields to offer the first complete history of the roles played by weather and climate in American life from colonial times to the present. Author Wil...
Islamic Political Identity In Turkey
In November of 2002, the Justice and Development Party swept to victory in the Turkish parliamentary elections. Because of the party's Islamic roots, its electoral triumph has sparked a host of questi...
Muslims In The West: From Sojourners To Citizens
Today, Muslims are the second largest religious group in much of Europe and North America. The essays in this collection look both at the impact of the growing Muslim population on Western societies, ...
Rachid Ghannouchi: A Democrat Within Islamism
Tamimi introduces the thought of Sheikh Rachid Ghannouchi, the renowned Islamist political activist who heads Tunisia's most important--albeit banned--Islamist political opposition to the current auth...
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