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Political Science

Maldives Islamic Republic, Tropical Autocracy

Robinson J. J.

ISBN: PB: 9781849045896, Hurst Publishers, November 2015
336 pp., 21.6x13.8 cm

For sale in CIS only! The Maldives is a small and beautiful archipelago south of India, more renowned for luxury resorts than experiments in democracy. It is a country of contradictions, where tourists sip cocktails on the beach while on nearby isla...

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Islam

General

Shi'ism in South East Asia Alid Piety and Sectarian Constructions

Formichi Chiara, Feener Michael

ISBN: HB: 9781849044363, Hurst Publishers, November 2015
368 pp., 21.6x13.8 cm

For sale in CIS only! This is the first work available in any language to extensively document and critically discuss traditions of 'Alid piety and their modern contestations in the region. The concept of 'Alid piety allows for a reframing of our vi...

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Islam

Syrian Jihad Al-Qaeda, the Islamic State and the Evolution of an Insurgency

Charles R. Lister

ISBN: PB: 9781849045902, Hurst Publishers, November 2015
368 pp., 21.6x13.8 cm

For sale in CIS only! The eruption of the anti-Assad revolution in Syria has had many unintended consequences, among which is the opportunity it offered Sunni jihadists to establish a foothold in the heart of the Middle East. That Syria's ongoing ci...

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Islam

Islam in Indonesia The Contest for Society, Ideas and Values

Kersten Carool

ISBN: PB: 9781849044370, Hurst Publishers, November 2015
224 pp., 21.6x13.8 cm

For sale in CIS only! Indonesia's Muslims are still pondering the role of religion in public life. Although the religious violence marring the transition towards democratic reform has ebbed, the Muslim community has polarised into reactionary and pr...

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Political Science

Islam

Alawis of Syria War, Faith and Politics in the Levant

Kerr Michael, Larkin Craig

ISBN: HB: 9781849043991, Hurst Publishers, October 2015
288 pp., 21.6x13.8 cm

For sale in CIS only! Throughout the turbulent history of the Levant the 'Alawis – a secretive, resilient and ancient Muslim sect – have aroused suspicion and animosity, including accusations of religious heresy. More recently they have been tarred...

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Islam

Political Science

Critical Muslim, Volume 16 Turkey

Sardar Ziauddin, Yassin-Kassab Robin

ISBN: PB: 9781849045438, Hurst Publishers, October 2015
256 pp., 21.6x13.8 cm

For sale in CIS only! Tahir Abbas explores the enigma of modern Islamist Turkey, Ahmet Kuru discovers Turkey's political history, Nagihan Haliloglu gets tangled in Turkish heritage wars, Zeynep Okten has reservations about the country's Islamic fina...

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Asia

Islam

Age of Transition Byzantine Culture in the Islamic World

Evans Helen C., Humphrey Lyle, Brody Lisa, Snow Carol, Bleiberg Edward, Fine Stephen, Labatt Annie, Sinai Hieromonk Justin, Nees Lawrence, Schick Robert

ISBN: PB: 9780300211115, Yale University Press, Metropolitan Museum of Art, September 2015
160 pp., 25.4x20.3 cm, 150 colour illus.

In 2012 the Metropolitan Museum of Art presented "Byzantium and Islam: Age of Transition", a groundbreaking exhibition that explored the transformations and continuities in the Byzantine Empire from the 7th to the 9th century. During this time of his...

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Islam

Reading the Qur'an

Sardar Ziauddin

ISBN: PB: 9781849043670, Hurst Publishers, September 2015
320 pp., 21.6x13.8 cm

For sale in CIS only! Few books have had a more profound impact on human history than the Qur'an. It shapes the beliefs, lives and behaviour of over 1.5 billion Muslims, who regard it as the Word of God, revealed to the Prophet Muhammad. Speaking di...

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Islam

Literary Criticism

Qur'ans Books of Divine Encounter

Small Keith E.

ISBN: PB: 9781851242566, Bodleian Library Publishing, July 2015
176 pp., 19x19 cm, 58 colour illus.

This book provides a unique visual history of the Qur'an using fifty-five rare, beautiful and significant Qur'an manuscripts. A general introduction guides the reader through the Qur'an's entry into the world of late near eastern antiquity, a world...

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Islam

Political Science

Force and Fanaticism Wahhabism in Saudi Arabia and Beyond

Valentine Simon Ross

ISBN: HB: 9781849044646, Hurst Publishers, July 2015
256 pp., 21.6x13.8 cm

For sale in CIS only! Wahhabism is an Islamic reform movement found mainly in Saudi Arabia. Closely linked to the Saudi monarchy, it enforces a strict code of morality and conduct monitored by mutawa (religious police), and governs every facet of Sa...

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