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The Shia Revival: How Conflicts within Islam Will Shape the Future

The Shia Revival: How Conflicts within Islam Will Shape the Future

by Seyyed Vali Reza Nasr

The New York Times bestseller: "Historically incisive, geographically broad-reaching, and brimming with illuminating anecdotes."—Max Rodenbeck, New York Review of Books Profiled on the front page of the Wall Street Journal , Iranian-born scholar Vali Nasr has become one of America's leading commentators on current events in the Middle East, admired and welcomed by both media and government for his "concise... (more)

Al Muwatta of Imam Malik ibn Anas: The First Formulation of Islamic Law

Al Muwatta of Imam Malik ibn Anas: The First Formulation of Islamic Law

This is the only complete translation of Al Muwatta by Imam Malik, the great jurist of Madinah and founder of the Maliki school of thought. It is a complete record of the legal and social parametres of the first Muslim community of Madinah, and commonly considered the first book of Islamic law and recorded collection of Hadith, the sayings of the Prophet.

After the Prophet: The Epic Story of the Shia-Sunni Split in Islam

After the Prophet: The Epic Story of the Shia-Sunni Split in Islam

by Lesley Hazleton

Narrative history at its most compelling, After the Prophet relates the dramatic tragic story at the heart of the ongoing rivalry between Shia and Sunni Islam. Even as Muhammad lay dying, the battle over his successor had begun. Pitting the family of his favorite wife, the controversial Aisha, against supporters of his son-in-law, the philosopher-warrior Ali, the struggle would reach its breaking point fifty... (more)

Waiting for an Ordinary Day: The Unraveling of Life in Iraq

Waiting for an Ordinary Day: The Unraveling of Life in Iraq

by Farnaz Fassihi

Since 2003, Iraq’s bloody legacy has been well-documented by journalists, historians, politicians, and others confounded by how Americans were seduced into the war. Yet almost no one has spoken at length to the constituency that represents Iraq’s last best hope for a stable country: its ordinary working and middle class. Farnaz Fassihi, The Wall Street Journal ’s intrepid senior Middle East correspondent,... (more)

The Sword of the Prophet: History, Theology, Impact on the World

The Sword of the Prophet: History, Theology, Impact on the World

by Serge Trifkovic

Rushed to press--it contains references as recent as June2002--for September 11 release, this exceptionally fluid argument against militant Islam omits too many articles,but reports more Islamic savagery than Robert Spencer's "Islam Unveiled: Disturbing Questions About the World's Fastest-Growing Faith" and critiques Muslim theology more thoroughly than Timothy George's " Is the Father of Jesus the God of... (more)

A History of Christian-Muslim Relations

by Hugh Goddard

Hugh Goddard investigates the history of the relationships between Christians and Muslims over the centuries.

The Life and Religion of Mohammed As Contained in the Sheeah Traditions of the Hyat Ul Kuloob

The Life and Religion of Mohammed As Contained in the Sheeah Traditions of the Hyat Ul Kuloob

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The Occupation: War and Resistance in Iraq

The Occupation: War and Resistance in Iraq

by Patrick Cockburn

A profound and personal journey to the heart of a shattered nation. In March 2003, Patrick Cockburn traveled secretly to Iraq just before the invasion, and has covered the war from Baghdad ever since. In The Occupation , Cockburn describes the fighting on the ground as Saddam's armies collapsed, the looting of Baghdad, the failure of the US occupation, the springs of the resistance and how it turned into a full... (more)

A History of Islamic Legal Theories

by Wael B. Hallaq

Wael B. Hallaq is already established as one of the most eminent scholars in the field of Islamic law. In his latest book, he traces the history of Islamic legal theory from its beginnings until the modern period. The book is the first of its kind in organization, approach to the subject, and critical apparatus, and as such will be an essential tool for the understanding of Islamic legal theory in particular and... (more)

Why I Am Not a Muslim

by Ibn Warraq

Those who practice the Muslim faith have resisted examinations of their religion. They are extremely guarded about their religion, and what they consider blasphemous acts by sceptical Muslims and non-Muslims alike has only served to pique the world's curiosity. This critical examination reveals an unflattering picture of the faith and its practitioners. Nevertheless, it is the truth, something that has either been... (more)

The Wives of the Prophet Muhammad ; A Complete Book on the Biographies of the Wives of Holy Prophet Muhammad

The Wives of the Prophet Muhammad ; A Complete Book on the Biographies of the Wives of Holy Prophet Muhammad

Reason and Inspiration in Islam: Theology, Philosophy and Mysticism in Muslim Thought

Reason and Inspiration in Islam: Theology, Philosophy and Mysticism in Muslim Thought

In all the current alienating discourse on Islam as a source of extremism and fanatic violence this new publication takes a timely and refreshing look at the traditions of Islamic mysticism, philosophy and intellectual debate in a series of diverse and stimulating approaches. It tackles the major figures of Islamic thought as well as shedding light on hitherto unconsidered aspects of Islam utilizing new source... (more)

The Islamic Paradox: Shiite Clerics, Sunni Fundamentalists, and the Coming of Arab Democracy

The Islamic Paradox: Shiite Clerics, Sunni Fundamentalists, and the Coming of Arab Democracy

by Reuel Marc Gerecht

Since the Iranian revolution, Americans have been aware of Islamic extremism. They should have been worried about Islamic fundamentalism much earlier. Decades before Ayatollah Khomeini announced his holy war against the United States, Muslim militants had been increasing their numbers and honing their critique of the West, especially America, and its nefarious cultural and political influence throughout the... (more)

Muslim Studies

by Igna?c Goldziher

This is the first volume of GoldziherÂ’s Muslim Studies, which ranks highly among the classics of the scholarly literature on Islam. Indeed, the two volumes, originally published in German in 1889-1890, can justly be counted among those that laid the foundations of the modern study of Islam as a religion and a civilization. This volume, with the authorÂ’s marvelous richness of information, profound historical... (more)

Inner Dimensions of Islamic Worship

by Al Ghazali

This text covers those dimensions of Islamic rituals of worship - prayer, alsmgiving, fasting and pilgrimage - which are considered essential to inner fulfilment.

The Four Imans Their Lives, Works and Their Schools of ThoughtMuhammad Abu Zahra

The Four Imans Their Lives, Works and Their Schools of Thought

by Muhammad Abu Zahra

Abraham and the Middle East Today

by M. E. Rosson

Why are we fighting a war in the Middle East? Will this war ever end? How can we change the hearts and minds of people who have been programmed to hate us? How did all this start? All of these questions and more will be answered in this book. Read the history of Abraham from the Koran and the Bible. Find out why two half-brothers began fighting and why this battle is still going on today! M. E. Rosson asks... (more)

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