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Islam : A Short History
Karen ArmstrongKaren Armstrong’s book cuts through the cliché to reveal a faith which has inspired as many scholars, mystics and poets as soldiers. Islam, she makes clear, has not ..
Princeton Readings in Islamist Thought : Texts and Contexts from al - Banna to Bin Laden
Roxanne L. Euben and Muhammad Qasim ZamanThis anthology of key primary texts provides an unmatched introduction to Islamist political thought from the early twentieth century to th..
The Islamic Threat : Myth or Reality
John L. EspositoAre Islam and the West on a collision course? From the Ayatollah Khomeini to Saddam Hussein, the image of Islam as a militant, expansionist, and rabidly anti-Americ..
Hamas
Beverley Milton - Edwards and Stepen FarrelDeclared a terrorist menace yet elected to government in a free election, Hamas now stands as the most important Sunni Islamist group in ..
On Taqlid- Ibn Al Qayyims Critique Of Authority In Islamic Law
Abdul-Rahman MustafaAbdul-Rahman Mustafa offers a deft new translation of a large extract from the book I'lam al Muwaqqi'in 'An Rabb al 'Alamin, by the thirteenth-century Islamic s..
The Gulen Movement
Helen Rose EbaughThis is one of the first academic books about Fethullah Gulen, a Turkish scholar and preacher, and the civic movement he inspired in Turkey and ultimately througho..
Fifty Key Figures in Islam
Roy JacksonIf you would like to learn more about Muslim culture, people and its teachings, then this is the perfect resource for you. Roy Jackson explores the lives and thoughts of..
Muhammad - Prophet for our time
Karen ArmstrongThe Man Who Inspired the World's Fastest-Growing Religion Muhammad presents a fascinating portrait of the founder of a religion that continues to change the course ..
The Balfour Declaration : The Origins of the Arab - Israeli Conflict
Jonathan Schneern the middle of the First World War, the British War Cabinet approved and issued a statement in the form of a letter that encouraged the settlement of the Jewish pe..
Western Muslims and The Future of Islam
Tariq RamadanIn a Western world suddenly acutely interested in Islam, one question has been repeatedly heard above the deen: where are the Muslim reformers? With this ambitious vol..
Contemporary Politics in The Middle East
Beverley Milton - EdwardsThis dynamic book has been fully revised and updated to provide a comprehensive introduction to contemporary politics in the Middle East. Purposefully empl..
Misquoting Muhammad
Jonathan A .C Brown Few things provoke controversy in the modern world like the religion brought by Prophet Muhammad. Modern media are replete with alarm over jihad, underage marri..
The Arab Awakening : Islam and the New Middle East
Tariq RamadanTariq Ramadan is one of the most acclaimed figures in the analysis of Islam and its political dimensions today. In "The Arab Awakening" he explores the opportunities a..
The Rise and fall of Ancient Egypt : The History of a Civilisation from 3000BC to Cleopatra
Toby WilkinsonThis is a story studded with extraordinary achievements and historic moments, from the building of the pyramids and the conquest of Nubia, through Akhenaten's religio..
Al - Qaeda
Jason Burke‘A MUST-READ… JASON BURKE’S BOOK IS THE ONE THAT WILL LAST IT’S TRIUMPH’ GURDIAN THE THREAT OF TERRIORISM IS SOMETHING WE ALL LIVE WITH. BUT HOW DOES THE IDEA OF ‘AL-QA..
Making the future
Noam Chomsky‘The fate of democracy is at stake in Madison, Wisconsin, no less than it is in Tahrir Square’ Making the Future is the latest collection of essays from Noam Chomsky, ..
Rethinking Secularism
Craig Calhoun , Mark Juergensmeyer, and Jonathan Van AntwerpenRecent decades have brought increasing awareness of the role religious commitments play in the cultural, social, and p..
The Prophet and the age of Caliphates
Hugh KennedyBased on original Arabic sources, the new edition of this well-established text has been comprehensively revised. The book covers the life of Muhammad and the birth of ..
Islam, Secularism, and Liberal Democracy
Nader Hashemislam's relationship to liberal-democratic politics has emerged as one of the most pressing and contentious issues in international affairs. Nader Hashemi challenges th..
Rachid Ghannouchi : A Democrat within Islamism
Azzam S. Tamimi"The face of nonviolent Islamic democracy has long been associated with the writing of the Tunisian political philosopher and activist Rachid Ghannouchi. Yet, not un..
The Messenger: The Meanings of the Life of Muhammad
Tariq RamadanThe life of the Prophet Muhammad, to whom the Angel Gabriel revealed the verses of the Quran, has provided inspiration to Muslims for hundreds of years. In The Messeng..
Hamas : Unwrittern Chapters
Azzam TamimiHamas won an overwhelming electoral victory in January 2006, overturning many assumptions regionally and globally. Branded as terrorist by Israel and the West, it is th..
Political Islam : A critical Reader
Frederic VolpiAs the topic of political Islam gains increased visibility in international politics and current affairs, it has become more difficult to navigate the vast literature..
The Headscarf Controversy- Secularism and Freedom of Religion
Hilal ElverHilal Elver offers an in-depth study of the escalating controversy over the right of Muslim women to wear headscarves. Examining legal and political debates in Turkey, s..
Gaza in crisis
Noam Chomsky & Ilan Pappe‘NOAM CHOMSKY IS A GLOBAL PHENOMENON… HE MAY BE THE MOST WIDELY READ AMERICAN VOICE ON FOREIGN POLICY ON THE PLANET TODAY’ THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW ..
Obama and the Middle East
Fawaz A. GergesPublished to widespread media acclaim, Fawaz Gerges's work takes on the past, present, and future of the United States' relationship with the Middle East. Gerges, on..
The First Muslim : The Story of Muhammad
Lesley Hazleton Muhammad's was a life of almost unparalleled historical importance; yet for all the iconic power of his name, the intensely dramatic story of the prophet of Islam i..
What everyone needs to know about Islam
John L. Esposito brief but reliable primer on Muslims and Islam, written by one of the world's most respected authorities The information about Islam that people most want ..
Democracy, Islam and Secularism in Turkey
Ahmet T. Kuru and Alfred StepanWhile Turkey has grown as a world power, promoting the image of a progressive and stable nation, several policy choices have strained its relationshi..
Modern Islamist Movement : History, Religion and Politics
Wiley - BlackwellModern Islamist Movements provides a clear and accessible examination of the history, beliefs and rationale of Islamist Groups and their grievances with the West a..
The Arab Revolution : Ten Lessons from the Democratic Uprising
Jean - Pierre FiluThe democratic uprising throughout the Arab world is proving how wrong were the hitherto accepted political alternatives, either dictatorship or Islamism. Yet mor..
The Venture of Islam : Conscience and History in a World Civilization
Marshall G.S HodgsonThe Expansion of Islam in the Middle Periods The Venture of Islam has been honored as a magisterial work of the mind since its publication in early 1975. In ..