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In this succinct, powerful survey of Islam, the author focuses on Muslim diversity and division, portraying the faith and its people as a mosaic, not a monolith.

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Narrates the history of the spread of Islam all over the world, from its birth in Arabia in the seventh century. With 180 maps and 200 illustrations, this book appeals to readers interested in political, dynastic, and contemporary developments.

Assessing Islam as a truly global phenomenon, this title explains the significance of the revelation of the Prophet Muhammad and the origins of the different Sunni and Shi'a groups within Islam, giving comprehensive coverage to Muslim ritual life and Islamic ethics.

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Professor Von Grunebaum's essays deal with three fundamental problems in Islamic civilization: the growth among Muslims of a consciousness of political thought, attitude toward science, and urban structure; and the interaction of Islam with other civilizations.

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Written in straight-forward language by leading Islamic scholars, 14 essays cover the basics of Islamic faith and practice, the foundations of state and society, the early Muslim empires, Islamic universalism in the later Middle Ages, and the later Muslim empires.

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"Explores the intersection between the internet and Islamic influencers, and how key historical formative figures (and entities) and contemporary individuals have acquired extensive online audiences"--

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In recent years, all over the western world, a conversation has begun about the role of Islamic law or Shariah in secular liberal democratic states. Often this has focused on the area of family law, including matters of marriage and divorce. Islamic Family Law in Australia considers this often-controversial issue through the lens of multiculturalism and legal pluralism.

(Paperback, 3rd edition)

By viewing Islamic fundamentalism as a reactive response to modern challenges and political structures, this book presents analysis of how and why Islamic values have become such a potent contemporary political force, and sheds light on a much-misunderstood situation.

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By viewing Islamic fundamentalism as a reactive response to modern challenges and political structures, this book presents analysis of how and why Islamic values have become such a potent contemporary political force, and sheds new light on a much-misunderstood situation.

Islamic Jerusalem has a special place in hearts of three monotheistic religions. This book looks at historical events during the time of two key figures in the history of Islam: Caliph Umar Ibn Al-Khattab, who played an important role in the birth and spread of Islam and Sultan Salah al-Din, the legendary 'Saladdin' of Western Crusader lore.

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This book builds a case for Muslim same-sex unions for the fulfillment of gay and lesbian Muslims human need for intimacy, affection, and companionship. In constructing this case, the book extensively engages with the Muslim tradition, drawing on the Quran, Hadith, and jurisprudence as well as contemporary scholarship.

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This book builds a case for Muslim same-sex unions for the fulfillment of gay and lesbian Muslims human need for intimacy, affection, and companionship. In constructing this case, the book extensively engages with the Muslim tradition, drawing on the Quran, Hadith, and jurisprudence as well as contemporary scholarship.

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The book presents the first integrated study of the relationship between official Islamic leadership (muftiship), non-official Islamic authorities, grassroots Muslim communities and the state in post-Communist Eurasia. It employs a history-based perspective and compares this relationship to that in both the Middle East and Western Europe.

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The book presents the first integrated study of the relationship between official Islamic leadership (muftiship), non-official Islamic authorities, grassroots Muslim communities and the state in post-Communist Eurasia. It employs a history-based perspective and compares this relationship to that in both the Middle East and Western Europe.

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Canbegi critiques Islamic liberalism by comparing its philosophical and theological foundations to those of Lockean liberalism, arguing that Islam lacks the necessary depth to develop a coherent liberalism. He concludes that Islamic liberalism is merely a superficial amalgamation of Islamic and liberal ideas rather than a genuine synthesis.

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How do Islamic courts work What sorts of cultural understandings inform judicial process and litigants' strategies How do women's claims fare Addressing such questions, this book provides ethnographic, historical, and transnational perspectives on contemporary Islam in the shifting landscape of an important region of the world - Malaysia.

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This edited collection addresses the complexity of Islamic political thought and resolves some deep misconceptions surrounding crucial concepts such as din wa-dawla relationships and sharia law.

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In a study of the vitality of Islam in late-nineteenth-century north India, Barbara Metcalf explains the response of Islamic religious scholars ('ulama) to the colonial dominance of the British and the collapse of Muslim political power. Originally published in 1982. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again

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This Islamic Seasonal Journal provides three months of recording, with 31 days each. Included in this journal are stories of Bahlool concerning morals. Bound in paperback this journal is light enough not to weigh you down. It is small enough to carry easily, or for you to stash in your glove compartment. Simply bound so as not to draw attention.

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A discussion of modern Islamic thought, this title encompasses the breadth of self-expression in Muslim communities. It explores key themes in modern Islamic thinking, including the social origins and ideological underpinnings of the late 19th- early 20th-century Islamic reformist project and Muslim perceptions and constructions of the West.