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The Heart of Islamby Seyyed Hossein Nasr
HarperCollins US 2002; US$ 9.99As the specter of religious extremism has become a fact of life today, the temptation is great to allow the evil actions and perspectives of a minority to represent an entire tradition. In the case of Islam, there has been much recent confusion in the Western world centered on distorted portrayals of its core values. Born of ignorance, such confusion feeds the very problem at hand. In The Heart of Islam one of the great intellectual figures in Islamic history offers a timely presentation of the core spiritual and social values of Islam: peace, compassion, social justice, and respect for the other. more...
New Muslims in the European contextby A.S. Roald
BRILL 2004; US$ 181.00This volume deals with Scandinavian converts to Islam, discussing the process of conversion as well as the converts' role in Muslim communities and in majority society. As Islam is a new phenomenon in Scandinavia, the story of the new Muslims becomes also a story of the development of Scandinavian Islamic ideas. The book examines the specific features of Scandinavian society and Islamophobia in Scandinavia. It goes on to discuss the conversion process, Muslim convert trends common in Europe as well as in Scandinavia, and provides a detailed discussion of literature read or written by converts. The discussion of the new Muslims' experiences includes a discussion of the trend towards understanding Islam according to Scandinavian values. more...
Islamic Da`wah in the Westby Larry Poston
Oxford University Press 1992; US$ 120.00An examination of Islamic evangelism, or da'wah, as it has been interpreted and practiced by Muslims in the West. Beginning with a history of Islamic expansionism, the author traces the concept of da'wah from the earliest followers of Islam to new missionary strategies in North America. more...
Becoming Muslimby Anna Mansson McGinty
Palgrave Macmillan 2006; US$ 80.00While Islam has become a controversial topic in the West, a growing number of Westerners find powerful meaning in Islam. This book is an ethnographic study based on in-depth interviews with Swedish and American women who have converted to Islam. more...
Islam, Civil Society and Social Workby Egbert Harmsen
Amsterdam University Press 2008; US$ 74.50The thesis analyses the role of Muslim voluntary welfare associations in Jordan from the perspective of their religious discourse and the related social activities, to assess whether they contribute to empowerment or reinforce dependency more...
Impossible Manby Michael Muhammad Knight
Soft Skull Press 2009; US$ 15.95Recognized by readers of his novel, The Taqwacores, as the godfather of American Muslim punk, Michael Muhammad Knight is a voice for the growing number of teenagers who choose neither side of the Clash of Civilizations. Knight has now written his personal story, a chronicle of his bizarre and traumatic boyhood and his conversion to Islam during a turbulent adolescence. Impossible Man follows a boys struggle in coming to terms with his fathera paranoid schizophrenic and white supremacist who had threatened to decapitate Michael when he was a babyand his fathers place in his own identity. It is also the story of a teenagers troubled path to maturity and the influences that steady him along the way. Knights... more...
Der Anfang vom Ende der Ottonenby Kerstin Schulmeyer-Ahl
Walter de Gruyter, Inc. 2009; US$ 155.00In the Chronicle of Thietmar of Merseburg, the experiences and problems of the tenth and early eleventh centuries come together; they are taken up by Thietmar and formed into an epoch. This overall interpretation of the chronicle by the Bishop of Merseburg sees historical knowledge as a consistent product of a dynamic process, as an interplay of cultural and cognitive factors in a particular historical situation. On the basis of this dynamic concept of knowledge, it is possible to present a new interpretation of central episodes of Ottonian historiography and at the same time to demonstrate the future potential of images from the past. more...
Charity, Endowments, and Charitable Institutions in Medieval Islamby Yaacov Lev
UPF 2001; US$ 44.95In this first comparative treatment of charity and charitable institutions in Islam and Muslim societies of the Middle East, Yaacov Lev mines a variety of primary sources, including Arabic chronicles, dictionaries, waqf (pious endowment) deeds, and epigraphic evidence. more...
Welcome to Islamby Lucy Bushill-Matthews
Continuum International Publishing 2008; US$ 19.95Written by a Muslim convert and mother of three, Welcome to Islam captures the occasionally poignant but often humorous reality of being a Muslim in the current climate: as a convert, a working woman, a mother, and as an active member of the local community. Discover what it’s really like living life as a Muslim: praying the ritual prayers at work in an office when your boss walks in; going on Hajj with hundreds of Saudi women dressed from head to toe in black; or explaining to your six-year-old daughter, who is looking at the pictures in the newspaper, that the bearded Asian Muslim who is being arrested for terrorism isn’t in fact the family friend we all know and love - just someone who looks extremely similar. It is rare to pick... more...
From The Stage To The Prayer Matby Rabia Broadbeck
Tughra Books 2008; US$ 9.99Gracefully chronicling one Western woman?s attraction to the universal charm of Islam and the Prophet Muhammad, this inspirational memoir chronicles why and how Brodbeck journeyed from the exciting world of modern dance in New York City to Istanbul, where she lovingly embraced Islam. more...









