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Education and Muslim Identity During a Time of Tension - Inside an American Islamic School (Hardcover): Melanie Brooks Education and Muslim Identity During a Time of Tension - Inside an American Islamic School (Hardcover)
Melanie Brooks
R4,462 Discovery Miles 44 620 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Education and Muslim Identity During a Time of Tension explores life inside an Islamic Center and school in present-day America. Melanie Brooks' work draws on in-depth discussions with community and school leaders, teachers, parents and students to present thoughtful and contemporary perspectives on many issues central to American-Muslim identities. Particularly poignant are the children's voices, as they discuss their developing identities and how they navigate the choice of being American, Muslim, or both. The book covers topics ranging from establishing the community and the considerations involved, the management of diversity within the community, and approaches to modern opinions on and experiences of gender and extremism in the western world. Based on focus groups, interviews and observations collected over a two-year period, this book serves as a fascinating and informative insight into the culture and experiences of modern American Muslims. This is essential reading for students and researchers interested in education, religion, politics, sociology, and most particularly in contemporary Islamic studies.

The Bloody Religion of Peace (Hardcover): Didymus D Thomas The Bloody Religion of Peace (Hardcover)
Didymus D Thomas
R799 Discovery Miles 7 990 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
The Theory and Practice of Islamic Terrorism - An Anthology (Hardcover): M. Perry, Howard E. Negrin The Theory and Practice of Islamic Terrorism - An Anthology (Hardcover)
M. Perry, Howard E. Negrin
R1,543 Discovery Miles 15 430 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Drawing from a variety of sources, this anthology encourages readers to explore the multiple dimensions of Islamic terrorism and seeks to promote a better understanding of one of the most complicated and urgent problems facing the world today. Divided into six parts, the book deals with the theological and ideological background of the concept of jihad, the policies and organization of Al Qaeda, various policy recommendations for combating terrorism, the motivations of suicide bombers, the dilemma jihadists pose in Western countries, and the adoption of classical European and anti-Semitic myths for political and religious gain in segments of the Muslim world. With excerpts ranging from works by Sayyid Qutb to Osama bin Laden to Nonie Darwish, this book is a must-have for anyone interested in or studying Islamic terrorism.

In the Teahouse of Experience - Nine Talks on the Path of Sufism (Hardcover): Netanel Miles-Yepez In the Teahouse of Experience - Nine Talks on the Path of Sufism (Hardcover)
Netanel Miles-Yepez
R687 Discovery Miles 6 870 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Islam Obscured - The Rhetoric of Anthropological Representation (Hardcover, 2005 ed.): D. Varisco Islam Obscured - The Rhetoric of Anthropological Representation (Hardcover, 2005 ed.)
D. Varisco
R2,873 Discovery Miles 28 730 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Ethnographers have observed Muslims nearly everywhere Islam is practiced. This study analyzes four seminal texts that have been read widely outside anthropology. Two are by distinguished anthropologists on either side of the Atlantic, Islam Observed (by Clifford Geertz in 1968) and Muslim Society (by Ernest Gellner in 1981). Two other texts are by Muslim scholars, Beyond the Veil (Fatima Mernissi in 1975) and Discovering Islam (by Akbar Ahmed in 1988). Varisco argues that each of these four authors approaches Islam as an essentialized organic unity rather than letting 'Islams' found in the field speak to the diversity of practice. The textual truths engendered, and far too often engineered, in these idealized representations of Islam have found their way unscrutinized into an endless stream of scholarly works and textbooks. Varisco's analysis goes beyond the rhetoric over what Islam is to the information from ethnographic research about what Muslims say they do and actually are observed to do. The issues covered include Islam as a cultural phenomenon, representation of 'the other', Muslim gender roles, politics of ethnographic authority, and Orientalist discourse.

Blindfold - A Memoir of Capture, Torture, and Enlightenment (Paperback): Theo Padnos Blindfold - A Memoir of Capture, Torture, and Enlightenment (Paperback)
Theo Padnos
R529 Discovery Miles 5 290 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

An award-winning journalist's extraordinary account of being kidnapped and tortured in Syria by al Qaeda for two years--a revelatory memoir about war, human nature, and endurance that's "the best of the genre, profound, poetic, and sorrowful" (The Atlantic). In 2012, American journalist Theo Padnos, fluent in Arabic, Russian, German, and French, traveled to a Turkish border town to write and report on the Syrian civil war. One afternoon in October, while walking through an olive grove, he met three young Syrians--who turned out to be al Qaeda operatives--and they captured him and kept him prisoner for nearly two years. On his first day, in the first of many prisons, Padnos was given a blindfold--a grime-stained scrap of fabric--that was his only possession throughout his horrific ordeal. Now, Padnos recounts his time in captivity in Syria, where he was frequently tortured at the hands of the al Qaeda affiliate, Jebhat al Nusra. We learn not only about Padnos's harrowing experience, but we also get a firsthand account of life in a Syrian village, the nature of Islamic prisons, how captors interrogate someone suspected of being CIA, the ways that Islamic fighters shift identities and drift back and forth through the veil of Western civilization, and much more. No other journalist has lived among terrorists for as long as Theo has--and survived. As a resident of thirteen separate prisons in every part of rebel-occupied Syria, Theo witnessed a society adrift amid a steady stream of bombings, executions, torture, prayer, fasting, and exhibitions, all staged by the terrorists. Living within this tide of violence changed not only his personal identity but also profoundly altered his understanding of how to live. Offering fascinating, unprecedented insight into the state of Syria today, Blindfold is "a triumph of the human spirit" (The New York Times Book Review)--combining the emotional power of a captive's memoir with a journalist's account of a culture and a nation in conflict that is as urgent and important as ever.

The Third Choice - Islam, Dhimmitude and Freedom (Hardcover, New): Mark Durie The Third Choice - Islam, Dhimmitude and Freedom (Hardcover, New)
Mark Durie; Foreword by Bat Ye'or
R726 Discovery Miles 7 260 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

The Third Choice provides a compelling introduction to Islam on the basis of its primary sources, the Quran and the life of Muhammad. Topics covered include the sharia; interpretation of the Quran; abrogation; women's rights (including female genital mutilation); lawful deception (taqiyya); Muhammad's responses to opposition; Islamic antisemitism; religious freedom; and prospects for reforming Islam. After this critical introduction of Islam, there follows an explanation and critique of Islam's policy for non-Muslims living under Islamic conditions. The doctrine of the three choices (conversion, the sword, or the dhimma pact of surrender to Islam) is explained, including an analysis of the meaning of tribute payments (jizya) made by non-Muslims (dhimmis) to their Muslim conquerors. Durie describes the impact of dhimmitude on the human rights of non-Muslims in Islamic contexts around the world today, in the light of global Islamic resurgence and advancing Islamization, including pressure being exerted through the United Nations for states to conform to sharia restrictions on freedom of speech. The worldview of dhimmitude, Durie argues, offers indispensable keys for understanding current trends in global politics, including the widening impact of sharia revival, deterioration of human rights in Islamic societies, jihad terrorism, recurring patterns of Western appeasement, interfaith dialogue initiatives, and the increasingly fraught relationship between migrant Muslim communities in the West and their host societies.

The Pope Meets the Ayatollah - An Introduction to Shi'a Islam (Hardcover): Hassan Al-Hakeem, Jalal Moughania The Pope Meets the Ayatollah - An Introduction to Shi'a Islam (Hardcover)
Hassan Al-Hakeem, Jalal Moughania; Foreword by Muneer Al-Khabbaz
R767 R683 Discovery Miles 6 830 Save R84 (11%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Precious Meanings and Attainment of Hopes - From the Outpourings of Sidi Abu al-Abbas al-Tijani (Jawaahir al-Ma'aani)... Precious Meanings and Attainment of Hopes - From the Outpourings of Sidi Abu al-Abbas al-Tijani (Jawaahir al-Ma'aani) (Hardcover)
Shaykh Ahmad Al-Tijani; Contributions by Ali Harazim; Translated by Talut Dawood
R2,420 R1,953 Discovery Miles 19 530 Save R467 (19%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Islam - Historical, Social, and Political Perspectives (Hardcover, Reprint 2015): Jacques Waardenburg Islam - Historical, Social, and Political Perspectives (Hardcover, Reprint 2015)
Jacques Waardenburg
R4,750 R4,256 Discovery Miles 42 560 Save R494 (10%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This book presents some twenty essays on different aspects of Islam in history and the present. These essays are grouped into eight larger sections. The first, "The Beginnings," deals with the transition from pre-Islamic understandings and reason, an essential part of the Quranic message. The next two sections deal with Islam specifically as a religion with its particular signs and symbols. The question of rules of interpretation in Islam and its structural features is discussed here. Sections four and five deal with ethics in Islam, including Muslim identity and human rights, and certain social functions of Islam. Section six introduces some 19th and 20th century reform movements, with special attention given to developments in Saudi Arabia and the "puritan" characteristics of present-day Islamic revival movements. The final two sections discuss contemporary issues: Islamization processes and policies, Islamic ideologies, the ideologization of Islam, and the political uses of religion. Throughout the book the author shows the links between the religious and other interpretations and uses made of Islam and the contexts in which they are made. The Introduction signals some important developments in Islamic studies since World War II.

Jih?d - From Qur'?n to Bin Laden (Hardcover): R Bonney Jih?d - From Qur'?n to Bin Laden (Hardcover)
R Bonney
R2,969 Discovery Miles 29 690 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Holy war ideas appear among Muslims during the earliest manifestations of the religion. This work locates the origin of Jihad and traces its evolution as an idea with the intellectual history of the concept of Jihad in Islam as well as how it has been misapplied by modern Islamic terrorists and suicide bombers.

Islamic Finance and Sustainable Development - A Sustainable Economic Framework for Muslim and Non-Muslim Countries (Hardcover,... Islamic Finance and Sustainable Development - A Sustainable Economic Framework for Muslim and Non-Muslim Countries (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2021)
M. Kabir Hassan, Mehmet Sarac, Ashraf Khan
R5,278 Discovery Miles 52 780 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

The book is a collection of chapters discussing the Sustainable Development Goals in the broader context of Islamic finance along with mapping the SDGs with Maqasid Al-Shariah. It provides a framework for both Muslim and non-Muslim countries to develop a sustainable economy which encompasses not only the concept of the welfare state but also supports development-related activities, ensures financial inclusion through equal distribution of wealth and alleviation of poverty, and protects the overall environmental and ecological system. More specifically, this book explores various aspects of Islamic finance in relation to parameters of SDGs; restructuring of Islamic finance and connecting its dots in the light of SDGs; Islamic perspective on ESG and ecological quality; interest-free tools and modernization of Islamic financial institutions for sustainable development and economic stability; and the role of Islamic finance in infrastructure-related development activities. Consistent with the view that SDGs are embedded within the theme of Islamic finance, this book is specifically designed to meet the needs of key regulatory institutions, academic scholars, and industry practitioners both in the field of Islamic finance and sustainable finance.

Interpretations of Jihad in South Asia - An Intellectual History (Hardcover): Tariq Rahman Interpretations of Jihad in South Asia - An Intellectual History (Hardcover)
Tariq Rahman
R3,113 Discovery Miles 31 130 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

In the wake of radical Islamist terrorist attacks described as jihad worldwide and in South Asia, it is imperative that there should be a book-length study of this idea in this part of the world. The focus of the study is the idea of jihad with its changing interpretations mostly those available in exegetical literature of key figures in South Asia. The hermeneutic devices used to understand the meaning of the Quranic verses and the Prophetic traditions relating to jihad will be the focus of this study. The main thrust of the study is to understand how interpretations of jihad vary. It is seen as being both defensive and aggressive by traditionalists; only defensive and mainly about moral improvement by progressive Muslims; and being insurrectionist, aggressive, eternal and justifying violence against civilians by radical Islamists. One purpose of the book is to understand how the radical interpretation came to South Asia. The book also explains how theories about jihad are influenced by the political and social circumstances of the period and how these insights feed into practice legitimizing militant movements called jihad for that period.

Islam and Muslim Politics in Africa (Hardcover, New): B. Soares, R. Otayek Islam and Muslim Politics in Africa (Hardcover, New)
B. Soares, R. Otayek
R1,671 Discovery Miles 16 710 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Political liberalization and economic reform, the weakening of the state, and increased global interconnections have all had profound effects on Muslim societies and the practice of Islam in Africa. The contributors to this volume investigate and illuminate the changes they have brought, through detailed case studies of Muslim youth activists, Islamic NGOs, debates about Islamic law, secularism and minority rights, and Muslims and the political process in both conflict and post-conflict settings. Their work offers fresh perspectives on the complexity of Muslim politics in contemporary Africa.

The Paradise of Submission (English, Persian, Book, Vol 2 ed.): Nasir al-Din al-Tusi,Muhammad ibn Muhammad The Paradise of Submission (English, Persian, Book, Vol 2 ed.)
Nasir al-Din al-Tusi,Muhammad ibn Muhammad; Volume editing by Seyyed Jalal Hosseini Badakhchani
R1,691 Discovery Miles 16 910 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Nasir al-Din Tusi, the renowned Shi'i scholar of the 13th century, produced a range of writings in different fields of learning under Ismaili patronage and later under the Mongols. This is a new English translation of his Rawda-yi taslim - the single most important Ismaili text from the Alamut period. Here the Persian and English texts are published together for the first time to produce a work of enormous value to students of Islamic theology and philosophy. The book contains an introduction by Professor Hermann Landolt and philosophical commentary by Professor Christian Jambet, who has produced a French translation of this text.

Inheritance - The Laws of Inheritance in Islam (Hardcover): Sohail S. Hussaini Inheritance - The Laws of Inheritance in Islam (Hardcover)
Sohail S. Hussaini
R693 Discovery Miles 6 930 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Islam and the Arab Revolutions - The Ulama Between Democracy and Autocracy (Paperback): Usaama Al-Azami Islam and the Arab Revolutions - The Ulama Between Democracy and Autocracy (Paperback)
Usaama Al-Azami
R630 Discovery Miles 6 300 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

The Arab revolutions of 2011 were a transformative moment in the modern history of the Middle East, as people rose up against long-standing autocrats throughout the region to call for 'bread, freedom and dignity'. With the passage of time, results have been decidedly mixed, with initial success stories like Tunisia contrasting with the emergence of even more repressive dictatorships in places like Egypt, with the backing of several Gulf states. Focusing primarily on Egypt, this book considers a relatively understudied dimension of these revolutions: the role of prominent religious scholars. While pro-revolutionary ulama have justified activism against authoritarian regimes, counter-revolutionary scholars have provided religious backing for repression, and in some cases the mass murder of unarmed protestors. Usaama al-Azami traces the public engagements and religious pronouncements of several prominent ulama in the region, including Yusuf al-Qaradawi, Ali Gomaa and Abdullah bin Bayyah, to explore their role in either championing the Arab revolutions or supporting their repression. He concludes that while a minority of noted scholars have enthusiastically endorsed the counter-revolutions, their approach is attributable less to premodern theology and more to their distinctly modern commitment to the authoritarian state.

Remember Who You Are - 28 Spiritual Verses from the Holy Quran to Help You Discover Your True Identity, Purpose, and... Remember Who You Are - 28 Spiritual Verses from the Holy Quran to Help You Discover Your True Identity, Purpose, and Nourishment in God (for Muslims, Christians, Jews, and all seekers of knowledge) (Hardcover)
Rahim Snow
R819 Discovery Miles 8 190 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Philosophy and Language in the Islamic World (Hardcover): Nadja Germann, Mostafa Najafi Philosophy and Language in the Islamic World (Hardcover)
Nadja Germann, Mostafa Najafi
R3,767 Discovery Miles 37 670 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

What is language? How did it originate and how does it work? What is its relation to thought and, beyond thought, to reality? Questions like these have been at the center of lively debate ever since the rise of scholarly activities in the Islamic world during the 8th/9th century. However, in contrast to contemporary philosophy, they were not tackled by scholars adhering to only one specific discipline. Rather, they were addressed across multiple fields and domains, no less by linguists, legal theorists, and theologians than by Aristotelian philosophers. In response to the different challenges faced by these disciplines, highly sophisticated and more specialized areas emerged, comparable to what nowadays would be referred to as semantics, pragmatics, and hermeneutics, to name but a few - fields of research that are pursued to this day and still flourish in some of the traditional schools. Philosophy of language, thus, has been a major theme throughout Islamic intellectual culture in general; a theme which, probably due to its trans-disciplinary nature, has largely been neglected by modern research. This book brings together for the first time experts from the various fields involved, in order to explore the riches of this tradition and make them accessible to a broader public interested both in philosophy and the history of ideas more generally.

Islam in Post-Soviet Uzbekistan - The Morality of Experience (Hardcover): Johan Rasanayagam Islam in Post-Soviet Uzbekistan - The Morality of Experience (Hardcover)
Johan Rasanayagam
R2,711 Discovery Miles 27 110 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

In recent years, the Uzbekistan government has been criticized for its brutal suppression of its Muslim population. This book, which is based on the author's intimate acquaintance with the region and several years of ethnographic research, is about how Muslims in this part of the world negotiate their religious practices despite the restraints of a stifling authoritarian regime. Fascinatingly, the book also shows how the restrictive atmosphere has actually helped shape the moral context of peoples' lives, and how understandings of what it means to be a Muslim emerge creatively out of lived experience.

Thinking the Re-Thinking of the World - Decolonial Challenges to the Humanities and Social Sciences from Africa, Asia and the... Thinking the Re-Thinking of the World - Decolonial Challenges to the Humanities and Social Sciences from Africa, Asia and the Middle East (Hardcover)
Kai Kresse, Abdoulaye Sounaye
R2,604 Discovery Miles 26 040 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

As far too many intellectual histories and theoretical contributions from the 'global South' remain under-explored, this volume works towards redressing such imbalance. Experienced authors, from the regions concerned, along different disciplinary lines, and with a focus on different historical timeframes, sketch out their perspectives of envisaged transformations. This includes specific case studies and reflexive accounts from African, South Asian, and Middle Eastern contexts. Taking a critical stance on the ongoing dominance of Eurocentrism in academia, the authors present their contributions in relation to current decolonial challenges. Hereby, they consider intellectual, practical and structural aspects and dimensions, to mark and build their respective positions. From their particular vantage points of (trans)disciplinary and transregional engagement, they sketch out potential pathways for addressing the unfinished business of conceptual decolonization. The specific individual positionalities of the contributors, which are shaped by location and regional perspective as much as in disciplinary, biographical, linguistic, religious, and other terms, are hereby kept in view. Drawing on their significant experiences and insights gained in both the global north and global south, the contributors offer original and innovative models of engagement and theorizing frames that seek to restore and critically engage with intellectual practices from particular regions and transregional contexts in Africa, South Asia, and the Middle East. This volume builds on a lecture series held at ZMO in the winter 2019-2020

The African Caliphate 2 - Ideals, Policies and Operation of the Sokoto Caliphate (Hardcover): Ibraheem Sulaiman The African Caliphate 2 - Ideals, Policies and Operation of the Sokoto Caliphate (Hardcover)
Ibraheem Sulaiman; Edited by Abdalhaqq Bewley
R809 Discovery Miles 8 090 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Thinkers of the East (Hardcover): Idries Shah Thinkers of the East (Hardcover)
Idries Shah
R531 Discovery Miles 5 310 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
The Masnavi I Ma'navi of Rumi (Large print, Hardcover, Large type / large print edition): Maulana Jalalu-d-din Muhammad... The Masnavi I Ma'navi of Rumi (Large print, Hardcover, Large type / large print edition)
Maulana Jalalu-d-din Muhammad Rumi, E.H. Whinfield
R901 Discovery Miles 9 010 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Self-Knowledge and Spiritual Yearning - The Role of Spirituality in Psychological Health (Hardcover): E. Douglass Brown Self-Knowledge and Spiritual Yearning - The Role of Spirituality in Psychological Health (Hardcover)
E. Douglass Brown
R561 Discovery Miles 5 610 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
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