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Radicalism, Reformation, and the Uneasy Relationship with the Secular West
by Taner Edis
How is Islam adapting to the rapid changes of the 21st century? Despite political unrest and terrorism, the author argues that many Muslim societies are successfully developing their own versions of modern life. In contrast to the secular liberal model that prevails in the West, Islam is demonstrating alternative ways to be modern while maintaining a distinctly Muslim worldview.Professor Edis, an$11.99 USD
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Philosophies of Islamic Education
Historical Perspectives and Emerging Discourses
by Mujadad Zaman and 1 more
Routledge Research in Religion and Education The study of Islamic education has hitherto remained a tangential inquiry in the broader focus of Islamic Studies. In the wake of this neglect, a renaissance of sorts has occurred in recent years, reconfiguring the importance of Islam’s attitudes to knowledge, learning and education as paramount in the study and appreciation of Islamic civilization. Philosophies of Islamic Education, stands in$49.49 USD
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The Bad-Ass Librarians of Timbuktu
And Their Race to Save the World's Most Precious Manuscripts
To save ancient Arabic texts from Al Qaeda, a band of librarians pulls off a brazen heist worthy of Ocean’s Eleven in this “fast-paced narrative that is…part intellectual history, part geopolitical tract, and part out-and-out thriller” (The Washington Post).In the 1980s, a young adventurer and collector for a government library, Abdel Kader Haidara, journeyed across the Sahara Desert and along the$11.99 USD
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A Father, His Daughters, and Their Journey into the Syrian Jihad
by Åsne Seierstad and 1 more
The riveting story of two sisters’ journey to the Islamic State and the father who tries to bring them homeTwo Sisters, by the international bestselling author Åsne Seierstad, tells the unforgettable story of a family divided by faith. Sadiq and Sara, Somali immigrants raising a family in Norway, one day discover that their teenage daughters, Leila and Ayan, have vanished—and are en route to Syria$14.99 USD
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One Woman's Journey from Pakistani Muslim to American Muslim
**ONE OF *BOOKLIST'*S TOP TEN RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY BOOKS OF 2016 ONE OF *BOOKLIST'*S TOP TEN DIVERSE NONFICTION BOOKS OF 2017 Honorable Mention in the 2017 San Francisco Book Festival Awards, Spiritual Category** This enthralling story of the making of an American is also a timely meditation on being Muslim in America today. Threading My Prayer Rug is a richly textured reflection on what it$14.39 USD
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by Hugh Kennedy
From a preeminent scholar of Islamic history, the authoritative history of caliphates from their beginnings in the 7th century to the modern dayIn Caliphate, Islamic historian Hugh Kennedy dissects the idea of the caliphate and its history, and explores how it became used and abused today. Contrary to popular belief, there is no one enduring definition of a caliph; rather, the idea of the caliph$18.99 USD
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THE HOLY KORAN (English Translation) The Definitive Edition
Quran / Qur'an / Koran / Al-Coran / Coran / Kuran / Al-Qur'an
by Allah
ABOUT THE KORAN / QURAN The Quran, also transliterated Qur'an, Koran, Al-Coran, Coran, Kuran, and Al-Qur'an, is the central religious text of Islam and the verbatim word of God (Allah). It is regarded widely as the finest piece of literature in the Arabic language. The Quran is composed of verses (Ayat) that make up 114 chapters (suras) of unequal length. The Quran was verbally revealed through$2.99 USD
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Free Will and Predestination in Islamic Thought
Theoretical Compromises in the Works of Avicenna, al-Ghazali and Ibn 'Arabi
Culture and Civilization in the Middle East The subject of "human free-will" versus "divine predestination" is one of the most contentious topics in classical Islamic thought. By focusing on a theme of central importance to any philosophy of religion, and to Islam in particular, this book offers a critical study of the intellectual contributions offered to this discourse by three key medieval Islamic thinkers: Avicenna, al-Ghāzālī and Ibn$52.19 USD
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Высказывания пророка Мухаммада
Высказывания пророка Мухаммада
О чем эта книга? О вечных ценностях. О личности, заветам и наставлениям которой сейчас следует около 1,5 миллиарда человек во всем мире, а на протяжении последних 14 веков человеческой истории количество их исчислялось многими миллиардами. Причем эти последователи говорят на разных языках мира, принадлежат к разным культурам и народам нашей планеты. Первый раздел книги посвящен личности пророка$5.99 USD
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Conflicts of National Belonging
by Anna C. Korteweg and 1 more
The headscarf is an increasingly contentious symbol in countries across the world. Those who don the headscarf in Germany are referred to as "integration-refusers." In Turkey, support by and for headscarf-wearing women allowed a religious party to gain political power in a strictly secular state. A niqab-wearing Muslim woman was denied French citizenship for not conforming to national values. And$21.29 USD
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100 Answers To The Most Uncommon 100 Questions
In this rare compilation of question and answer sessions by Messenger Muhammad taken from various sources, he delivers very powerful and profound insight into subjects that are uncommon to most of the general public. Within this book, the reader is granted this rare privilege to sit as a “bee on the wall” to a man the press as well as many outsiders usually describes as "inaccessible.”Some of the$4.99 USD
