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Alevis in Turkeyby David Shankland
RoutledgeCurzon 2003; US$ 44.95The example of the Alevis of Turkey is used to contribute to debates over the role of Islam in the modern world. It is argued there is nothing inherently secular-proof within Islam, but belief depends on the wider social and religious context. more...
Twelver Shi'a as a Muslim Minority in Indiaby Toby M. Howarth
RoutledgeCurzon 2005; US$ 44.95The appalling terrorist attacks which tore apart the city of Karbala in the spring of 2004 drew world attention to the Shîcî Muslim commemorations that were taking place there at the time. Thousands of pilgrims had converged on the site in present-day Iraq at which their beloved Imâm Husayn, grandson of the Prophet Muhammad, and members of his family had been killed at the Battle of Karbala in the Islamic month of Muharram AH 61 (October 680 CE). After decades in which these annual ceremonies had been banned in Iraq by the regime of Saddam Hussain, local Shîcas along with fellow pilgrims from Iran, Pakistan, India, Europe and beyond came to visit his tomb and to re-live the story of his martyrdom. Twenty-five years earlier, the commemoration... more...
Taste of modernityby I. Weismann
BRILL 2001; US$ 197.00Modernization in the Muslim world was determined by the two interrelated processes of indigenous state formation and European economic penetration. This study traces the emergence of modern Islam and examines the relationship of Islamic modernization to the rise of Arab Nationalism. more...
Alevi Identityby Tord Olsson; Elisabeth Ozdalga
Taylor & Francis 1998; US$ 46.95In the wake of demands by the Turkish Alevi for due recognition, there has been a rising interest in Alevi folklore and religious practices, and in what this branch of Islamic heterodoxy represents in terms of old and new identities. more...
Reliving Karbalaby Syed Akbar Hyder
Oxford University Press 2006; US$ 24.95In 680 CE, the prophet Muhammad's grandson, Husain, led a small band of followers in rebellion against the caliph, Yazid. Husain and his followers were slain at Karbala leading to the split between Sunni and Shiite Muslims. This book traces the development of the story from the earliest historical sources to the beginning of the 21st century. more...
Islam and the Blackamericanby Sherman A. Jackson
Oxford University Press 2005; US$ 35.00Why has Islam spread among Blackamericans but not among white Americans or Hispanics? The assumption has been that there is an African connection, but the historical record does not bear this out. In this book, the author offers a trenchant examination of the career of Islam among Blackamericans. more...
A Muslim Theologian in the Sectarian Milieuby Gabriel Said Reynolds
BRILL 2004; US$ 155.00In this examination of an extraordinary Islamic anti-Christian polemic, the author describes Qa?i ?Abd al-Jabbar's life, his intellectual heritage and the sectarian controversy of his day. Thus the reader will discover how, and why, a Muslim theologian reinterpreted Christian scripture, history and practice to develop an Islamic doctrine of Christianity. more...
Frühe Saihi- und Babi-Theologieby Armin Eschraghi
BRILL 2004; US$ 191.00This book is the first general introduction to the theological and philosophical writings of A?mad al-A?sa?i and Ka?im ar-Ra sh ti, the founders of the Sh ay kh iyya, and ?Ali-Mu?ammad Shirazi , the initiator of the Babiyyah. more...
The Most Learned of the Shi'aby Linda S. Walbridge
Oxford University Press 2001; US$ 110.00This collection of essays explores the nature of political and religious leadership in Shi'ism. The contributors look at a variety of historical periods - from medieval to modern - to reveal the social, political, and theological factors that have influenced the development of Shi'ite leadership. more...
The Isma'ilisby Farhad Daftary
Cambridge University Press 2007; US$ 72.00Second edition of an authoritative history of the Ismailis. more...









