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Books > Humanities > Religion & beliefs > Non-Christian religions > Islam

Rationalization in Religions - Judaism, Christianity and Islam (Hardcover): Yohanan Friedmann, Christoph Markschies Rationalization in Religions - Judaism, Christianity and Islam (Hardcover)
Yohanan Friedmann, Christoph Markschies
R2,881 Discovery Miles 28 810 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Current tendencies in religious studies and theology show a growing interest for the interchange between religions and the cultures of rationalization surrounding them. The studies published in this volume, based on the international conferences of both the Berlin-Brandenburgische Akademie der Wissenschaften and the Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities, aim to contribute to this field of interest by dealing with concepts and influences of rationalization in Judaism, Christianity, Islam and religion in general. In addition to taking a closer look at the immediate links in the history of tradition between those rationalizing movements and evolutions in religion, emphasis is put on intellectual-historical convergences: Therefore, the articles are led by central comparative questions, such as what factors foster/hinder rationalization?; where are criteria for rationalization drawn from?; in which institutions is rationalization taking place?; who propagates, supports and utilizes rationalization?

Islamic Jihad - A Legacy of Forced Conversion, Imperialism, and Slavery (Hardcover): M.A. Khan Islamic Jihad - A Legacy of Forced Conversion, Imperialism, and Slavery (Hardcover)
M.A. Khan
R675 Discovery Miles 6 750 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

The attacks of September 11, 2001, changed the way the world looks at Islam. And rightfully so, according to M.A. Khan, a former Muslim who left the religion after realizing that it is based on forced conversion, imperialism, and slavery: the primary demands of Jihad, commanded by the Islamic God Allah.


In this groundbreaking book, Khan demonstrates that Prophet Muhammad meticulously followed these misguided principles and established the ideal template of Islamic Jihad for his future followers to pursue, and that Muslims have been perpetuating the cardinal principles of Jihad ever since.


Find out the true nature of Islam, particularly its doctrine of Jihad, and what it means to the modern world, and also learn about The core tenets of Islam and its history The propagation of Islam by force and other means Islamic propaganda Arab-Islamic imperialism Islamic slavery and slave-trade And much more

The commands of Allah are perpetual in nature, so are the actions of Prophet Muhammad. Jihad has been the way to win converts to Islam since its birth fourteen centuries ago, and it won't change anytime soon. Find out why in Islamic Jihad.

Islam and Modernization - A Comparative Analysis of Pakistan, Egypt, and Turkey (Hardcover, New): Javaid Saeed Islam and Modernization - A Comparative Analysis of Pakistan, Egypt, and Turkey (Hardcover, New)
Javaid Saeed
R2,542 Discovery Miles 25 420 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This study examines and clarifies the relationship between Islam and modernization in the Muslim world. Through a comparative analysis of Pakistan, Egypt, and Turkey, the author analyzes the ideas and conceptions which are inculcated and propagated in Islamic countries as Islamic religious thought, practice, orientation, tradition, and ways-of-life. Saeed explains that the chaotic conditions existing in the Muslim world are largely a result of a crisis of thought, that the grossly distorted and misunderstood Islam, as presently practiced, is a major obstacle to the development of Muslim countries--but that Muslim countries can develop and progress only through Islam.

Companion of Hajj - Your Step by Step Guide to Perform Hajj Correctly (Hardcover): Mufti Ikram Ul Haq, Muftai Muohammad Rafa... Companion of Hajj - Your Step by Step Guide to Perform Hajj Correctly (Hardcover)
Mufti Ikram Ul Haq, Muftai Muohammad Rafa Uosmaanai
R742 Discovery Miles 7 420 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The Alchemy of Happiness (Hardcover): Al-Ghazzali The Alchemy of Happiness (Hardcover)
Al-Ghazzali
R675 Discovery Miles 6 750 Ships in 18 - 22 working days
Women and Islam in Bangladesh - Beyond Subjection and Tyranny (Hardcover): T. Hashmi Women and Islam in Bangladesh - Beyond Subjection and Tyranny (Hardcover)
T. Hashmi
R2,659 Discovery Miles 26 590 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

This work of research by Taj Hashmi puts the issue of women's position in society in historical as well as Islamic perspectives to relate it to the objective conditions in Bangladesh. In eight chapters, he narrates how Quranic edicts about women have through the ages been misinterpreted by the power elites and the "mullahs" to suppress women. Even NGOs are not immune from exploiting them. Hope, according to the author, lies in the literacy and economic self reliance of the Bangladeshi women.

Prophets in the Quran - An Introduction to the Quran and Muslim Exegesis (Hardcover, Annotated edition): Brannon Wheeler Prophets in the Quran - An Introduction to the Quran and Muslim Exegesis (Hardcover, Annotated edition)
Brannon Wheeler
R6,562 Discovery Miles 65 620 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

What was the name of Noah's son who did not survive the Flood? Why do Pharaoh and Haman build the Tower of Babel? For what reasons does Moses travel to the ends of the Earth? Who is the 'Horned-One' who holds back Gog and Magog until the Day of Judgement? These are some of the questions answered in the oral sources and Quran commentaries on the stories of the prophets as they are understood by Muslims. Designed as an introduction to the Quran with particular emphasis on parallels with Biblical tradition, this book provides a concise but detailed overview of Muslim prophets from Adam to Muhammad. Each of the chapters is organized around a particular prophet, including an English translation of the relevant verses of the Quran and a wide selection of classical, medieval and modern Muslim commentaries on those verses. Quran commentaries include references to Sunni and Shi'i sources from Spain, Central Asia, the Middle East and Africa. An extensive glossary provides an annotated list of all scholarly transmitters and cited texts with suggestions for further reading.This is an excellent book for undergraduate courses, and students in divinity and seminary programmes. Comparisons between the Quran and Bible, and among Jewish, Christian and Islamic exegesis are highlighted. Oral sources, references adapted from apocryphal and pseudepigraphical works, and inter-religious dialogue are all evident throughout these stories of the prophets. This material shows how the Quran and its interpretation are integral to a fuller and more discerning understanding of the Bible and its place in the history of Western religion.

Religious Conflict from Early Christianity to the Rise of Islam (Hardcover): Wendy Mayer, Bronwen Neil Religious Conflict from Early Christianity to the Rise of Islam (Hardcover)
Wendy Mayer, Bronwen Neil
R4,327 Discovery Miles 43 270 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Conflict has been an inescapable facet of religion from its very beginnings. This volume offers insight into the mechanisms at play in the centuries from the Jesus-movement's first attempts to define itself over and against Judaism to the beginnings of Islam. Profiling research by scholars of the Centre for Early Christian Studies at Australian Catholic University, the essays document inter- and intra-religious conflict from a variety of angles. Topics relevant to the early centuries range from religious conflict between different parts of the Christian canon, types of conflict, the origins of conflict, strategies for winning, for conflict resolution, and the emergence of a language of conflict. For the fourth to seventh centuries case studies from Asia Minor, Syria, Constantinople, Gaul, Arabia and Egypt are presented. The volume closes with examinations of the Christian and Jewish response to Islam, and of Islam's response to Christianity. Given the political and religious tensions in the world today, this volume is well positioned to find relevance and meaning in societies still grappling with the monotheistic religions of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam.

Scriptural Polemics - The Qur'an and Other Religions (Hardcover): Mun'Im Sirry Scriptural Polemics - The Qur'an and Other Religions (Hardcover)
Mun'Im Sirry
R2,481 Discovery Miles 24 810 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

A number of passages in the Qur'an contain doctrinal and cultural criticism of Jews and Christians, from exclusive salvation and charges of Jewish and Christian falsification of revelation to cautions against the taking of Jews and Christians as patrons, allies, or intimates. Mun'im Sirry offers a novel exploration of these polemical passages, which have long been regarded as obstacles to peaceable interreligious relations, through the lens of twentieth-century tafsir (exegesis). He considers such essential questions as: How have modern contexts shaped Muslim reformers' understanding of the Qur'an, and how have the reformers' interpretations recontextualized these passages? Can the Qur'an's polemical texts be interpreted fruitfully for interactions among religious communities in the modern world? Sirry also reflects on the various definitions of apologetic or polemic as relevant sacred texts and analyzes reformist tafsirs with careful attention to argument, literary context, and rhetoric in order to illuminate the methods, positions, and horizons of the exegeses. Scriptural Polemics provides both a critical engagement with the tafsirs and a lucid and original sounding of Qur'anic language, logic, and dilemmas, showing how the dynamic and varied reformist intepretations of these passages open the way for a less polemical approach to other religions.

The Excellence of the Arabs (Hardcover): Ibn Qutaybah The Excellence of the Arabs (Hardcover)
Ibn Qutaybah; Translated by Sarah Bowen Savant; Edited by Peter Webb, James E Montgomery
R1,390 Discovery Miles 13 900 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

The Excellence of the Arabs is a spirited defense of Arab identity-its merits, values, and origins-at a time of political unrest and fragmentation, written by one of the most important scholars of the early Abbasid era. In the cosmopolitan milieu of Baghdad, the social prestige attached to claims of being Arab had begun to decline. Although his own family originally hailed from Merv in the east, Ibn Qutaybah locks horns with those members of his society who belittled Arabness and vaunted the glories of Persian heritage and culture. Instead, he upholds the status of Arabs and their heritage in the face of criticism and uncertainty. The Excellence of the Arabs is in two parts. In the first, Arab Preeminence, which takes the form of an extended argument for Arab privilege, Ibn Qutaybah accuses his opponents of blasphemous envy. In the second, The Excellence of Arab Learning, he describes the fields of knowledge in which he believed pre-Islamic Arabians excelled, including knowledge of the stars, divination, horse husbandry, and poetry. And by incorporating extensive excerpts from the poetic heritage-"the archive of the Arabs"-Ibn Qutaybah aims to demonstrate that poetry is itself sufficient corroboration of Arab superiority. Eloquent and forceful, The Excellence of the Arabs addresses a central question at a time of great social flux at the dawn of classical Muslim civilization: what did it mean to be Arab? A bilingual Arabic-English edition.

Muslim Merit-making in Thailand's Far-South (Hardcover, 2012): Christopher M Joll Muslim Merit-making in Thailand's Far-South (Hardcover, 2012)
Christopher M Joll
R2,669 Discovery Miles 26 690 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

This volume provides an ethnographic description of Muslim merit-making rhetoric, rituals and rationales in Thailand's Malay far-south. This study is situated in Cabetigo, one of Pattani's oldest and most important Malay communities that has been subjected to a range of Thai and Islamic influences over the last hundred years. The volume describes religious rhetoric related to merit-making being conducted in both Thai and Malay, that the spiritual currency of merit is generated through the performance of locally occurring Malay "adat," and globally normative "amal 'ibadat. "Concerning the rationale for merit-making, merit-makers are motivated by both a desire to ensure their own comfort in the grave and personal vindication at judgment, as well as to transfer merit for those already in the grave, who are known to the merit-maker. While the rhetoric elements of Muslim merit-making reveal Thai influence, its ritual elements confirm the local impact of reformist activism."

Hebrew Texts in Jewish, Christian and Muslim Surroundings (Hardcover, VII, 336 Pp., Index ed.): Klaas Spronk, Eveline... Hebrew Texts in Jewish, Christian and Muslim Surroundings (Hardcover, VII, 336 Pp., Index ed.)
Klaas Spronk, Eveline Staalduine-Sulman
R3,863 Discovery Miles 38 630 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

Hebrew Texts in Jewish, Christian and Muslim Surroundings offers a new perspective on Judaism, Christianity and Islam as religions of the book. Their problematic relation seems to indicate that there is more that divides than unites these religions. The present volume will show that there is an intricate web of relations between the texts of these three religious traditions. On many levels readings and interpretations intermingle and influence each other. Studying the multifaceted history of the way Hebrew texts were read and interpreted in so many different contexts may contribute to a better understanding of the complicated relation between Jews, Christians and Muslims. These studies are dedicated to Dineke Houtman honouring her work as professor of Jewish-Christian relations.

Unholy War - Terror in the Name of Islam (Hardcover): John L. Esposito Unholy War - Terror in the Name of Islam (Hardcover)
John L. Esposito
R1,857 Discovery Miles 18 570 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

One of the world's leading authorities on the Islamic world answers the many troubling questions raised in the wake of the September 11 attack

Fresh Vision for the Muslim World (Paperback): Kuhn Fresh Vision for the Muslim World (Paperback)
Kuhn
R825 R729 Discovery Miles 7 290 Save R96 (12%) Ships in 18 - 22 working days

After living for more than two decades in the Middle East, pastor, author and college Arabic instructor Mike Kuhn wonders if there can be a fresh vision for the Muslim world--one not rooted in media lies or personal fears but in the values of Christ's kingdom. Is the only option to fight, to eradicate, to judge? Or can the mindset of confrontation give way to one of incarnation? InFresh Vision for the Muslim World, Kuhn challenges readers to love the Muslims down the street and across the world with the love of Christ. Kuhn's vast experience and research show readers that Muslims today have the same hopes and spiritual needs as any of us. With practical suggestions, Kuhn helps readers leave the path of isolation, fear and self-preservation and choose a less-traveled road: a path of self-awareness, empathy, and deep listening. Choosing the latter path is radical. It is difficult. And it is a step toward seeing Jesus Christ receive his rightful place of honor among a people longing to know him.

A New American Scripture - How and Why the Real Illuminati(R) Created the Book of Mormon (Hardcover): Real Illuminati A New American Scripture - How and Why the Real Illuminati(R) Created the Book of Mormon (Hardcover)
Real Illuminati
R1,258 Discovery Miles 12 580 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Islam and the Path to Human and Economic Development (Hardcover): A. Mirakhor, H. Askari Islam and the Path to Human and Economic Development (Hardcover)
A. Mirakhor, H. Askari
R1,404 Discovery Miles 14 040 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

There is a cognitive deficit between the holistic vision for human and societal development in Islam and the results achieved by Muslim societies. The authors begin by looking at the Western concept of development, which in recent years has recognized the wider dimensions of human development and the role of institutions. Thus Western thinking has moved toward the Islamic vision and path of development, emphasizing human solidarity, belonging, wellbeing, sharing, concern for others, basic human entitlements, and modest living. The authors illuminate the Quranic vision and the experience of the society organized by the Prophet, which together represent the Islamic paradigm.

Orthodoxy in Arabic Terms - A Study of Theodore Abu Qurrah's Theology in Its Islamic Context (Hardcover): Najib George Awad Orthodoxy in Arabic Terms - A Study of Theodore Abu Qurrah's Theology in Its Islamic Context (Hardcover)
Najib George Awad
R3,994 Discovery Miles 39 940 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This volume presents Theodore Abu Qurrah's apologetic Christian theology in dialogue with Islam. It explores the question of whether, in his attempt to convey orthodoxy in Arabic to the Muslim reader, Abu Qurrah diverged from creedal, doctrinal Christian theology and compromised its core content. A comprehensive study of the theology of Abu Qurrah and its relation to Islamic and pre-Islamic orthodox Melkite thought has not yet been pursued in modern scholarship. Awad addresses this gap in scholarship by offering a thorough analytic hermeneutics of Abu Qurrah's apologetic thought, with specific attention to his theological thought on the Trinity and Christology. This study takes scholarship beyond attempts at editing and translating Abu Qurrah's texts and offers scholars, students, and lay readers in the fields of Arabic Christianity, Byzantine theology, Christian-Muslim dialogues, and historical theology an unprecedented scientific study of Abu Qurrah's theological mind.

Patterns Legitimizing Political Violence in Transcultural Perspectives - Islamic and Christian Traditions and Legacies... Patterns Legitimizing Political Violence in Transcultural Perspectives - Islamic and Christian Traditions and Legacies (Hardcover)
Bettina Koch
R3,633 Discovery Miles 36 330 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This volume explores theoretical discourses in which religion is used to legitimize political violence. It examines the ways in which Christianity and Islam are utilized for political ends, in particular how violence is used (or abused) as an expedient to justify political action. This research focuses on premodern as well as contemporary discourses in the Middle East and Latin America, identifying patterns frequently used to justify the deployment of violence in both hegemonic and anti-hegemonic discourses. In addition, it explores how premodern arguments and authorities are utilized and transformed in order to legitimize contemporary violence as well as the ways in which the use of religion as a means to justify violence alters the nature of conflicts that are not otherwise explicitly religious. It argues that most past and present conflicts, even if the discourses about them are conducted in religious terms, have origins other than religion and/or blend religion with other causes, namely socio-economic and political injustice and inequality. Understanding the use and abuse of religion to justify violence is a prerequisite to discerning the nature of a conflict and might thus contribute to conflict resolution.

Arabs and Arabists - Selected Articles (Hardcover): Alastair Hamilton Arabs and Arabists - Selected Articles (Hardcover)
Alastair Hamilton
R4,062 Discovery Miles 40 620 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

Arabs and Arabists contains nineteen selected articles by Alastair Hamilton on the Western acquisition of knowledge of the Arab and Ottoman world in the early modern period. The first essays are on Arabs who visited Europe and gave instruction to Western Arabists, and on Europeans who either visited the Arab (or the Ottoman) world in search of manuscripts and information or who, like Franciscus Raphelengius, Isaac Casaubon and Adriaen Reland, studied it at a distance and remained in the West. These are followed by a section on the actual study of the Arabic language in Europe, and above all the creation of the first Arabic-Latin dictionaries, and another on the European study of Islam and Western translations of the Qur'an.

The Intertwined Conflict - The Difference Between Culture and Religion (Hardcover): Marafi (Naj Murphy) Najebah The Intertwined Conflict - The Difference Between Culture and Religion (Hardcover)
Marafi (Naj Murphy) Najebah
R880 Discovery Miles 8 800 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Rethinking Islam in Europe - Contemporary Approaches in Islamic Religious Education and Theology (Hardcover): Zekirija Sejdini Rethinking Islam in Europe - Contemporary Approaches in Islamic Religious Education and Theology (Hardcover)
Zekirija Sejdini
R2,090 Discovery Miles 20 900 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

Islamic theology had to wait a long time before being granted a place in the European universities. That happened above all in German-speaking areas, and this led to the development of new theological and religious pedagogical approaches. This volume presents one such approach and discusses it from various perspectives. It takes up different theological and religious pedagogical themes and reflects on them anew from the perspective of the contemporary context. The primary focus is on contemporary challenges and possible answers from the perspective of Islamic theology and religious pedagogy. It discusses general themes like the location of Islamic theology and religious pedagogy at secular European universities. The volume also explores concrete challenges, such as the extent to which Islamic religious pedagogy can be conceptualised anew, how it should deal with its own theological tradition in the contemporary context, and how a positive attitude towards worldview and religious plurality can be cultivated. At issue here are foundations of a new interpretation of Islam that takes into account both a reflective approach to the Islamic tradition and the contemporary context. In doing so, it gives Muslims the opportunity to take their own thinking further.

The Pseudo-historical Image of the Prophet Muhammad in Medieval Latin Literature: A Repertory (Hardcover): Michelina Di Cesare The Pseudo-historical Image of the Prophet Muhammad in Medieval Latin Literature: A Repertory (Hardcover)
Michelina Di Cesare
R5,922 Discovery Miles 59 220 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Exploring and understanding how medieval Christians perceived and constructed the figure of the Prophet Muhammad is of capital relevance in the complex history of Christian-Muslim relations. Medieval authors writing in Latin from the 8th to the 14th centuries elaborated three main images of the Prophet: the pseudo-historical, the legendary, and the eschatological one. This volume focuses on the first image and consists of texts that aim to reveal the (Christian) truth about Islam. They have been taken from critical editions, where available, otherwise they have been critically transcribed from manuscripts and early printed books. They are organized chronologically in 55 entries: each of them provides information on the author and the work, date and place of composition, an introduction to the passage(s) reported, and an updated bibliography listing editions, translations and studies. The volume is also supplied with an introductory essay and an index of notable terms.

Formation of a Religious Landscape: Shi'i Higher Learning in Safavid Iran (Hardcover): Maryam Moazzen Formation of a Religious Landscape: Shi'i Higher Learning in Safavid Iran (Hardcover)
Maryam Moazzen
R4,470 Discovery Miles 44 700 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

In Formation of a Religious Landscape: Shi'i Higher Learning in Safavid Iran, Maryam Moazzen offers the first systematic examination of Shi'i educational institution and practices by exploring the ways in which religious knowledge was produced, authenticated, and transmitted in the second half of Safavid rule (1588-1722). By analyzing the deeds of endowment of the Madrasa-yi Sult a ni and other mosque-madrasas built by the Safavid elite, this study sheds light on the organizing mechanisms and structures utilized by such educational foundations. Based on the large number of ijaza s and other primary sources including waqfiyyas, biographical dictionaries and autobiographies, this study also reconstructs the Safavid madrasas' curriculum and describes the pedagogical methods used to transmit religious knowledge as well as issues that faced Shi'i higher learning in early modern times.

Adab as Salat - The Disciplines of the Prayer (Hardcover): Ruhollah Khomeini Adab as Salat - The Disciplines of the Prayer (Hardcover)
Ruhollah Khomeini
R1,042 Discovery Miles 10 420 Ships in 18 - 22 working days
The Sacred Books of the East; 23 (Hardcover): Edward Henry 1840-1882 Palmer, F. Max (Friedrich Max) 1823-19 Muller The Sacred Books of the East; 23 (Hardcover)
Edward Henry 1840-1882 Palmer, F. Max (Friedrich Max) 1823-19 Muller
R985 Discovery Miles 9 850 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
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