Muslims On The Americanization Path?
Islam is the fastest growing religion in the United States. There are more Muslims in America than in Kuwait, Qatar, and Libya together. Leaving aside immigration and conversion, birthrate alone ensur...
Islamic Leviathan: Islam And The Making Of State Power
Islamization is commonly seen as the work of Islamist movements who have forced their ideology on ruling regimes and other hapless social actors. There is little doubt that ruling regimes and disparat...
Jih=ad: The Origin Of Holy War In Islam
While there exists no evidence to date that the indigenous inhabitants of Arabia knew of holy war prior to Islam, holy war ideas and behaviors appear already among Muslims during the first generation....
Reason, Freedom, And Democracy In Islam: Essential Writings Of Abdolkarim Soroush
In recent years Abdolkarim Soroush has emerged as one of the leading revisionist thinkers of the Muslim world. Translated into English for the first time, this book features a critical introduction by...
The Islamic Threat: Myth Or Reality?
Thoroughly updated and featuring new material on current affairs in Turkey, Afghanistan, Palestine, and Southeast Asia, this new edition of Esposito's highly regarded book covers the many challenges f...
Muslims In Britain: An Introduction
Archaeological evidence shows there was contact between Muslims and the British Isles from the 8th century. Beginning with these historical roots, Sophie Gilliat-Ray traces the major points of encount...
Islam, Gender, And Social Change
For several decades, the Muslim world has experienced a religious resurgence. The reassertion of Islam in personal and political life has taken many forms, from greater attention to religious practice...
Forbidding Wrong In Islam: An Introduction
Michael Cook's magisterial study in Islamic ethics, Commanding Right and Forbidding Wrong in Islamic Thought, was published to much acclaim in 2001. It was described by one reviewer as a masterpiece. ...
The Oxford Dictionary Of Islam
Designed for general readers with little or no knowledge of Islam, this superb Oxford Dictionary provides more than 2,000 vividly written, up-to-date, and authoritative entries organized in an easy-to...
Pride, Faith, And Fear: Islam In Sub-Saharan Africa
While nearly one in every five people in the world today is Muslim, Islam is spreading most rapidly in Sub-Saharan Africa, where one in three Africans today practices a form of Islam. Sub-Saharan Afri...
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