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The heirs of the prophet Muhammad: Islam's first century and the origins of the Sunni-Shia schism
By Barnaby Rogerson. 2006
Within a generation of Muhammad's death, his followers exploded out of Arabia to confront the two great superpowers of the…
seventh-century and establish Islam and a new civilization. Coming from small oasis communities of central Arabia, their achievements were immense. Rogerson also identifies the seeds of discord that destroyed the unity of Islam, and traces the roots of the schism between Sunni and Shia Muslims. Some descriptions of violence. 2006. Uniform title: Heirs of the prophet MuhammadSatanic purses: money, myth, and misinformation in the war on terror
By R. T Naylor. 2006
Naylor exposes the post 9/11 global War on Islamic Terror as based on myth, misinformation, and even deliberate disinformation -…
all of it premised on misguided notions about the nature of terrorist financing and the structure and organization of terrorist groups. Naylor believes that the secret agendas behind, and the private interests that profit from, an illusory War on Terror may be far more dangerous than the events that led to it. Some descriptions of violence. 2006.Jihad: the rise of militant Islam in Central Asia
By Ahmed Rashid. 2002
Pakistani journalist examines the history of Central Asia and its indigenous Islamic movements and then focuses on three of the…
most significant--the Islamic Renaissance Party (IRP), the Hizb ut-Tahrir (HT), and the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan (IMU). Discusses their origins, beliefs, influence, activities, rapid spread, and the secrecy shrouding their leaders. 2002.Islamic fundamentalism (At issue)
By Auriana Ojeda. 2003
Some of the best-known commentators on the current relationship of Islam with the industrial countries of the West present their…
views in short essays. Topics include Islam and democracy, the place of women, threats to the United States, terrorism and Islam, and the nature of fundamentalism. For senior high and older readers. Some descriptions of violence. 2003.Reaping the whirlwind: the Taliban movement in Afghanistan
By Michael Griffin. 2001
Griffin chronicles the rise of the Taliban from their first appearance in 1994, examines their place in the context of…
Afghanistan's political instability, and discusses the significance of their brand of Islamic fundamentalism. 2001.The Muslim Jesus: sayings and stories in Islamic literature (Convergences)
By Tarif Khalidi. 2001
This work presents, in English translation, the largest collection ever assembled of the sayings and stories of Jesus in Arabic…
Islamic literature. Tarif Khalidi's introduction and commentaries place the sayings and stories in their historical context, showing how and why this "gospel" arose and the function it served within Muslim devotion. The sayings and stories, some 300 in number and arranged in chronological order, show us how the image of this Jesus evolved throughout a millennium of Islamic history. 2001.Islam and the myth of confrontation: religion and politics in the Middle East
By Fred Halliday. 1995
The author examines the widely accepted image of confrontation between "Islam" and "the West", created largely by the rise of…
Islamic militancy in the Middle East and the perceived influence of Islam on politics and society. Considering the sources of Islamic militancy and the rhetoric of Islamic and anti-Muslim leaders, he argues that the Middle East is a set of variant societies, facing the economic and political problems of the Third World.The veiled kingdom
By Carmen Bin Ladin. 2004
On September 11th 2001, Carmen Bin Ladin heard the news on the radio that the Twin Towers had been struck.…
She instinctively knew that her brother-in-law was involved in these horrifying acts of terrorism, and her heart went out to America. She also knew that her life and the lives of her family would never be the same again. In 1974 Carmen, half Swiss and half Persian, married into the Bin Laden family and found herself inside a complex and vast clan, part of a society that at that point she neither knew nor understood. Determined to protect her daughters from the inevitable restrictions within a society riddled with hypocrisy and contradiction, in 1985 Carmen moved back to her home country, Switzerland. Carmen's story takes us inside one of the most powerful, secretive and repressive kingdoms in the world and the Bin Laden family's role within it. 2004. Uniform title: Voile déchiré.Price of honor: Muslim women lift the veil of silence on the Islamic world
By Jan Goodwin. 1994
Goodwin became interested in the plight of Muslim women because of her relationship with a Pakistani girl who became like…
her daughter and who was bartered in marriage at age eleven. Goodwin interviewed women, and some men, in ten Islamic countries. She examines the lives of women of various stations and the effects of changing Islamic attitudes in the late twentieth century. Descriptions of violence. 1994.Le désir d'islam: essai
By Martine Gozlan. 2005
Islam and the future of tolerance: a dialogue
By Sam Harris, Maajid Nawaz. 2015
Harris, author of The End of Faith (DB 62053), and Nawaz, chair of a think tank focusing on religious freedom,…
extremism, and citizenship, examine the role of the Islamic religion in extremist violence in the twenty-first century. Presented as the authors speaking back and forth. 2015Who is Allah? (Islamic civilization and Muslim networks)
By Bruce B. Lawrence, Bruce B Lawrence. 2015
Islamic studies professor examines history, culture, theology, politics, and media to explain the importance of the central expression of the…
Muslim religion: Allah. Lawrence discusses art, rituals, divergent sets of practices, and the influence of religious practice on scientific and mathematical exploration. 2015The butterfly mosque: A Young American Woman's Journey to Love and Islam
By G. Willow Wilson. 2010
Author's memoir of her conversion to Islam and her romantic relationship with an Egyptian man after the 9/11 terrorist attacks.…
Details her spiritual search as a college student, her move to Cairo at age twenty-one, and the culture clash she experienced as an American living in Egypt. 2010Muhammad: a very short introduction (Very Short Introductions)
By Jonathan Brown. 2011
Georgetown University Islamic studies scholar explores what Muhammad has meant to Muslims over the past fourteen centuries. Considers both the…
"pious legend" and the facts, and places controversial aspects of Muhammad's life, such as his polygamy, in the context of his times. 2011Reconciliation: Islam, democracy, and the West
By Benazir Bhutto. 2008
Former prime minister of Pakistan recounts her 2007 return home after eight years in exile. She calls for reconciliation among…
religions and nations, boldly asserts the true nature of Islam, and offers a practical road map for bringing societies together. Bestseller. 2008The Shia revival: how conflicts within Islam will shape the future
By Seyyed Vali Reza Nasr. 2006
Middle East scholar discusses the schism between Shias and Sunnis in the Muslim world. Provides cultural and historical context for…
their traditional hostility in order to explain the animosity between Iran and Saudi Arabia and the reasons each branch of Islam seeks dominance in the Middle East. 2006Islam for the Western mind: understanding Muhammad and the Koran
By Richard Henry Drummond. 2005
Presbyterian minister and religious historian examines the fundamental teachings and cultural impact of Islam from a Christian viewpoint. Discusses the…
Koran, the founding prophet Muhammad, and the haditha or the prophet's extra-Koranic teachings, as well as negative feelings between Christians and Muslims and the modern clash of civilizations. 2005Daughters of the desert: stories of remarkable women from Christian, Jewish, and Muslim traditions
By Claire Rudolf Murphy. 2003
Tales of mothers, daughters, believers, and seekers, based on verses from the Bible and Qur'an. In "Return to Hadassah" Esther…
draws courage from her Jewish faith to reveal her true identity and ask her husband the king to save her people. For junior and senior high readers. 2003Muhammad, vie du prophète: les enseignements spirituels et contemporains
By Tariq Ramadan. 2006
"Le Prophète occupe une place unique dans la conscience et la vie des musulmans. Il est celui qui a reçu…
et transmis le Coran, le Texte révélé qui rappelle la place éminente de l'Envoyé de Dieu, tout à la fois annonciateur, modèle et guide. Muhammad n'est cependant pas un médiateur : il ne fut qu'un homme, qui a agi et transformé le monde à la lumière des révélations et des inspirations qui lui sont parvenues de l'Unique, Son Éducateur. Cette humanité assumée, élue et inspirée fait de lui un modèle pour les fidèles d'aujourd'hui. Humanité et exemplarité : telles sont les deux dimensions à travers lesquelles Tariq Ramadan restitue la figure fondatrice de l'islam. S'appuyant avec une rigueur scientifique sur les sources les plus fiables et les plus reconnues par les savants et traditionnistes musulmans, il s'intéresse non seulement aux étapes et aux actions de la vie du Prophète, mais il accompagne son récit de réflexions critiques et méditatives sur le sens profond de cette vie. Parce qu'il s'attache à démontrer l'actualité de la parole du Prophète, ce livre se présente comme une introduction privilégiée à l'islam. [...]" -- 4e de couvEncountering Islam on the First Crusade
By Nicholas Morton. 2016
The First Crusade (1095–9) has often been characterised as a head-to-head confrontation between the forces of Christianity and Islam. For…
many, it is the campaign that created a lasting rupture between these two faiths. Nevertheless, is such a characterisation borne out by the sources? Engagingly written and supported by a wealth of evidence, Encountering Islam on the First Crusade offers a major reinterpretation of the crusaders' attitudes towards the Arabic and Turkic peoples they encountered on their journey to Jerusalem. Nicholas Morton considers how they interpreted the new peoples, civilizations and landscapes they encountered; sights for which their former lives in Western Christendom had provided little preparation. Morton offers a varied picture of cross cultural relations, depicting the Near East as an arena in which multiple protagonists were pitted against each other. Some were fighting for supremacy, others for their religion, many simply for survival.