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The Islamic World

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  • After the Prophetby Lesley Hazleton

    Doubleday Publishing 2009; US$ 11.99

    In this gripping narrative history, Lesley Hazleton tells the tragic story at the heart of the ongoing rivalry between the Sunni and Shia branches of Islam, a rift that dominates the news now more than ever.   Even as Muhammad lay dying, the battle over who would take control of the new Islamic nation had begun, beginning a succession crisis marked by power grabs, assassination, political intrigue, and passionate faith. Soon Islam was embroiled in civil war, pitting its founder's controversial wife Aisha against his son-in-law Ali, and shattering Muhammad’s ideal of unity.     Combining meticulous research with compelling storytelling, After the Prophet explores the volatile intersection of religion and politics,... more...

  • First Dynasty of Islamby G. R Hawting

    Routledge 2000; US$ 41.95

    The standard work on this complex period in Arab history is available once again with the addition of a new introduction by the author which examines recent significant contributions to scholarship in the field. more...

  • Islam in Malaysian Foreign Policyby Shanti Nair

    Routledge 1997; US$ 195.00

    A case study of a multi-ethnic muslim state and a contribution to the study of the domestic functions of foreign policy. The book addresses the real and imagined significance of Islam as a force in contemporary global politics. more...

  • Is Australia an Asian Country?by Stephen FitzGerald

    Allen & Unwin 1997; US$ 15.96

    The author shows what can be done to change Australia into a society which will hold an honoured place in the region: a small, independent nation contributing as an equal partner to a community of Asian nations. more...

  • History of Medieval Islamby John Joseph Saunders

    Routledge 1978; US$ 39.95

    This is an introduction to the history of the Muslim East from the rise of Islam to the Mongol conquests. It explains and indicates the main trends of Islamic historical evolution during the Middle Ages, and will help the non-Orientalist to understand something of the relationship between Islam and Christendom in those centuries. more...

  • Self and Sovereigntyby Ayesha Jalal

    Routledge 2000; US$ 49.95

    A survey of the role of individual Muslim men and women within India and Pakistan from 1850 through to decolonisation and the partition period. It is an important and enlightening insight into the history of Muslims in South Asia. more...

  • Armies of the Caliphsby Hugh Kennedy

    Routledge 2001; US$ 39.95

    The first major study of the relationship between army and society in the early Islamic period, which reveals the pivotal role of the military in politics and offers a timely reassessment of the early Islamic State. more...

  • Islamic Nationhood and Colonial Indonesiaby Michael Francis Laffan

    RoutledgeCurzon 2002; US$ 39.95

    This book argues that Indonesian nationalism rested on Islamic ecumenism heightened by colonial rule and the pilgrimage. more...

  • New Politics of Islamby Tahir Amin; Naveed S. Sheikh

    RoutledgeCurzon 2002; US$ 39.95

    This timely study of Islam's international relations details both the theory of pan-Islamism from classical to post-caliphal times and the foreign-policy practice of Saudi Arabia, Iran and Pakistan from the colonial period to the present day. more...

  • Islam and Colonialismby Will Myer

    RoutledgeCurzon 2002; US$ 170.00

    This book questions the suitability of the colonial model for understanding Soviet Asia's recent political history and challenges many of the assumptions which underlay the adoption of such a model. more...