The Call From Algeria
"A fascinating interpretation of Algeria's past and present agonies, set against the broader backdrop of the rise and fall of 'Third Worldism.' Essential to anyone following Middle East politics and t...
The Life Of Muhammad: Al-Waqidi's Kitab Al-Maghazi
Muhammad b. a Umar al-Waqidi was a Muslim scholar, born in Medina in the 1st Century. Of his several writings the most significant is the Kitab al-Maghazi, one of the earliest standard histories of th...
Pilgrimage To Mecca
As the first British woman convert to Islam on record as making the pilgrimage to Mecca and visiting Medina, Lady Evelyn Cobbold (1867-1963) cuts a unique figure in the annals of the Muslim Hajj. This...
The Birth Of The Islamic Reform Movement In Saudi Arabia: Muhammad Ibn Abd Al-Wahhab (1703/4-1792) And The Beginnings Of Unitarian Empire In Arabia
Current troubles in the middle east have focused much international attention on Saudi Arabia. However, little has been published in English on the background to its culture and its roots in the First...
The Prophet Muhammad In French And English Literature: 1650 To The Present
A magisterial survey of the Prophet Muhammad in French and English literature over 350 years that presents a cross-cultural history and a discussion of the intellectual changes in the representation o...
Islam In Central Asia
First published in 1994 and now available in paperback for the first time, this book examines the Islamic states of Central Asia in the periods before, during, and after the Russian conquest. The auth...
Islamization From Below: The Making Of Muslim Communities In Rural French Sudan, 1880-1960
The colonial era in Africa, spanning less than a century, ushered in a more rapid expansion of Islam than at any time during the previous thousand years. In this historical investigation, the author c...
Religion And Mysticism In Early Islam: Theology And Sufism In Yemen
Scholar, mystic and visionary, Ibn 'Alwan lived through the transition from Ayyubid to Rasulid rule in thirteenth-century Yemen. This title presents a portrait of Ibn 'Alwan, delineating the religious...
Islam's Perfect Stranger: The Life Of Mahmud Muhammad Taha, Muslim Reformer Of Sudan
Can Sudan, one of Africa's most diverse countries, function as an Islamic state? Mahmud Muhammad Taha posed an original answer to this question. Taha was the charismatic leader of the "Republican Brot...
From Shamanism To Sufism: Women, Islam And Culture In Central Asia
Women have traditionally played a vital part in Islam throughout Central Asia -- the vast area from the Caspian Sea to Siberia. With this ground-breaking and original study, Razia Sultanova examines t...
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