Islamic World in the New Century: The Organisation of the Islamic Conference, 1969-2009
ISBN: 9781849040631 / Twarda / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. These are challenging times for the world's fifty-seven Muslim countries and their relationship with the West. The Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) is the Muslim world's intergovernmental body--the largest such organisation outside of the United Nations system and is based in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
In 2005, OIC countries elected Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu of Turkey with a mandate to transform the forty-year-old organisation. Created to respond to the Palestinian crisis, it has since branched out into economic development, education, culture, science, technology, conflict resolution... These are challenging times for the world's fifty-seven Muslim countries and their relationship with the West. The Organization of the Islamic Confere...
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Iranian Politics and Religious Modernism
ISBN: 9781850431985 / Angielski / Twarda / 352 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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Islam and the West
ISBN: 9780195076196 / Angielski / Twarda / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Hailed in The New York Times Book Review as "the doyen of Middle Eastern studies," Bernard Lewis has been for half a century one of the West's foremost scholars of Islamic history and culture, the author of over two dozen books, most notably The Arabs in History, The Emergence of Modern Turkey, The Political Language of Islam, and The Muslim Discovery of Europe. Eminent French historian Robert Mantran has written of Lewis's work: "How could one resist being attracted to the books of an author who opens for you the doors of an unknown or...
Hailed in The New York Times Book Review as "the doyen of Middle Eastern studies," Bernard Lewis has been for half a century one of the West'...
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Science, Democracy and Islam: And Other Essays
ISBN: 9780415611824 / Angielski / Miękka / 128 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. First published in 2008. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
First published in 2008. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
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Muslim Law: An Historical Introduction to the Law of Inheritance
ISBN: 9780415611947 / Angielski / Miękka / 280 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This volume outlines the historical development of the Muslim law of inheritance in pre-Islamic law. It discusses the ranking of heirs and guardians, reforms introduced by Muhammad, subsequent development of the law, and rise of the orthodox schools.
This volume outlines the historical development of the Muslim law of inheritance in pre-Islamic law. It discusses the ranking of heirs and guardians, ...
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God, Why This Evil?
ISBN: 9780761852544 / Angielski / Miękka / 160 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book examines the more traditional Christian explanation for why God permits evil in this world and offers an alternative explanation. Key Bible passages are discussed with an application of the alternative position to the great question of why God allows so much evil in this world.
This book examines the more traditional Christian explanation for why God permits evil in this world and offers an alternative explanation. Key Bible ...
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Islam, Democracy, and the State in North Africa
ISBN: 9780253211316 / Angielski / Miękka / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. "Rarely is a collection of essays as coherent and of such uniformly high quality as is this one. This book makes a major contribution to our efforts to understand, and so competently interact with, the forces of political, economic, and social change in states where Islamic ideals form a vibrant component of the culture." -American Historical Review "Fielding a veteran team of American Maghribi specialists, this book discusses Islam and politics, human rights, aspects of political economy, and the international dimension of prospects for democratization in Islamic North African states. . . ....
"Rarely is a collection of essays as coherent and of such uniformly high quality as is this one. This book makes a major contribution to our efforts t...
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As-Sakina: Calmness, Tranquility and Reassurance Inspired by the Qu'ran and the Sunnah with Words from the Heart, That Keep It Re
ISBN: 9781450243070 / Angielski / Miękka / 100 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Never question if this is the right way of life for you. I know in these times it's hard to hold on to the rope of Allah ta'ala, and we all fall weak. The key is not to stay weak Allah is As Staghfar (The-Forgiver). More times than none we just need someone who can discern how we feel. My beloved brothers and sisters I do May Allah help and guide us all and may he preserve us Ameen . Gain self-awareness . Take time to know your Lord . Know your life's purpose/to worship Allah . Be cognisant of the struggle your brother/sister may be enduring . Trust in Allah more and people less . Be...
Never question if this is the right way of life for you. I know in these times it's hard to hold on to the rope of Allah ta'ala, and we all fall weak....
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The Middle East Today: Political, Geographical and Cultural Perspectives
ISBN: 9780415782432 / Angielski / Twarda / 304 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This volume highlights the major issues and challenges that define the Middle East today and places them within their historical and geographical context. It looks at Arab nationalism and its decline, the stereotypes of the region, democracy and political transformation, and other issues.
This volume highlights the major issues and challenges that define the Middle East today and places them within their historical and geographical cont...
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The Last Ottomans: The Muslim Minority of Greece 1940-1949
ISBN: 9780230232518 / Angielski / Twarda / 380 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A new study of the international and local politics surrounding the Muslim minority of Western Thrace (Greece) in the 1940s, based on previously unseen archival material. Addresses the minority's complex identity, its relations with other communities in the area, the international diplomacy of WWII and strategic considerations of the Cold War.
A new study of the international and local politics surrounding the Muslim minority of Western Thrace (Greece) in the 1940s, based on previously unsee...
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389,98 zł |
Peace-Building by, between, and beyond Muslims and Evangelical Christians
ISBN: 9780739135228 / Angielski / Miękka / 324 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book addresses sensitive issues that often lead to misperception between Christians and Muslims. Considering the current state of the world, this timely work makes an important contribution that will help readers deepen their understanding of Muslims, Christians, and the importance of interfaith dialogue.
This book addresses sensitive issues that often lead to misperception between Christians and Muslims. Considering the current state of the world, this...
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234,70 zł |
Music, Culture and Identity in the Muslim World: Performance, Politics and Piety
ISBN: 9780415665629 / Angielski / Twarda / 304 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In contrast to many books on Islam that focus on political rhetoric and activism, this book explores Islam's extraordinarily rich cultural and artistic diversity, showing how sound, music and bodily performance offer a window onto the subtleties and humanity of Islamic religious experience. Through a wide range of case studies from West Asia, South Asia and North Africa and their diasporas - including studies of Sufi chanting in Egypt and Morocco, dance in Afghanistan, and "Muslim punk" on-line - the book demonstrates how Islam should not be conceived of as being monolithic or monocultural,...
In contrast to many books on Islam that focus on political rhetoric and activism, this book explores Islam's extraordinarily rich cultural and artisti...
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Islam Exposed: Islam 101 and What It Means to America. Are We in Danger? Are Muslims a Real Threat to Our Freedom?
ISBN: 9780983198307 / Angielski / Miękka / 46 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. ***** This is an incredibly compact, informative book about the fundamentals of the Islamic faith, the truth about Islam and its deadly mission worldwide, with alarming eye-popping revelations concerning the real Muslim agenda and the imminent threat to America with documented evidence of ongoing "Jihad" killings around the Globe. Powerful . . . The Publisher
***** This is an incredibly compact, informative book about the fundamentals of the Islamic faith, the truth about Islam and its deadly mission worldw...
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Literature, Gender, and Nation-Building in Nineteenth-Century Egypt: The Life and Works of `A'isha Taymur
ISBN: 9780230113503 / Angielski / Twarda / 252 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. "This book examines how the process of nation-building in Egypt helped transform Egypt from an Ottoman province to an Arabic speaking national community. Through the discussion of the life and works of the prominent writer A'isha Taymur, Hatem gives insight into how literature and the changing gender roles of women and men contributed to the definition and development of a sense of community. "
"This book examines how the process of nation-building in Egypt helped transform Egypt from an Ottoman province to an Arabic speaking national communi...
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389,98 zł |
Ibn 'Arabî - Time and Cosmology
ISBN: 9780415664011 / Angielski / Miękka / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book is the first comprehensive attempt to explain Ibn 'Arabi's distinctive view of time and its role in the process of creating the cosmos and its relation with the Creator. By comparing this original view with modern theories of physics and cosmology, Mohamed Haj Yousef constructs a new cosmological model that may deepen and extend our understanding of the world, while potentially solving some of the drawbacks in the current models such as the historical Zeno's paradoxes of motion and the recent Einstein-Podolsky-Rosen paradox (EPR) that underlines the discrepancies between Quantum... This book is the first comprehensive attempt to explain Ibn 'Arabi's distinctive view of time and its role in the process of creating the cosmos an... |
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Islamic Activists: The Anti-Enlightenment Democrats
ISBN: 9780745322179 / Angielski / Twarda / 168 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In the hysteria surrounding Political Islam, it is difficult to find analysis that doesn't feel the need to justify the existence of Islamic leaders or react to the West's fear of 'extremists'. In "Islamic Activists," Deina Ali Abdelkader shows us what Islamic leaders and activists believe and what they think about just governance. In the hysteria surrounding Political Islam, it is difficult to find analysis that doesn't feel the need to justify the existence of Islamic leader... |
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453,39 zł |
'ali Shari'ati and the Shaping of Political Islam in Iran
ISBN: 9780230113336 / Angielski / Twarda / 274 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book tells the story of how Shari'ati developed a language of political Islam, speaking in an idiom intelligible to the Iranian public and subverting the Shah's regime and its claim to legitimacy.
This book tells the story of how Shari'ati developed a language of political Islam, speaking in an idiom intelligible to the Iranian public and subver...
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194,97 zł |
Muslim Women in America: The Challenge of Islamic Identity Today
ISBN: 9780199793341 / Angielski / Miękka / 192 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The treatment and role of women is one of the most discussed and controversial aspects of Islam. In this volume, three respected scholars of Islam survey the situation of women in Islam, focusing on how Muslim views about and experiences of gender are changing in the Western diaspora. It offers an overview of the teachings of the Qur'an and the Prophet Muhammad on gender, analyzes the ways in which the West has historically viewed Muslim women, and examines how the Muslim world has changed in response to Western critiques. The volume then centers on the Muslim experience in America, examining...
The treatment and role of women is one of the most discussed and controversial aspects of Islam. In this volume, three respected scholars of Islam sur...
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123,87 zł |
Women, Islam and Everyday Life: Renegotiating Polygamy in Indonesia
ISBN: 9780415673877 / Angielski / Miękka / 216 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book examines Islam and women's everyday life, focusing in particular on the highly controversial issue of polygamy. It discusses the competing interpretations of the Qur'anic verses that are at the heart of Muslim controversies over polygamy, with some groups believing that Islam enshrines polygamy as a male right, others seeing it as permitted but discouraged in favour of monogamy, and other groups arguing that Islam implicitly prohibits polygamy. Based on detailed fieldwork conducted in Indonesia, it provides an empirically-based account of women's lived experiences in polygamous... This book examines Islam and women's everyday life, focusing in particular on the highly controversial issue of polygamy. It discusses the competin... |
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263,45 zł |
Where the Paved Road Ends: One Woman's Extraordinary Experiences in Yemen
ISBN: 9781597977258 / Angielski / Twarda / 296 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In 2004, Carolyn Han left her comfortable life and position as a lecturer in English at Hawaii Community College and went to live in one of the most remote and mysterious places in the Middle East--Yemen, known in the West primarily for providing a haven for terrorists affiliated with al Qaeda. The previous year, she had sold her gold jewelry to travel with Bedouin by camel from Marib to Shabwa, and the life-changing experience opened the path for her to become the first American English instructor in Yemen's wild tribal area, Marib.
Guided by fateful encounters and unfazed by... In 2004, Carolyn Han left her comfortable life and position as a lecturer in English at Hawaii Community College and went to live in one of the most r...
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131,70 zł |