Religion : Islam

This accessible work balances the image of Islam as aggressive and fanatical with an objective picture of the main features of Muslim history and the compulsions of Muslim society. more...

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This volume deals with Islamic conceptualization of knowledge, various types of Islamic education; and educational strategies among selected groups of Muslims in Islamized countries (Pakistan, Iran, Morocco, Senegal, and so on) as well as countries in Europe where Muslims form important minorities. The first chapter gives an overview of Islamic educational arrangements in the context of globalization and chapter two presents some principal ideological orientations among Muslims. The remaining chapters describe educational arrangements available to Muslim parents in different countries. The book is useful as a textbook in social sciences courses, teacher training institutions and among the general public. Readership: All those interested in Islam and education, such as sociologists, political scientists, and eductionists but also general readers. Holger Daun is Professor in Comparative and International Education at the Institute of International Education, Stockholm Unviersity. His most recent publications is Educational Restructuring in the Context of Globalization and National Policy (Routledge, Falmer, 2002). Geoffrey Walford is Professor of Education Policy and Fellow of Green College at the University of Oxford. He has written extensively on education policy, private schools, school choice, religious schools and ethnographic research methods. more...

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This book illuminates the remarkable resilience of South Asian Sufi saints and their cults in the face of radical economic and political dislocations. It breaks new ground in current research. more...

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Since 9/11, Al Qaeda has been portrayed as an Islamist front united in armed struggle, or jihad, against the West. Fawaz Gerges argues that Al Qaeda represents a minority whose strategies have been opposed by religionist nationalists, thus creating a rift that led to the events of 9/11. more...

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This book represents an abridgement of Michael Cook's magisterial study that reflected upon the Islamic injunction to forbid wrongdoing. Using stories from Islamic sources for his argument, Cook unravels the complexities of the subject. The book educates and entertains, but at its heart is an important message about Islam and its values. more...

Price: $20.00