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Inside the Islamic Republic Social Change in Post-Khomeini Iran
ISBN: PB: 9781849044837, Hurst Publishers, December 2016
288 pp., 21.6x13.8 cm
For sale in CIS only! The socio-political landscape of Iran. Since 1989, the internal dynamics of change in Iran, rooted in a panoply of socioeconomic, cultural, institutional, demographic, and behavioral factors, have led to a noticeable transition...
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£25,00
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Hospitality and Islam: Welcoming in God's Name Welcoming in God's Name
ISBN: PB: 9780300223620, Yale University Press, October 2016
288 pp., 22.9x14.4 cm
<p>A groundbreaking examination of a crucial concept in Islamic thought and tradition from an author noted for her work on interfaith and intercultural dialogue Considering its prominent role in many faith traditions, surprisingly little has been wri...
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Critical Muslim, Volume 20 PostWest
ISBN: PB: 9781849046756, Hurst Publishers, October 2016
256 pp., 21.6x13.8 cm
For sale in CIS only! Shanon Shah investigates the connections between geography and identity; Jasper M. Trautsch explains the invention of the West; Nazry Bahrawi asks if the collapse of Western civilisation is imminent; Gordon Blaine Steffey explo...
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Jihadism Transformed Al-Qaeda and Islamic State's Global Battle of Ideas
ISBN: HB: 9781849046473, Hurst Publishers, September 2016
256 pp., 21.6x13.8 cm
For sale in CIS only! Jihadist narratives have evolved dramatically over the past five years, driven by momentous events in the Middle East and beyond; the death of bin Laden; the rise and ultimate failure of the Arab Spring; and most notably, the r...
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£35,00
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Critical Muslim, Volume 19 Nature
ISBN: PB: 9781849046749, Hurst Publishers, July 2016
256 pp., 21.6x13.8 cm
For sale in CIS only! Jeremy Henzell-Thomas goes for a long walk in the woods; Hester Koning argues that it is time we cherished nature; J. E. Montgomery reads Al-Jahiz's Book of Animals; Laura Hassan examines the concept of nature in Muslim philoso...
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Muslims Talking Politics Framing Islam, Democracy, and Law in Northern Nigeria
ISBN: PB: 9780226369037, ISBN: HB: 9780226368986, University of Chicago Press, June 2016
312 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm, 3 halftones, 5 tables
For generations Islamic and Western intellectuals and policymakers have debated Islam's compatibility with democratic government, usually with few solid conclusions. But where – Brandon Kendhammer asks in this book – have the voices of ordinary, work...
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£76,00
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Islam Translated Literature, Conversion, and the Arabic Cosmopolis of South and Southeast Asia
ISBN: PB: 9780226380537, ISBN: HB: 9780226710884, University of Chicago Press, April 2016
336 pp., 23.1x15.5 cm, 3 maps, 4 halftones
The spread of Islam eastward into South and Southeast Asia was one of the most significant cultural shifts in world history. As it expanded into these regions, Islam was received by cultures vastly different from those in the Middle East, incorporati...
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£44,00
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Politics of Islamic Law Local Elites, Colonial Authority, and the Making of the Muslim State
ISBN: PB: 9780226323343, ISBN: HB: 9780226323206, University of Chicago Press, April 2016
352 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm, 10 halftones, 1 table
In "The Politics of Islamic Law", Iza Hussin compares India, Malaya, and Egypt during the British colonial period in order to trace the making and transformation of the contemporary category of "Islamic law". She demonstrates that not only is Islamic...
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Salafi-Jihadism The History of An Idea
ISBN: HB: 9781849046299, Hurst Publishers, April 2016
256 pp., 21.6x13.8 cm
For sale in CIS only! No topic has captured the public imagination of late quite so dramatically as the spectre of global jihadism. While much has been said about the way jihadists behave, their ideology remains poorly understood. As the Levant has...
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Blood Year Islamic State and the Failures of the War on Terror
ISBN: PB: 9781849045551, Hurst Publishers, April 2016
124 pp., 21.6x13.8 cm
For sale in CIS only! "Blood Year" is an unsparingly honest, self-critical analysis of the collapse of western counterterrorism strategy, by one of its original architects. As a soldier, counterterrorism official, and Chief Strategist in the US Stat...
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