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From MTV to Mecca
Mediafund 2012; US$ 8.74In the early 1990s Kristiane Backer was one of the very first presenters on MTV (Europe). For some years she lived and breathed the international music scene quickly gaining a cult following amongst viewers and becoming a darling of the European press. As she reached the pinnacle of her success she realised that, despite having all she could have... more...
El islam no es lo que crees
Editorial Kairos 2012; US$ 15.99Arguing that, from the very first dictionaries written by Christian missionaries to today's Arabism, Islam has been explained through simple parallels to Christianity that radically distort the prophet Muhammad's view of the world, this book follows a rigorous methodology in order to understand Muhammad's Islam. It arrives at the conclusion that the... more...
Ressentiments gegen Muslime
Tectum Verlag 2011; US$ 21.56Hauptbeschreibung Die Diskussion über den Islam und die Rolle der Muslime im Land beschäftigt Deutschland vom Bundespräsidenten hinab bis zu den Stammtischen und mobilisiert unterschiedliche politische Lager. Vor diesem gesellschaftlichen Hintergrund werden hier breitenwirksame Vorstellungen über Islam und Muslime anhand der Islamdarstellung in Schulbüchern... more...
Universal Dimensions of Islam
World Wisdom 2011; US$ 9.99Islam's acceptance of other religions remains an enigma for many Westerners. The 16 essays in this volume, by renowned experts on Islam such as Frithjof Schuon, Rene Guenon, Titus Burckhardt, and Seyyed Hossein Nasr, explore the fundamental universality of the world's second largest religion, presenting an incisive portrait of Islam that is seldom... more...
Contested Conversions to Islam
Stanford University Press 2011; US$ 60.00This book explores how Ottoman Muslims and Christians understood the phenomenon of conversion to Islam from the 15th to the 17th centuries, when the Ottoman Empire was at the height of its power and conversions to Islam peaked. Because the Ottomans ruled over a large non-Muslim population and extended greater opportunities to converts than to native-born... more...
Islam in Victorian Britain
Kube Publishing Ltd 2010; US$ 14.95An entertaining biography of Victorian Britain?s most notable Muslim, Abdullah Quilliam, the Sheikh of Islam of the British Isles. more...
The Butterfly Mosque
Atlantic Books Ltd 2010; US$ 10.19After taking an Islamic Studies course in Boston, G. Willow Wilson quietly found herself adopting the tenets of the religion as her own. This intellectual and emotional exercise created a unique challenge; how could she reconcile a devout and conservative lifestyle with the highly secular society in which she was raised? Taking a leap of faith,... more...
The Butterfly Mosque
Allen & Unwin 2010; US$ 29.99The extraordinary story of young woman's conversion to Islam and her ensuing romance with a young Egyptian man. more...
Toward Global Civilization Love Toleranc
Tughra Books 2010; US$ 6.99This book tocuhes on certain dynamics regarding the theoretical and cultural basis of the model Fethullah Gulen has developed based on dialogue, tolerance, concurrence among different groups that come from different religions, cultures, and civilizations. Gulen's model focuses on human beings, those who surround all their world with thought and action,... more...
Der Anfang vom Ende der Ottonen
De Gruyter 2009; US$ 168.00In 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... more...









