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Sephardic Legacy Unique Features and Achievements
ISBN: PB: 9781589662056, University of Chicago Press, University of Scranton Press, November 2010
275 pp., 23x15 cm
Fundamentally different from other more prominent, Jewish traditions and experiences, the Sephardic tradition has long served to bind together the various Jewish communities of the Mediterranean basin. In "The Sephardic Legacy", Henry Toledano immers...
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£20,00
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Shadow of God and the Hidden Imam Religion, Political Order, and Societal Change in Shi'ite Iran from the Beginning to 1890
ISBN: PB: 9780226027845, University of Chicago Press, November 2010
368 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm
Dismissing oversimplified and politically-charged views of the politics of Shi'ite Islam, Said Amir Arjomand offers a richly researched sociological and historical study of Shi'ism and the political order of premodern Iran that exposes the roots of w...
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£25,50
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Fear of Barbarians Beyond the Clash of Civilizations
ISBN: HB: 9780226805757, University of Chicago Press, October 2010
240 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm
The relationship between Western democracies and Islam, rarely entirely comfortable, has in recent years become increasingly tense. A growing immigrant population and worries about cultural and political assimilation – exacerbated by terrorist attack...
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Beyond the "Wild Tribes" Understanding Modern Afghanistan and its Diaspora
ISBN: PB: 9781849040556, Hurst Publishers, October 2010
288 pp., 21.6x13.8 cm
For sale in CIS only! Afghanistan and its people, whether in Afghanistan or in its global diaspora, have generated substantial interest in recent years and the desire to understand more about the country is widely felt. International organisations,...
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Islamic World in New Century The Organization of the Islamic Conference, 1969-2009
ISBN: HB: 9781849040631, Hurst Publishers, September 2010
288 pp., 21.6x13.8 cm
For sale in CIS only! These are challenging times for the world's fifty-seven Muslim countries and their relationship with the West. The Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) is the Muslim world's intergovernmental body – the largest such org...
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Jihadis' Path to Self-Destruction
ISBN: HB: 9781849040624, Hurst Publishers, September 2010
256 pp., 21.6x13.8 cm
For sale in CIS only! Are violent jihadis an enduring feature of modern international affairs, or do they hold in their own doctrines the seeds of self-destruction? Historical precedent suggests the latter. Jihadi ideologues have formulated an indiv...
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£50,00
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Islam and Travel in the Middle Ages
ISBN: HB: 9780226808772, University of Chicago Press, August 2010
304 pp., 23x15 cm
In the Middle Ages, Muslim travelers embarked on a rihla, or world tour, as surveyors, emissaries, and educators. On these journeys, voyagers not only interacted with foreign cultures – touring Greek civilization, exploring the Middle East and North...
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£52,00
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Apart Alienated and Engaged Muslims in the West
ISBN: PB: 9781849040754, Hurst Publishers, August 2010
256 pp., 21.6x13.8 cm
For sale in CIS only! Muslim minorities comprise an ever-increasing proportion of Europe's population, but are official strategies to thwart home-grown terrorism forcing Muslims further to the fringe of our societies? For every terror suspect we see...
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£17,99
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Critique of Christian Origins A Parallel English-Arabic Text
ISBN: HB: 9780842527156, University of Chicago Press, Brigham Young University, May 2010
249 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm
In the "Critique of Christian Origins" Abd al-Jabbar – the leading Muslim intellectual of the late tenth century – develops what might be considered the first Islamic history of Christianity, analyzing the Bible, church rituals, and miracles. Unlike...
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Expert Witness in Islamic Courts Medicine and Crafts in the Service of Law
ISBN: HB: 9780226749334, University of Chicago Press, April 2010
304 pp., 23x15 cm
Islam's tense relationship with modernity is one of the most crucial issues of our time. Within Islamic legal systems, with their traditional preference for eyewitness testimony, this struggle has played a significant role in attitudes toward expert...
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£51,00
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