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This book presents two extraordinary texts - The Shining of Swords
by Al-Qarakhi and a new translation for a contemporary readership
of Leo Tolstoy's Hadji Murat - illuminating the mountain war
between the Muslim peoples of the Caucasus and the imperial Russian
army from 1830 to 1859. The authors offer a complete commentary on
the various intellectual and religious contexts that shaped the two
texts and explain the historical significance of the Russian-Muslim
confrontation. It is shown that the mountain war was a clash of two
cultures, two religious outlooks and two different worlds. The book
provides an important background for the ongoing contest between
Russia and indigenous people for control of the Caucasus. The two
translations are accompanied by short introductions and by a longer
commentary intended for readers who desire a broader introduction
to the tragic conflict in the Caucasus whose effects still
reverberate in the twenty-first century.
This book presents two extraordinary texts - The Shining of Swords
by Al-Qarakhi and a new translation for a contemporary readership
of Leo Tolstoy's Hadji Murat - illuminating the mountain war
between the Muslim peoples of the Caucasus and the imperial Russian
army from 1830 to 1859. The authors offer a complete commentary on
the various intellectual and religious contexts that shaped the two
texts and explain the historical significance of the Russian-Muslim
confrontation. It is shown that the mountain war was a clash of two
cultures, two religious outlooks and two different worlds. The book
provides an important background for the ongoing contest between
Russia and indigenous people for control of the Caucasus.
The Middle East in Modern World History examines how global trends
over the last 200 years have shaped the Middle East and how these
trends were affected by the region's development. Covering a key
period in the history of the Middle East, this book highlights
three major trends within the region's development over the past
two centuries: the role of the region as a strategic conduit
between East and West, the development of the region's natural
resources, especially oil, and the impact of a rapidly globalizing
world economy on the Middle East. This new edition extends coverage
to the present day and includes more thematic and interpretive
discussion on the impact of global migration and the evolution of
the roles of women. It also provides more theoretical insights into
current historical research and recent developments in the region,
firmly placing these developments within their historical context.
Clearly written and supported throughout by maps, images,
discussion questions, and suggestions for further reading, as well
as including a comprehensive chronology and glossary that enable
readers to develop a clearer picture of political, economic,
social, and cultural life within the region, The Middle East in
Modern World History is the perfect textbook for all students of
the history of the modern Middle East within a global context.
The Middle East in Modern World History examines how global trends
over the last 200 years have shaped the Middle East and how these
trends were affected by the region's development. Covering a key
period in the history of the Middle East, this book highlights
three major trends within the region's development over the past
two centuries: the role of the region as a strategic conduit
between East and West, the development of the region's natural
resources, especially oil, and the impact of a rapidly globalizing
world economy on the Middle East. This new edition extends coverage
to the present day and includes more thematic and interpretive
discussion on the impact of global migration and the evolution of
the roles of women. It also provides more theoretical insights into
current historical research and recent developments in the region,
firmly placing these developments within their historical context.
Clearly written and supported throughout by maps, images,
discussion questions, and suggestions for further reading, as well
as including a comprehensive chronology and glossary that enable
readers to develop a clearer picture of political, economic,
social, and cultural life within the region, The Middle East in
Modern World History is the perfect textbook for all students of
the history of the modern Middle East within a global context.
Sibyl Robinson hears the evening news that Quebec's Lagado
government has called a referendum it hopes will separate the
French province from Canada. Upset by the announcement the
unilingual anglophone leaves her flat on Cumae street and walks her
dog Trio through Montreal's Little Burgundy district down to the
Lachine Canal. On the way home she discovers the slain body a black
youth in a school yard near her flat. Packets of cocaine are found
in the boy's pockets and police assume the killing to be drug
related. Sibyl's concern over the murder of 'one of her people'
leads her to a friend of the slain youth and the two set out to
find the killer. Their unusual investigation leads to officer
Jean-Luc Turcotte as the culprit. He has been stealing confiscated
cocaine from a police lock-up and soliciting black neighborhood
youths to deliver the drugs to his selected customers. Detective
lieutenant Marc Kelly is assigned to the case and Jean-Luc is
eventually charged with the youth's murder. Sibyl who becomes a
chief witness for the defense breaks with her son Mark when he
decides to defend the white officer. A rather bizarre trial ensues
and Jean-Luc is acquitted.
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An Islamic Reformation? (Hardcover, New)
Michaelle Browers, Charles Kurzman; Contributions by Fred Dallmayr, Dale F. Eickelman, Nader A. Hashemi, …
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Discovery Miles 32 450
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Over the last two decades we have seen a vast number of books
published in the West that treat Islamic fundamentalism as a rising
threat to the western values of secularism and democracy. In the
last decade scholars began proclaiming an existent or emerging
"clash" between East and West, Islam and Christianity, or in the
case of Benjamin R. Barber, "Jihad and "McWorld." More recently,
some western scholars have offered another interpretation. Focusing
on the work of contemporary Muslim intellectuals, these scholars
have begun to argue that what we are witnessing, in Islamic
contexts, is tantamount to a Reformation. An Islamic Reformation
attempts to evaluate this claim through the work of emerging and
top scholars in the fields of political science, philosophy,
anthropology, religion, history and Middle Eastern studies. The
overall goal of this volume is to question the impact of various
reformist trends throughout the Middle East. Are we witnessing a
growth in fundamentalism or the emergence of an Islamic
Reformation? What does religious practice in this region reflect?
What is the usefulness of approaching these questions through
Christian/Islamic and West/East dichotomies? Unique in its focus
and scope, An Islamic Reformation represents an emerging vanguard
in the discussion of Islamic religious heritage and practice and
its effect on world politics.
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