For sale in CIS only! Orphans have often been beneficiaries of charity and compassion – but society has also punished, abused and ill-treated them. Attitudes behind this maltreatment are rooted in ideas that those without parents are disruptive, mal...

For sale in CIS only! What does it mean to be a Pakistani? Can it mean more than one thing? And what do others think it means? Ziauddin Sardar explores what makes a Pakistani, and whether it's something one wants or ought to be. Reflecting on his c...

For sale in CIS only! How do we identify and judge beauty? Does it distract us from more pressing questions and issues? Is beauty the handmaiden of privilege? Or can it be found in everyday, ordinary things? Whatever happened to beauty in contempora...

For sale in CIS only! While it is central to today's politics, few people fully understand the National Debt and its role in shaping the course of British history. Without it, Britain would not have gained–and lost–two empires, nor won its wars agai...

For sale in CIS only! As a British infantry officer in the Royal Gurkha Rifles Emile Simpson completed three tours of Southern Afghanistan. Drawing on that experience, and on a range of little-known case studies ranging from Nepal to Borneo, "War Fr...

For sale in CIS only! Keshab Chandra Sen (1838-1884) was one of the most powerful and controversial figures in nineteenth-century Bengal. A religious leader and social reformer, his universalist interpretation of Hinduism found mass appeal in India,...

For sale in CIS only! What is halal? Does Islam have a particular flavour? Is culture transferred through gastronomy? In this issue we resist intoxication by wine and soberly sample the culinary delights of the Muslim world – then and now. By explo...

For sale in CIS only! What are values and how do we define them? Are there specific Islamic values? Do universal core values exist? How do we pass on appropriate values to future generations? This issue of "Critical Muslim" tackles these questions,...

For sale in CIS only! The rise of populism in the US and Europe is the focus of this issue of "Critical Muslim". It will explore issues and trends that led to Brexit and the emergence of President Trump. There will be essays on American populism, th...

For sale in CIS only! A comprehensive history of the Seychelles, this volume traces its periods of colonisation by France and Britain, the immobile years of the twentieth century, the granting of independence in 1976, and the social changes precipit...