In "Varieties of Muslim Experience", anthropologist Lawrence Rosen explores aspects of Arab Muslim life that are, at first glance, perplexing to Westerners. He ranges over such diverse topics as why Arabs eschew portraiture, why a Muslim scientist mi...

For sale in CIS only! Recent events in Pakistan, and more widely in the Islamic world, have sparked an unprecedented level of interest in the relationship between Islam and democracy. Studies of Islamic law (Shari'ah) lie at the heart of this trend,...

For sale in CIS only! Use of the term Islamophobia is today both inexorable and controversial. "Thinking Through Islamophobia" offers a series of critical engagements with the concept, its history and deployment, and the phenomena that it seeks to m...