Can Islam Be French?: Pluralism and Pragmatism in a Secularist State
Product Description Can Islam Be French? is an anthropological examination of how Muslims are responding to the conditions of life in France. Following up on his book Why the French Don’t Like Headscarves, John Bowen turns his attention away from…
Can Islam Be French?: Pluralism and Pragmatism in a Secularist State
Product Description Can Islam Be French? is an anthropological examination of how Muslims are responding to the conditions of life in France. Following up on his book Why the French Don’t Like Headscarves, John Bowen turns his attention away from…
Jihad: The Trail of Political Islam
Product DescriptionThe late 20th century saw the emergence of an unexpected and extraordinary phenomenon, culminating in a devastating onslaught in the West in 2001: Islamist political movements. Beginning in the early 1970s, militants revolted against the regimes in power across…
Sword of Islam : Muslim Extremism from the Arab Conquests to the Attack on America
Product Description“This book is not an indictment of Islam, one of the three beautiful religions which bloomed in this desert land. It is an indictment of those who took from Islam its most uncompromising tenets, forgetting the message of love…
iMuslims: Rewiring the House of Islam
ISBN13: 9780807859667 Condition: NEW Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark. Product DescriptionExploring the increasing impact of the Internet on Muslims around the world, this book sheds new light on the nature of contemporary Islamic discourse, identity, and community….
Heavy Metal Islam: Rock, Resistance, and the Struggle for the Soul of Islam
ISBN13: 9780307353399 Condition: NEW Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark. Product Description“We play heavy metal because our lives are heavy metal.”—Reda Zine, one of the founders of the Moroccan heavy-metal scene “Music is the weapon of the future.”—Fela…
The Formation of Islam: Religion and Society in the Near East, 600-1800
Product DescriptionJonathan Berkey surveys the religious history of the peoples of the Near East from approximately 600 to 1800 c.e. After examining the religious scene in the Near East in late antiquity, he investigates Islam’s first century, the “classical” period…
Women and Gender in Islam: Historical Roots of a Modern Debate
ISBN13: 9780300055832 Condition: NEW Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark. Product DescriptionThis book presents an historical overview of women and gender in Islam. It is written from a feminist perspective, using the analytic tools of contemporary gender studies….
Islam For Dummies
Product DescriptionFind out about customs, history, and Islamic law From faith, prayer, and fasting to charity and pilgrimage, understand Muslim life You don’t have to be Muslim to understand Islam. This friendly guide introduces you to the origins and practices…
The Hidden Origins of Islam: New Research into Its Early History
ISBN13: 9781591026341 Condition: NEW Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark. Product DescriptionThe standard histories of Muhammad and the early development of Islam are based on Islamic literature that dates to the ninth and tenth centuries–some two centuries or…
The Oxford History of Islam
Book Description Lavishly illustrated with over 300 pictures, including more than 200 in full color, The Oxford History of Islam offers the most wide-ranging and authoritative account available of the second largest–and fastest growing–religion in the world. John L. Esposito,…
Covering Islam: How the Media and the Experts Determine How We See the Rest of the World
ISBN13: 9780679758907 Condition: NEW Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark. Product DescriptionFrom the Iranian hostage crisis through the Gulf War and the bombing of the World Trade Center, the American news media have portrayed “Islam” as a monolithic…
Surrender: Appeasing Islam, Sacrificing Freedom
ISBN13: 9780385523981 Condition: NEW Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark. Product Description There is a new form of jihad to fear—one that threatens the very values on which our freedom rests Bruce Bawer’s While Europe Slept sounded the…
Taliban: Militant Islam, Oil and Fundamentalism in Central Asia
ISBN13: 9780300089028 Condition: NEW Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark. Product DescriptionCorrespondent Ahmed Rashid brings the shadowy world of the Taliban—the world’s most extreme and radical Islamic organization—into sharp focus in this enormously insightful book. He offers the…
The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Understanding Islam, 2nd Edition
ISBN13: 9781592572724 Condition: NEW Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark. Product Description An up-close and up-to-date look at an often misunderstood faith. This completely revised and updated guide explores the tenets of the Qu’ran (a.k.a. Koran), examines the…
