A Call for Heresy

Why Dissent Is Vital to Islam and America

by Anouar Majid

<DIV><P>A Call for Heresy</I> discovers unexpected common ground in one of the most inflammatory issues of the twenty-first century: the deepening conflict between the Islamic world and the United States. Moving beyond simplistic answers, Anouar

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A Contemporary Renaissance

Gulen's Philosophy for a Global Revival of Civilization

by Sulayman Ashrati

<p>Ashrati's book is a study of intellectual framework laid out by Fethullah Gulen in his call for the revival of humanity's changing power. Gulen, a prominent scholar of Islam and a social activist, is the inspiration behind the global network ...

ISBN: 9781682065082

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A Genealogy of Islamic Feminism

Pattern and Change in Indonesia

by Etin Anwar

<p><em>A Genealogy of Islamic Feminism</em> offers a new insight on the changing relationship between Islam and feminism from the colonial era in the 1900s to the early 1990s in Indonesia.</p> <p>The book juxtaposes both colonial and ...

ISBN: 9781351757041

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A Muslim Response to Evil

Said Nursi on the Theodicy

by Tubanur Yesilhark Ozkan

<p>While Christian approaches to the problem of evil have been much discussed, the issue of theodicy in Islam is relatively neglected. A Muslim Response to Evil explores new insights and viewpoints and discusses possible solutions to theodicy ...

ISBN: 9781317187530

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A Muted Imam

Narrative of a Naturalist Imam's Message

by Khalid A. Wasi

One of the markers of globalization is that most Western societies have become diverse, and pluralism is the new challenge. With Islam and Muslims receiving so much media coverage, it begs the question of nativity and the evolution of Islam, as ...

ISBN: 9781681811765

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Al Rashid Mosque

Building Canadian Muslim Communities

by Earle H. Waugh

<p>Front Flap: Forty years ago, as a young scholar in Islamic Studies at the University of Alberta, Al Rashid’s Muslims welcomed my queries, tolerated my ignorance, and joyfully opened their homes and their hearts. —Earle H. Waugh Back Flap: ...

ISBN: 9781772124804

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An Introduction to Said Nursi

Life, Thought, and Writings

by Ian S. Markham & Suendam Birinci Pirim

<p>Contemporary Islamic thinkers are often studied sociologically rather than as theologians. There are many accessible introductions to Christian theologians, but very few such studies of Islamic thinkers. This book, and this series, seeks to ...

ISBN: 9781317181590

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Before Orthodoxy

The Satanic Verses in Early Islam

by Shahab Ahmed

<p>A controversial episode in the life of the Prophet Muhammad concerns an incident in which he allegedly mistook words suggested by Satan as divine revelation. Muslims now universally deny that the Satanic verses incident took place. But ...

ISBN: 9780674977310

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Being Muslim

A Cultural History of Women of Color in American Islam

by Sylvia Chan-Malik

<p>**An exploration of twentieth and twenty-first century U.S. Muslim womanhood that centers the lived experience of women of color **</p> <p>For Sylvia Chan-Malik, Muslim womanhood is constructed through everyday and embodied acts of ...

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Beyond Timbuktu

by Ousmane Oumar Kane

<p>Timbuktu is famous as a center of learning from Islam’s Golden Age. Yet it was one among many scholarly centers to exist in precolonial West Africa. Ousmane Kane charts the rise of Muslim learning in West Africa from the beginning of Islam to

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Books on Asia from the Near East to the Far East

by Eleazar Birnbaum

<p>This is a selected, annotated list of some 2,000 books on Asia in English and French currently in print, chosen with the aim of providing a long-term historical perspective for the general reader. The list is presented in four main parts: ...

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Born with Wings

The Spiritual Journey of a Modern Muslim Woman

by Daisy Khan

<p><strong>The dramatic, spiritual memoir of a prominent Muslim woman working to empower women and girls across the world—for readers of Malala Yousafzai and Azar Nafisi.</strong></p> <p>Raised in a progressive Muslim family in the shadows of ...

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Burying Jihadis

Bodies Between State, Territory, and Identity

by Riva Kastoryano

<p>What should states do with the bodies of suicide bombers and other jihadists who die while perpetrating terrorist attacks? This original and unsettling book explores the host of ethical and political questions raised by this dilemma, from ...

ISBN: 9780190934866

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Contemporary Issues in Islam and Science

Volume 2

by Muzaffar Iqbal

<p>The articles selected for this volume explore emergent issues in the contemporary relationship between Islam and science and present studies of eight major voices in the discourse. Also included is a section on the operationalization of ...

ISBN: 9781351949156

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Critical Muslim 1

The Arabs are Alive

by Ziauddin Sardar & Robin Yassin-Kassab

<p>In the inaugural issue of Critical Muslim: Ziauddin Sardar tries to understand the significance of what just happened in the Middle East, Robin Yassin-Kassab spends some quality time in Tahrir Square, Ashur Shamis dodges the bullets of ...

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Critical Muslim 2

The Idea of Islam

by Ziauddin Sardar & Robin Yassin-Kassab

<p>Ziauddin Sardar argues why Islamic reform is necessary, Bruce Lawrence sees Muslim cosmopolitanism as the future, Parvez Manzoor declares jihad on the idea of 'the political', Samia Rahman gets to the root of Muslim misogyny, Michael Muhammad

ISBN: 9781849043793

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Critical Muslim 3

Fear and Loathing

by Ziauddin Sardar & Robin Yassin-Kassab

<p>AbdelWahab El-Affendi on Islamophobia and Orientalism in the age of liberal paranoia, Arun Kundnani on English Defense League and the rise of the far right in Europe, Vinay Lal on Hindus who love Hitler, Gordon Steffey on Christian ...

ISBN: 9781849043809

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Critical Muslim 4

Pakistan

by Ziauddin Sardar & Robin Yassin-Kassab

<p>Ziauddin Sardar questions the question mark that is always placed in front of Pakistan, Robin Yassin-Kassab asks why Pakistan has not imploded, Taimur Khan breaks bread with the gangsters and bookies of Karachi, Muhammad Idrees Ahmad revisits

ISBN: 9781849043816

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Democratic Transition in the Muslim World

A Global Perspective

by Alfred Stepan

<p>In early 2011, widespread protests ousted dictatorial regimes in both Tunisia and Egypt. Within a few years, Tunisia successfully held parliamentary and presidential elections and witnessed a peaceful transition of power, while the Egyptian ...

ISBN: 9780231545419

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Digital Middle East

State and Society in the Information Age

by Mohamed Zayani

<p>In recent years, the Middle East's information and communications landscape has changed dramatically. Increasingly, states, businesses, and citizens are capitalizing on the opportunities offered by new information technologies, the fast pace ...

ISBN: 9780190934873

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