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“riyadh al hakeem”

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  • The Shia

    Identity. Persecution. Horizons.

    by Riyadh Al-Hakeem ...
    "As the world grapples with religious extremism and consequent violence in the world of Islam, Sayyid Riyadh Al-Hakeem provides us a valuable opportunity to understand the political dynamics and theological debates within Islam. I had the privilege to have a long conversation with Sayyid in 2014 in Najaf focusing on the developments in the Muslim world. I was struck by his scholarly demeanor, ... Read more

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  • No god but God (Updated Edition)

    The Origins, Evolution, and Future of Islam

    by Reza Aslan ...
    A twentieth-anniversary edition of the fascinating, accessible introduction to Islam with a new preface and study guide, from the #1 bestselling author of ZealotFINALIST FOR THE GUARDIAN FIRST BOOK AWARD“Wise and passionate . . . an incisive, scholarly primer in Muslim history and an engaging personal exploration.” —The New York Times Book ReviewTwo decades after its original publication, ... ... Read more

    $16.99 CAD

  • The Great Theft

    Wrestling Islam from the Extremists

    by Khaled M. Abou El Fadl ...
    Despite President George W. Bush's assurances that Islam is a peaceful religion and that all good Muslims hunger for democracy, confusion persists and far too many Westerners remain convinced that Muslims and terrorists are synonymous. In the aftermath of the attacks of 9/11, the subsequent wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, and the recent bombings in London, an unprecedented amount of attention has ... Read more

    $11.99 CAD

  • Jihad and Genocide

    by Richard L. Rubenstein ...
    Series series Studies in Genocide: Religion, History, and Human Rights
    This book examines the relationship between jihad and genocide, past and present. Richard L. Rubenstein takes a close look at the violent interpretations of jihad and how they have played out in the past hundred years, from the Armenian genocide through current threats to Israel. Rubenstein's unflinching study of the potential for fundamentalist jihad to initiate targeted violence raises pressing ... Read more

    $38.99 CAD

  • Uyghur Nation

    Reform and Revolution on the Russia-China Frontier

    by David Brophy ...
    The meeting of the Russian and Qing empires in the nineteenth century had dramatic consequences for Central Asia’s Muslim communities. Along this frontier, a new political space emerged, shaped by competing imperial and spiritual loyalties, cross-border economic and social ties, and the revolutions that engulfed Russia and China in the early twentieth century. David Brophy explores how a community ... Read more

    $50.99 CAD

  • Introducing Islam

    A Graphic Guide

    by Ziauddin Sardar ...
    Series series Graphic Guides
    Islam is one of the world's great monotheistic religions. Islamic culture, spanning 1,500 years, has produced some of the finest achievements of humanity. Yet the religion followed by a fifth of humankind is too often seen in the West in terms of fundamentalism, bigotry and violence- a perception that couldn't be more wrong.Introducing Islam recounts the history of Islam from the birth of Prophet ... Read more

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  • The Makings of Indonesian Islam

    Orientalism and the Narration of a Sufi Past

    by Michael Laffan ...
    Series series Princeton Studies in Muslim Politics
    Indonesian Islam is often portrayed as being intrinsically moderate by virtue of the role that mystical Sufism played in shaping its traditions. According to Western observers--from Dutch colonial administrators and orientalist scholars to modern anthropologists such as the late Clifford Geertz--Indonesia's peaceful interpretation of Islam has been perpetually under threat from outside by more ... Read more

    $40.99 CAD

  • The Adventures of Thomas Pellow

    Three and twenty years in captivity among the Moors

    by Thomas Pellow ...
    In the summer of 1716, a Cornish cabin boy named Thomas Pellow was captured at sea by Barbary pirates and sold into human bondage to the despotic sultan of Morocco. This riveting memoir of a slave narrative is a story of pluck, and endurance in the face of barbaric splendour and suffering. A remarkable testament to the strength of the human spirit and to all those snatched from their homes and ... Read more

    $8.99 CAD

  • Introduction to Shi’a Islam

    by Abbas Al Humaid ...
    I believe that we all have intriguing views of life - views that must be honored and that we must be happy to share with the world around us.It is for this reason that I produced this booklet, which serves as an introduction to Shi'a Muslims and what I understand of their view of the Islamic vision of life and human society. I have produced it in accordance with the teachings of their Imams and ... Read more

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  • Twelve Infallible Men

    The Imams and the Making of Shi’ism

    by Matthew Pierce ...
    A millennium ago, Baghdad was the capital of one of history’s greatest civilizations. A new Islamic era was under way. Yet despite the profound cultural achievements, many Muslims felt their society had gone astray. Shiˀa Muslims challenged the dominant narrative of Islamic success with stories of loss. Faithful Muslims have long debated whether Sunni caliphs or Shiˀa imams were the true heirs of ... Read more

    $58.99 CAD

  • A Shi'ite Pilgrimage to Mecca, 1885-1886

    The Safarnâmeh of Mirzâ Mo?ammad ?osayn Farâhâni

    by Mirzâ Mohammed Hosayn Farâhâni ...
    Translated by Hafez Farmayan, Elton L. Daniel ...
    Western accounts of the Hajj, the ritual Muslim pilgrimage to Mecca, are rare, since access to Mecca is forbidden to non-Muslims. In the Muslim world, however, pilgrimage literature is a well-established genre, dating back to the earliest centuries of the Islamic era. A Shiʿite Pilgrimage to Mecca is taken from the original nineteenth-century Persian manuscript of the Safarnâmeh of Mirzâ Moḥammad ... Read more

    $67.99 CAD

  • Routledge Revivals: The Challenge of Islam (2005)

    Encounters in Interfaith Dialogue

    by Douglas Pratt ...
    Series series Routledge Revivals
    First published in 2005, this book addresses the challenges arising from Christian-Muslim encounter and attempts to enable outsiders to understand the religion of Islam. The author offers distinctive perspectives that compliment much other literature in the study of Islam and in particular Christian-Muslim relations and the relation of Islam and the west. The book is divided into three parts: Part ... Read more

    $57.99 CAD