This is not a book of final answers, but a map of a quest.For centuries, we've been told that science and faith are locked in eternal conflict. We have been taught to choose between the cold, hard data of cosmology and the ancient truths of revelation. But what if this conflict is an illusion?What if the Big Bang was first echoed not in a laboratory, but in a sacred verse? What if the secrets of the cosmos were inscribed in a celestial script, waiting to be read?Ahm...

Introducing undergraduate students to Islamic law, this accessible textbook does not presume legal or technical knowledge. Drawing on a comparative approach, it encourages students to think through the issues of the application of Islamic law where Muslims live as a majority and where they live as a minority, including the USA, Saudia Arabia, Egypt, Pakistan.The book surveys the historical development as well as the contemporary contexts of Islamic law. In distilling the history of...

Pitfalls of Scholarship offers an array of reflections on higher education, its entanglements with humanity's pursuit of natural and social knowledge, and the impact national environments have upon it. This book considers the humanities, vocational, and scientific/technological sides of the university from the vantage-point of an Islamic studies scholar in twenty-first century American academia. Four discussions and a personal note make up the parts of these pages. The first discussion set...

The Pakistani political thinker and activist shares his insight into global emancipatory politics in this interview collection—foreword by Edward W. Said.Edward W. Said once urged the legendary Eqbal Ahmad not to "leave your words scattered to the winds, or even recorded on tape, but collected and published in several volumes for everyone to read. Then those who don't have the privilege of knowing you will know what a truly remarkable, gifted man you are."Unf...

To my earthly father, my only worth was through my death.But God saw me so differently that, at first, I could barely comprehend it.Esther Ahmad thought she knew the way to earn her Muslim father’s love. She raised her hand for the suicide mission, her martyrdom guaranteeing her family a place in heaven.But God had a different mission for Esther—a journey out of Pakistan, from despair to hope, from shame to purity, and from Allah’s wrath to a Father...

Are you tired of feeling stuck in a cycle of emotional pain and overwhelm? Do you long for a sense of peace and calm in your life?In "From Breakdown to Peace," you'll discover a powerful and compassionate guide to help you transform your emotional struggles into a journey of healing and growth.Through a combination of mindfulness techniques, self-reflection exercises, and inspiring stories, you'll learn how to:- Identify and challenge negative thought patterns and b...

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One inconvenient promise.Two convenient deaths.Seven days to save a quarter million people.Climate change becomes impossible to ignore. After years of drought, Las Vegas runs out of water. Its citizens are forced to become water migrants, or "wigrants." Many make it safely to a tent settlement on Toronto's lakeshore. But, unprepared for this massive population surge, the city can offer them no more than seven days of water.Carla Cole, head of the global firm...

"Two people, one city, different times; connected by a memoir. Can love exist in a city destined for decades of misery?"Adnan leads a weary existence as a bookshop owner in modern-day, war-torn Baghdad, where bombings, corruption and assault are everyday occurrences and the struggle to survive has suffocated the joy out of life for most. But when he begins to clean out his bookshop of forty years to leave his city in search of somewhere safer, he comes acr...

"Matt Vol I" is the beginning of a short novella series."They murdered my wife two years ago...Tonight, you die.I am Matt, your nightmare!"On a quiet night like any other, Matt, a successful entrepreneur, returns home to his gorgeous villa, only to find his wife brutally murdered. A soft verdict against the culprits, a gang of violent teenagers, spins Matt's relatively calm and collected demeanor into something far mo...

Life is a fabric woven with threads of hardship and ease, complexity and simplicity, duration and brevity. Yet, at its core, perhaps it is just life.Life commences with the innocent gaze of a newborn, as they awaken to the vastness of the world around them. From the moment of birth, they are thrust into a society that categorizes based on myriad factors—wealth, race, and more.Even before taking their first breath, a newborn is subjected to countless labels and distinctions....

An intoxicating drama set in the world of New York City’s elite, A Killer in the Family explores the underside of the American dream and asks, what happens when you marry into a family that keeps secrets?It’s time for Ali, a good-natured Mumbai party-boy, to grow up. The first step to settling down is an arranged marriage to Maryam, the daughter of Abbas Khan, a New York real estate tycoon. She’s pretty, demure, and respectable—unlike her sister, Farhan, a...