Kategoria BISAC: Religion >> Islam - History

What electoral mobilization choices do Islamist opposition parties make? How do they relate to authoritarian incumbents? Which key factors influence the choices these parties make? Islamist Opposition in Authoritarian Regimes explores the answers to these questions by studying the path of the Islamist Party of Justice and Development (PJD) in Morocco from 1992 to 2007.

Wegner traces the party s choices through an analysis of organizational, ideological, and institutional constraints. Adopting a simple but novel perspective, Wegner distinguishes Islamist parties from other opposition...

Der dritte im Rahmen der Julius-Wellhausen-Vorlesung erscheinende Band behandelt den Dschihad vornehmlich als historisches Phanomen. Van Ess erklart die gegenwartige Entwicklung nicht nur vom Koran und der Prophetentradition her, sondern auch als Ergebnis jahrhundertelanger Uberlegungen zur sachgemaen Interpretation des Begriffs. Da die heutige islamische Welt von westlichen Vorstellungen mitgepragt sei, liege die Vermutung nahe, dass in der gegenwartigen Verwirklichung des Dschihad westliche Handlungsmuster ebenso wie islamische Denkformen zum Ausdruck kommen.

Since the September 11, 2001 attacks in the U.S. by Islamic terrorists in the name of Jihad, there has been much confusion and controversy about true nature of Islam, particularly its doctrine of Jihad. Author M. A. Khan, an ex-Muslim, shows in this book that Jihad is the central doctrine in Islam and it primarily calls for forced conversion, imperialism and slavery as per commands of the Islamic God, Allah.

In this groundbreaking book, Khan demonstrates that Prophet Muhammad meticulously followed these misguided principles and established an ideal template of Islamic Jihad for the...

"Marc Baer offers an innovative interpretation of religious conversion, especially...

The origins of Islam have been the subject of increasing controversy in recent years. The traditional view, which presents Islam as a self-consciously distinct religion tied to the life and revelations of the prophet Muhammad in western Arabia, has since the 1970s been challenged by historians engaged in critical study of the Muslim sources.

In Muhammad and the Believers, the eminent historian Fred Donner offers a lucid and original vision of how Islam first evolved. He argues that the origins of Islam lie in what we may call the "Believers' movement" begun by the prophet...

The release of the Federal Bureau of Investigation's extensive archive of surveillance files, interviews, and firsthand accounts has made it possible to reveal the truth behind the myths and misperceptions about the Nation of Islam. This comprehensive resource catalogues the times, places, and people that shaped the philosophies from its formative years through to its present incarnation.

The definitive source on the subject, "A History of The Nation of Islam: Race, Islam, and the Quest for Freedom" draws on over a dozen interviews, along with archival and rarely-used sources. The book...