Living in the Shade of Islam: A Comprehensive Reference of Theory and Practice
Product Description Refuting the numerous misconceptions about Islam, this guide reveals the underlying essence of the beliefs and rituals of the Islam faith. Living in the Shade of Islam: A Comprehensive Reference of Theory and Practice
Islam and Muslims: A Guide to Diverse Experience in a Modern World
Product DescriptionAppreciate a rich and diverse culture. Understand real people in their everyday lives. The need to understand Islam and Muslims has never been greater, both because of conflicts that dominate the news and because of the increasing presence of…
What Do Muslims Believe?: The Roots and Realities of Modern Islam
A fascinating and concise primer on one of the world’s most widespread religions. Islam is one of the great monotheistic religions of the world. Its teachings emphasize unity, humility, forgiveness, and love of God. The Qur’an sings the virtues of…
Inside Jihad: Understanding and Confronting Radical Islam
Product DescriptionThis is an insider analysis of the phenomenon of Jihad and Radical Islam by an ex-Islamic Extremist and an associate of the second in command (after Bin Laden) of Al-Qaeda. Inside Jihad: Understanding and Confronting Radical Islam
Spirit of Islam
Product Description1922. A history of the evolution and ideals of Islam, with a life of the prophecy. Contents: Life and Ministry of the Prophet: Mohammed the prophet; Hegira; prophet at Medina; hostility of the Koreish and the Jews; invasion of…
Fast Facts® on Islam: What You Need to Know Now
Product DescriptionAnkerberg and Weldon’s Q-and-A format explains Islam’s beginnings, Muslims’ beliefs about God and Jesus, and how Islamic beliefs relate to recent terrorist acts. A must-have for Christ-centered insight into a growing religious and political power. Fast Facts® on Islam:…
Abu Dhabi Travel Guide
Product DescriptionOffbeat Guides creates personalized, up-to-date travel guides that cover over 30,000 travel destinations worldwide using a combination of search technology and curation by both amateur and professional travel experts. Abu Dhabi Travel Guide
Opening the Gates, Second Edition: An Anthology of Arab Feminist Writing
Product Description Praise for the first edition: “An impressive collection of more than 50 pieces — essays, poems, folktales, short stories, memoirs, film scripts, lectures/speeches — by Arab women challenging the widely accepted view of Middle Eastern women as submissive…
Islam and Capitalism
Product Description Islam and Capitalism is a learned, engaging rebuttal of the cultural reductionism of Max Weber and others who have tried to explain the politics and society of the Middle East by reference to some unchanging entity called “Islam,”…
Islam At The Gates: How Christendom Defeated the Ottoman Turks
Product DescriptionHistorian Diane Moczar pulls back the curtain on one of the most important acts in the drama of Muslim aggression against the West: the 500-year-long siege of Europe by the Ottoman Turks. Tracing the rise of the Turkish people…
The Public Sphere: Liberal Modernity, Catholicism, Islam
Product Description This book is a theory-informed, comparative and historical exploration of the notion of the public sphere within Western and Islamic traditions. It situates the emergence of the modern public sphere in a wider historical and theoretical context than…
Islam and Democracy
Product DescriptionReligious resurgence and democratization have been two of the most significant developments of the last quarter of the twentieth century. Frequently they work together; other times they are at odds. In the Muslim world, this relationship is of special…
Fulbe Voices: Marriage, Islam, and Medicine in Northern Cameroon
Product DescriptionAttending to everyday conversations and embodied performances about Islam, marriage, medicine, and Fulbe identity, Fulbe Voices provides a richly textured exploration of the dynamics of cultural diversity in a village in Cameroon. Fulbe Voicesis based on everyday conversations in…
Islam and World Peace: Explanations of a Sufi
Product DescriptionIslam means, literally, submission to the compassionate will of God. How could it have come to signify something so altogether different in the world today? It becomes clear throughout Islam and World Peace that the original Islam being spoken…
The Third Choice: Islam, Dhimmitude and Freedom
Product DescriptionIn the classical Islamic ideology of conquest, the first choice offered to non-Muslims was conversion to Islam; the second choice was the sword; and the third was surrender. Mark Durie’s innovative book exposes the history and ideology of surrender…
