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Islamic Political Radicalism
Edinburgh University Press 2007; US$ 143.28Islamic political radicalism in Europe has seen dramatic growth in recent times. This book offers a sociological, anthropological, psychological and political science analysis of the causes and consequences of this phenomenon. Authors explore the motivations behind such radicalism, focusing on an array of different factors. These include economic and... more...
The Place of Tolerance in Islam
Beacon Press 2002; US$ 17.00Khaled Abou El Fadl, a prominent critic of Islamic puritanism, leads off this lively debate by arguing that Islam is a deeply tolerant religion. Injunctions to violence against nonbelievers stem from misreadings of the Qur'an, he claims, and even jihad, or so-called holy war, has no basis in Qur'anic text or Muslim theology but instead grew out of... more...
Islam, the State, and Political Authority
Palgrave Macmillan 2011; US$ 90.00The expert essays in this volume deal with critically important topics concerning Islam and politics in both the pre-modern and modern periods, such as the nature of government, the relationship between politics and theology, Shi'i conceptions of statecraft, notions of public duty, and the compatibility of Islam and democratic governance. more...
Islam and Human Rights in Practice
Taylor and Francis 2008; US$ 44.95Questions over the compatibility of Islam and Human Rights have become a key area of debate in the perceived tensions between ?Islam and the West?. In many ways, discussion over the stance of Islam in relation to such factors as gender rights, religious freedom, social and political freedoms, and other related issues represents a microcosm of the... more...
Islam and Political Legitimacy
Taylor and Francis 2003; US$ 44.95Akbarzadeh and Saeed explore one of the most challenging issues facing the Muslim world: the Islamisation of political power. They present a comparative analysis of Muslim societies in West, South, Central and South East Asia and highlight the immediacy of the challenge for the political leadership in those societies. Islam and Political Legitimacy... more...
Islam as Political Religion
Taylor and Francis 2010; US$ 49.95This comprehensive survey of contemporary Islam provides a philosophical and theological approach to the issues faced by Muslims and the question of global secularisation. Engaging with critics of modern Islam, Shabbir Akhtar sets out an agenda of what his religion is and could be as a political entity. Exploring the views and arguments of philosophical,... more...
Christian-Muslim Frontier
Taylor and Francis 2003; US$ 44.95The Christian-Muslim Frontier describes the historical formation of this zone, and its contemporary dimensions: geopolitical, psychological, economic and security. Special attention is given to the concept of state-frontiers, to the effects of the uneven development of nation states and the contemporary interspersing of communities, which creates... more...
New Issues in Islamic Finance and Economics
Wiley 2011; US$ 160.00New Issues in Islamic Finance & Economics: Progress and Challenges provides a review of the main issues and challenges facing Islamic finance. The application of Islamic finance is currently limited to banking. This book starts with an overview of the factors and motives behind the development of Islamic finance. A critical review of issues... more...
Economics of an Islamic Economy
BRILL 2009; US$ 249.00This book challenges the interventionist stance of Islamic economics as well as its presumption that riba equals interest. An Islamic economy, it argues, is essentially a market economy, but it differs from capitalist economies because both its institutions and the structure of, for example, property rights are specifically Islamic, deriving from Qur??n... more...
Cross cultural impacts
Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2011; US$ 199.00Accounting researchers have often borrowed theoretical frameworks from other disciplines, such as economics, psychology, and sociology. In the English-speaking countries, accounting research has been particularly influenced by models and methodologies borrowed from economics. One of the more interesting examples of theoretical borrowing in recent years... more...









