Service Alert
Website maintenance April 24 10pm ET
On Wednesday April 24 at 10pm ET the CELA website will be unavailable for about 15 minutes for planned maintenance.
On Wednesday April 24 at 10pm ET the CELA website will be unavailable for about 15 minutes for planned maintenance.
Showing 1 - 20 of 517 items
By Jean Prieur. 2003
Propose de redécouvrir le message du prophète Muhammad, à travers sa biographie. L'auteur désire délivrer ainsi les similitudes entre la…
figures de Muhammad et celle de Jésus et attirer l'attention sur la volonté du souverain arabe d'unifier les deux parties du monde en s'adressant autant aux chrétiens de l'Empire romain d'Orient qu'aux Arabes de la Mecque et du désert.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. 2003By Malek Chebel. 2009
Dans ce livre précis, clair, complet sans être érudit, l'anthropologue Malek Chebel répond à toutes les questions que l'on se…
pose aujourd'hui sur la deuxième religion de France. Il s'intéresse au dogme, aux courants, aux prophètes, au statut de la femme notamment, mais aussi aux rapports entre tradition et modernité en Islam. -- 4e de couvBy 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. 2005By 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. 2006By 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. 2008By Djemila Benhabib. 2009
« Quand Djemila Benhabib a pris connaissance du rapport de la commission Bouchard-Taylor, elle a été outrée qu'on demande aux…
Québécois d'accueillir favorablement toutes les requêtes faites au nom de l'islam. Sous prétexte de tolérance, les commissaires ont ainsi confondu musulmans et islamistes, alors que ces derniers ne sont qu'une petite minorité parmi les immigrants de culture musulmane. Or, les islamistes, Djemila Benhabib les connaît bien et elle a toutes les raisons de s'en méfier [...]. » -- 4e de couvBy 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. 2011By 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. 2010By 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. 2015By 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. 2015By Sheima Benembarek. 2023
An unprecedented glimpse into the sex lives of female and gender-expansive Muslims living across Canada and the United States.In the…
Muslim world, sex is permissible (or halal) only within the confines of marriage. Outside of wedlock, the act is considered haram, a sin of the faith. Girls are taught to protect their virginity; their mothers, if not forgoing "the talk" altogether, obscure the facts with elliptical language and metaphors.So, what happens when immigrants and the children of immigrants set about pursuing an open and active sex life on a more sexually liberated continent, amid western peers and attitudes? The six deeply personal stories in Halal Sex attempt to answer this question, bringing a hushed conversation out into the open.Within these pages you’ll meet Azar, a non-binary trans Sufi; Bunmi, a Nigerian navigating shame and Tinder; Eman, a lesbian stand-up comic in an interfaith marriage; Taslim, a virgin in her forties struggling to erect healthy boundaries; and Khadijah, an exotic dancer and sex worker.With great empathy, Sheima Benembarek makes space for the honesty and vulnerability of each participant and handles their stories with gentleness and care. What emerges is a tapestry of a diverse Islam—encompassing a wide variety of cultural and religious and socioeconomic backgrounds—and a frank, feminist contribution to the advancement of Muslim sexual education and pleasure.By Richard Sebra. 2017
Do you like holidays? Learn all about how and why people celebrate different holidays. Carefully leveled text and fresh, vibrant…
photos engage young readers in learning about the holiday traditions and celebrations of Ramadan and Eid al-Fitr. Age-appropriate critical thinking questions and a photo glossary help build nonfiction learning skillsBy Shazia Afzal, Aliya Ghare. 2022
A beautiful picture book based on the true story of the Midnight Sun Mosque that traveled 4,000 kilometers across Canada…
to become one of the most northern mosques in the world.By John Patrick. 1957
Captain Fisby is presented with two geishas in return for a favour, and persuades the Colonel that the American way…
is not the only way. A comedy in three acts, adapted from the novel about U.S. troop occupation of Okinawa during World War II. 1957.By Eugene O'Neill. 1955
An autobiographical play set in 1912 in the summer home of a theatrical family isolated from the community by a…
kind of ingrown misery and a sense of doom. Realistic and moving, this work was found in manuscript among the papers left after the playwright's death in 1953. 1956, c1955.By Arthur Miller. 1949
A modern drama which indicts the optimism and materialism of American society. Willy Loman, a traveling salesman, experiences a profound…
sense of failure as he recognizes signs of aging in himself and decides to take stock of his accomplishments. Pulitzer Prize winner. Originally written in 1949. Textbook format. 1949.By Cornelia Meigs. 1968
By Rhoda Blumberg. 1985