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  • 'Ali Shari'ati and the Shaping of Political Islam in Iranby Kingshuk Chatterjee

    Palgrave Macmillan 2011; US$ 95.00

    While Ayatollah Khomeini is considered the face of the Islamic Revolution of Iran in 1979, 'Ali Shari'ati is considered a much greater influence on shaping the revolutionary consciousness. Acceptable to both modernists as well as Islamists, Shari'ati's radicalism inspired much of the resistance in urban Iran in the closing years of the Shah. This... more...

  • Critical Lives: Muhammadby Yahiya Emerick

    Alpha Books 2002; US$ 15.95

    The Critical Lives series takes a biographical look at pivotal, fascinating people and a critical look at the work and accomplishments that, rightly or wrongly, made them unique, influential, and enduring. Discover the events that shaped their lives and how they came to shape our world Muhammad was a religious visionary and political leader. Raised... more...

  • Das Leben Mohammedsby Mohammed Ibn Ishak; Christiane Beetz

    Diplomica Verlag 2011; US$ 31.81

    Hauptbeschreibung "Das Leben Mohammeds" von Ibn Ishak gilt als die erste Biographie des großen islamischen Propheten. Der Autor verfasste sie im 8. Jahrhundert - etwa einhundert Jahre nach Mohammeds Tod. Wiederentdeckt und redigiert wurde sie von Ibn Hisham; übersetzt von Gustav Weil. Ibn Ishak gelingt ein menschliches Bild des Propheten, ohne die... more...

  • De Europese Unie, Turkije en de islamby Netherlands Scientific Council for Government Policy

    Amsterdam University Press 2004; US$ 14.95

    "Islam no hindrance to Turkey's EU membership" more...

  • Essays Perspectives Opinionby Jay Willoughby

    Tughra Books 2004; US$ 4.99

    Using a selection of various articles, this collection presents the prolific writer M. Fethullah Gülen's ideas on modern education, as well as how he has been presented in the media. more...

  • Fifty Key Figures in Islamby Roy Jackson

    Taylor and Francis 2012; US$ 31.95

    The perfect resource for those wishing to learn more about the Muslim culture, its people and its teachings, Fifty Key Figures in Islam explores the lives and thoughts of fifty influential individuals in Islam and surveys a heritage that spans 1,500 years. Covering key figures such as the Prophet Muhammad, Suleiman 'the Magnificent' and El-Hajj... more...

  • The First Muslimby Lesley Hazleton

    Atlantic Books Ltd 2013; US$ 14.57

    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 is not well known. In The First Muslim , Lesley Hazleton brings him vibrantly to life. Drawing on early eyewitness sources and on history, politics, religion, and psychology, she renders... more...

  • The Formation of Hanbalismby Nimrod Hurvitz

    Taylor and Francis 2012; US$ 44.95

    Ahmad Ibn Hanbal (d. 855) was the eponymous founder of a school of law, and an influential intellectual who led the Baghdadi masses during the Inquisition. Owing to his status as a jurist, to the religious ideas he propounded and to his model way of life, he is perceived as one of the pivotal figures in the history of Islam and a revered hero to this... more...

  • From Secularism to Jihadby ADNAN MUSALLAM

    ABC-CLIO 2005; US$ 66.00

    The modern political idea of jihad?a violent struggle against corrupt or anti-Islamic regimes?is essentially the brainchild of one man who turned traditional Islamic precepts inside out and created the modern radical political Islamist movement. Using the evolution of Sayyid Qutb's life and writings, Musallam traces and analyzes Qutb's alienation and... more...

  • The Historical Muhammadby Irving M. Zeitlin

    Wiley 2013; US$ 24.95

    In his quest for the historical Muhammad, Zeitlin's chief aim is to catch glimpses of the birth of Islam and the role played by its extraordinary founder. Islam, as its Prophet came to conceive it, was a strict and absolute monotheism. How Muhammad had arrived at this view is not a problem for Muslims, who believe that the Prophet received a revelation... more...