Spiritual And Political Revolutions In Islam
The transformation of the Muslim nations which is taking place with a rapidity which has surpirsed even the wisest observers, can only be designated by the word Revolution in its widest significance t...
Development Of Muslim Theology, Jurisprudence And Constitutional Theory
A scholarly introduction that deserves its status as a classic in the field. Of the lack and need of some textbook of the kind there can be little doubt. Still graver is the difficulty for the grow...
Women Under Islam: Gender, Justice And The Politics Of Islamic Law
How Islam treats women is one of the most hotly contested questions of our times. Islamic law is often misrepresented as a single monolithic concept, rather than a collection of different interpretat...
Rabi A The Mystic And Her Fellow-Saints In Islam
Rabi'a, a female Sufi saint, was born in 717 CE and released from slavery to lead a life in pursuit of purity and perfect union with God. Her teachings and the numerous miracles attributed to her have...
Islam: Religion, History And Civilization
One of the world's leading Islamicists offers a concise introduction to the history, beliefs, and practice of his faith. The world's leading Islamicist offers a concise introduction to this rich ...
Constructing Bangladesh : Religion, Ethnicity And Language In An Islamic Nation
Highlighting the dynamic, pluralistic nature of Islamic civilization, Sufia Uddin examines the complex history of Islamic state formation in Bangladesh. Uddin focuses on significant moments in the reg...
Suicide Bombers: Allah's New Martyrs
In the West, the suicide bomber has become a familiar image in newspapers and on television. In Palestine, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Indonesia and elsewhere, the results of suicide bombing have been devasta...
The Islamic World-System
This highly original book presents an alternative vision of globalization and explores the epistemology, derived from the "Qur'an" and the Prophetic guidance "Sunnah," that underpins the systemic unit...
The Future Of Islam In The Middle East: Fundamentalism In Egypt, Algeria, And Saudi Arabia
An important new study that assesses comparatively the future of Islamic fundamentalism in three key countries: Egypt, Algeria, and Saudi Arabia. Islamism has witnessed an upsurge and new-found zealot...
Islam And The Abolition Of Slavery
Contemporay debates about Muslim slavery occur in a context of fierce polemics between Islam and other belief systems. While Islamic groups had an ambivalent and generally muted impact on the legal re...
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