Mahomet et son oeuvre
ISBN: 9781508466628 / Francuski / Miękka / 48 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. "Mahomet est l'homme du jour. Son nom remplit les journaux et ses disciples obtiennent, meme en plein Paris, cet etrange succes de trouver des chretiens, - et parmi eux des fils de croises, - qui se cotisent pour leur elever une mosquee; les livres qui nous racontent son uvre se multiplient, et, apres l'Angleterre et l'Allemagne, la France a sa Revue de l'Islam. C'est plus qu'il n'en faut pour justifier la publication du present opuscule. Il a deux parties: la premiere dit ce que fut Mahomet; la seconde expose son uvre.""
"Mahomet est l'homme du jour. Son nom remplit les journaux et ses disciples obtiennent, meme en plein Paris, cet etrange succes de trouver des chretie...
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Critical Muslim 15: Educational Reform
ISBN: 9781849045421 / Angielski / Miękka / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Jeremy Henzel-Thomas argues that educational reform is the biggest challenge facing Muslim societies, Richard Pringle highlights the purpose of education, Abdelwahab El-Affendi suggests how Muslim education should be reconfigured, Abdulkader Tayob argues that issues of identity are intrinsically linked with Islamic education reform, Farid Panjwani is convinced that conventional approaches to education in Islam are deeply flawed, Ebrahim Moosa rethinks the whole idea of the madrassas, Ali Asani experiments with new methods of teaching Islam, Keri Facer explores the future of public knowledge...
Jeremy Henzel-Thomas argues that educational reform is the biggest challenge facing Muslim societies, Richard Pringle highlights the purpose of educat...
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Political Islam and the Invention of Tradition
ISBN: 9780990693963 / Angielski / Miękka / 268 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This work provides seeks to foster a better understanding of the multifaceted phenomenon of political Islam, especially in the context of the post-Arab Spring Middle East. The aim of this work is to refute the oft-cited cliche that "Islamists" are hostile to representative and accountable government and seek a return to some distant, barbaric past. To the contrary, many Islamists have made innovative contributions to religiously informed political thought in the Islamic context. In actual fact, no "Islamic state" has ever existed in the history of Islam, and the Islamist conviction that...
This work provides seeks to foster a better understanding of the multifaceted phenomenon of political Islam, especially in the context of the post-Ara...
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Charm of Graves : Perceptions of Death & After-Death Among the Negev Bedouin
ISBN: 9781845197087 / Angielski / Miękka / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This work provides a detailed picture of burial, mourning rituals, commemoration practices, and veneration of the dead among the Negev Bedouin, the nomadic tribes of Arabs who live in the Negev region of Israel. Bringing together integrated findings of three scholars, based on decades of field work that combine close to 65 years of scrutiny, The Charm of Graves shows how the varied attitudes, beliefs, and customs surrounding each gravesite, when combined on a longitudinal scale, reveal changes over time in beliefs and practices in grave worship and burial, mourning, and condolence...
This work provides a detailed picture of burial, mourning rituals, commemoration practices, and veneration of the dead among the Negev Bedouin, the no...
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China's Early Mosques
ISBN: 9780748670413 / Angielski / Twarda / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Received an honorable mention at the 2016 British-Kuwait Friendship Society Book Prize
What happens when a monotheistic, foreign religion needs a space in which to worship in China, a civilisation with a building tradition that has been largely unchanged for several millennia? The story of this extraordinary convergence begins in the 7th century and continues under the Chinese rule of Song and Ming, and the non-Chinese rule of the Mongols and Manchus, each with a different political and religious agenda. The author shows that mosques, and ultimately Islam, have survived... Received an honorable mention at the 2016 British-Kuwait Friendship Society Book Prize
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Peter the Venerable and Islam
ISBN: 9780691651422 / Angielski / Twarda / 316 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. For over four centuries the principal source of Christian European knowledge of Islam stemmed from a project sponsored by Peter the Venerable, ninth abbot of Cluny, in 1142. This consisted of Latin translations of five Arabic works, including the first translation of the Koran in a western language. Known as the Toledan Collection, it was eventually printed in 1543 with an introduction by Martin Luther. The abbot also completed a handbook of Islam beliefs and a major analytical and polemical work, Liber contra sectam Saracenorum; annotated editions of these texts are included in... For over four centuries the principal source of Christian European knowledge of Islam stemmed from a project sponsored by Peter the Venerable, nint... |
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Being Palestinian: Personal Reflections on Palestinian Identity in the Diaspora
ISBN: 9781474405393 / Angielski / Miękka / 384 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Is being Palestinian a 'pain in the neck', or a 'sentence to suffer gladly'? Does Palestinian identity reside in cross-stitch embroidery, sweet knafeh and the poetry of Mahmoud Darwish, or defending the rights of oppressed communities around the world? How does it feel when you cannot find Palestine under 'P' in the encyclopedia? Why grow fig and orange trees in the Arizona desert? What does it mean to know every inch of a village that no longer exists?
In this ground-breaking volume, 102 contributors now living in the UK and North America reflect in their own words on what it means to be... Is being Palestinian a 'pain in the neck', or a 'sentence to suffer gladly'? Does Palestinian identity reside in cross-stitch embroidery, sweet knafeh...
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The Egyptian Dream: Egyptian National Identity and Uprisings
ISBN: 9781474403191 / Angielski / Twarda / 192 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. "The story of Egyptian identity from the beginning of the twentieth century is one constructed by statesmen, intellectuals and Islamic thinkers. This book argues that the current fragmentation of Egypt's political scene reflects the increasing social division in a country where 'the people' are demanding a redefinition of their national identity. Scrutinising the society behind the uprisings that began in 2011 and their diverse economic, ideological and sectorial demands, it also looks at the desperate state's attempt to construct a unified Egyptian identity - an attempt which has resulted in...
"The story of Egyptian identity from the beginning of the twentieth century is one constructed by statesmen, intellectuals and Islamic thinkers. This ...
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Crescent Remembered: Islam and Nationalism on the Iberian Peninsula
ISBN: 9781845196547 / Angielski / Twarda / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Contemporary Spain and Portugal share a historical experience as Iberian states that emerged within the context of al-Andalus. These centuries of Muslim presence in the Middle Ages became a contested heritage during the process of modern nation-building with its varied concepts and constructs of national identities. Politicians, historians, and intellectuals debated vigorously the question how the Muslim past could be reconciled with the idea of the Catholic nation. The Crescent Remembered investigates the processes of exclusion and integration of the Islamic past within the national...
Contemporary Spain and Portugal share a historical experience as Iberian states that emerged within the context of al-Andalus. These centuries of Musl...
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The Islamic Movement in Somalia: A Study of the Islah Movement, 1950-2000 (Hb)
ISBN: 9781909112520 / Angielski / Twarda / 432 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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Ibn Taymiyya's Theological Ethics
ISBN: 9780199397839 / Angielski / Twarda / 360 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Icon of modern-day fundamentalist movements, firebrand religious purist, tireless polemicist against the intellectual schools of his time-the Ibn Taymiyya we know is a thinker we often associate with hard attitudes and dogmatic stances. Yet there is another Ibn Taymiyya that stands out from the pages of his work, the thinker who fashions himself as a master of the via media and as a defender of the harmony between human reason and the religious faith. The aim of this book is to shed fresh light on Ibn Taymiyya's intellectual identity by a close investigation of his ethical thought. Earlier...
Icon of modern-day fundamentalist movements, firebrand religious purist, tireless polemicist against the intellectual schools of his time-the Ibn Taym...
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The Silent Qur'an and the Speaking Qur'an: Scriptural Sources of Islam Between History and Fervor
ISBN: 9780231173780 / Angielski / Twarda / 296 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Two major events occurred in the early centuries of Islam that determined its historical and spiritual development in the centuries that followed: the formation of the sacred scriptures, namely the Qur'an and the Hadith, and the chronic violence that surrounded the succession of the Prophet, manifesting in repression, revolution, massacre, and civil war. This is the first book to evaluate the writing of Islam's major scriptural sources within the context of these bloody, brutal conflicts. Conducting a philological and historical study of little-known though significant ancient texts,...
Two major events occurred in the early centuries of Islam that determined its historical and spiritual development in the centuries that followed: the...
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Islam and Colonialism: Western Perspectives on Soviet Asia
ISBN: 9781138862708 / Angielski / Miękka / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Tracing the development of western thought about Central Asia, this book argues that for historical and political reasons, Central Asia was seen as being in a colonial relationship with Russia. Consequently, an anti-colonial revolution in Asia was seen as the greatest threat to the USSR. The book questions the suitability of the colonial model for understanding the region's recent political history and challenges many of the assumptions which underlay the adoption of such a model, and examines how this one interpretation came to dominate western discourse to the virtual exclusion of all...
Tracing the development of western thought about Central Asia, this book argues that for historical and political reasons, Central Asia was seen as be...
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215,27 zł |
Democracy and Constitutional Politics in Iran: A Weberian Analysis
ISBN: 9781137429131 / Angielski / Twarda / 221 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Democracy and Constitutional Politics in Iran is a thorough analysis of the struggle of Iranian people for representation and democratic government. The analysis uses Weber's theoretical framework to make sense of the confounding reality that after over a hundred years of struggle the Iranian people are less free today than they were a century ago. Malek-Ahmadi traces the transformation of Iran from a predominantly Sunni society into a Shiite country in 1501 when the formal interweaving between religion and politics began, exploring the tragic missed opportunity during the Constitutional...
Democracy and Constitutional Politics in Iran is a thorough analysis of the struggle of Iranian people for representation and democratic government. T...
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The Bloomsbury Reader on Islam in the West
ISBN: 9781474245371 / Angielski / Miękka / 304 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. For more than a millennium, Islam has been a vital part of Western civilization. Today, however, it is sometimes assumed that Islam is a foreign element inside the West, and even that Islam and the West are doomed to be in perpetual conflict. The need for accurate, reliable scholarship on this topic has never been more urgent. The Bloomsbury Reader on Islam in the West brings together some of the most important, up-to-date scholarly writings published on this subject. The Reader explores not only the presence of Muslim religious practitioners in Europe and the Americas but... For more than a millennium, Islam has been a vital part of Western civilization. Today, however, it is sometimes assumed that Islam is a foreign el... |
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The Fiqh of Islam: A Contemporary Explanation of Principles of Worship, Volume 2
ISBN: 9781938058257 / Angielski / Miękka / 246 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. THE FIQH OF ISLAM: A CONTEMPORARY EXPLANATION OF PRINCIPLES OF WORSHIP is based on legal explanations taken from preeminent Muslim jurists throughout history and includes further elucidation from venerable Sufi masters. This approach underscores the wisdom of examining both legal and spiritual teachings to reach the best possible outcome. Compiled by a globally recognized Muslim scholar and teacher of Islam's spiritual dimension, Sufism (Tasawwuf), this 2-volume series is written for those who seek a better understanding of Islamic tenets. These universal lessons will make a fine addition to...
THE FIQH OF ISLAM: A CONTEMPORARY EXPLANATION OF PRINCIPLES OF WORSHIP is based on legal explanations taken from preeminent Muslim jurists throughout ...
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The Qur'an and Its Readers Worldwide: Contemporary Commentaries and Translations
ISBN: 9780198754770 / Angielski / Twarda / 600 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Some eighty per cent of Muslims in the contemporary world speak languages other than Arabic, the language of the Qur'an. To respond to the needs of their communities, Muslim scholars and laypersons must increasingly explain and communicate the meanings of the Qur'an in their own languages - including through the medium of Qur'an commentary and translation. The Qur'an and its Readers Worldwide provides an introduction to this rich and expanding field of endeavour. It brings together a selection of Qur'an commentaries and translations produced across the twentieth century to the...
Some eighty per cent of Muslims in the contemporary world speak languages other than Arabic, the language of the Qur'an. To respond to the needs of th...
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A Tale of a Muslim and a Jew: The Honorable Judge Abdel Raheem al -Bisani and the Philosopher Moses Bin Maimonides
ISBN: 9781496091895 / Angielski / Miękka / 38 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In this journey into the medieval times at the Muslim world, the author highlights the degree of tolerance towards the other that was prevalent. The tolerance that led a prominent Muslim judge to defend an equally prominent Jewish philosopher.
In this journey into the medieval times at the Muslim world, the author highlights the degree of tolerance towards the other that was prevalent. The t...
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The Hajj: Pilgrimage in Islam
ISBN: 9781107030510 / Angielski / Twarda / 360 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Scholars from several fields tell the story of the Hajj and explain its significance as one of the key events in the Muslim religious calendar.
Scholars from several fields tell the story of the Hajj and explain its significance as one of the key events in the Muslim religious calendar.
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The Hajj: Pilgrimage in Islam
ISBN: 9781107612808 / Angielski / Miękka / 441 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Scholars from several fields tell the story of the Hajj and explain its significance as one of the key events in the Muslim religious calendar.
Scholars from several fields tell the story of the Hajj and explain its significance as one of the key events in the Muslim religious calendar.
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120,13 zł |