Between Quran And Crown

Author : Lawrence Rosen
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 0226726142
Total Pages : 246 pages
Book Rating : 4.44/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Culture of Islam written by Lawrence Rosen and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2004-04-01 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Having worked for several decades in North Africa, anthropologist Lawrence Rosen is uniquely placed to ask what factors contribute to the continuity and changes characterizing the present-day Muslim world. In The Culture of Islam, he brings his erudition and his experiences to illuminating key aspects of Muslim life and how central tenets of that life are being challenged and culturally refashioned. Through a series of poignant tales—from the struggle by a group of friends against daily corruption to the contest over a saint's identity, from nostalgia for the departed Jews to Salman Rushdie's vision of doubt in a world of religious certainty—Rosen shows how a dazzling array of potential changes are occurring alongside deeply embedded continuity, a process he compares to a game of chess in which infinite variations of moves can be achieved while fundamental aspects of "the game" have had a remarkably enduring quality. Whether it is the potential fabrication of new forms of Islam by migrants to Europe (creating a new "Euro-Islam," as Rosen calls it), the emphasis put on individuals rather than institutions, or the heartrending problems Muslims may face when their marriages cross national boundaries, each story and each interpretation offers a window into a world of contending concepts and challenged coherence. The Culture of Islam is both an antidote to simplified versions of Islam circulating today and a consistent story of the continuities that account for much of ordinary Muslim life. It offers, in its human stories and its insights, its own contribution, as the author says, "to the mutual understanding and forgiveness that alone will make true peace possible."

Author : John L. Esposito
Publisher : Syracuse University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780815627746
Total Pages : 420 pages
Book Rating : 4.42/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Islam and Politics written by John L. Esposito and published by Syracuse University Press. This book was released on 1998-08-01 with total page 420 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Timothy D. Sisk
Publisher : US Institute of Peace Press
ISBN 13 : 9781878379214
Total Pages : 116 pages
Book Rating : 4.16/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Islam and Democracy written by Timothy D. Sisk and published by US Institute of Peace Press. This book was released on 1992 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume explores the relationship between religion and politics generally, as well as the global wave of democratization in the late twentieth century, as background to different interpretations of political Islam. It analyzes the role of these movements in Iran, Algeria, Egypt, Jordan, the Persian Gulf (especially Saudi Arabia), and the Palestinian community.

Author : Dale F. Eickelman
Publisher : Indiana University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780253208231
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.38/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Russia's Muslim Frontiers written by Dale F. Eickelman and published by Indiana University Press. This book was released on 1993-10-22 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Readers will find fresh and thought-provoking studies: the differing approaches of the U.S. and the [former] Soviet Union to Middle East policy, Central Asia, and South Asia . . . provide grounds for self-criticism and the exploration of new directions." —John L. Esposito ". . . recommended highly for its expert analyses of political Islam." —Journal of Third World Studies Russian, Central Asian, and American scholars appraise recent political and religious developments among Russia's Muslim neighbors.

Author : John L. Esposito
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0199727201
Total Pages : 353 pages
Book Rating : 4.09/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Islamic Threat written by John L. Esposito and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 1999-10-07 with total page 353 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Are Islam and the West on a collision course? From the Ayatollah Khomeini to Saddam Hussein, the image of Islam as a militant, expansionist, and rabidly anti-American religion has gripped the minds of Western governments and media. But these perceptions, John L. Esposito writes, stem from a long history of mutual distrust, criticism, and condemnation, and are far too simplistic to help us understand one of the most important political issues of our time. In this new edition of The Islamic Threat: Myth or Reality?, Esposito places the challenge of Islam in critical perspective. Exploring the vitality of this religion as a global force and the history of its relations with the West, Esposito demonstrates the diversity of the Islamic resurgence--and the mistakes our analysts make in assuming a hostile, monolithic Islam. This third edition has been expanded to include new material on current affairs in Turkey, Afghanistan, Palestine, and Southeast Asia, as well as a discussion of international terrorism.

Author : Samuel Marinus Zwemer
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 482 pages
Book Rating : 4.10/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Moslem World written by Samuel Marinus Zwemer and published by . This book was released on 1913 with total page 482 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Navid Kermani
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 1509500359
Total Pages : 300 pages
Book Rating : 4.52/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Between Quran and Kafka written by Navid Kermani and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2017-05-23 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What connects Shiite passion plays with Brechts drama? Which of Goethes poems were inspired by the Quran? How can Ibn Arabis theology of sighs explain the plays of Heinrich von Kleist? And why did the Persian author Sadeq Hedayat identify with the Prague Jew Franz Kafka? One who knows himself and others will here too understand: Orient and Occident are no longer separable: in this new book, the critically acclaimed author and scholar Navid Kermani takes Goethe at his word. He reads the Quran as a poetic text, opens Eastern literature to Western readers, unveils the mystical dimension in the works of Goethe and Kleist, and deciphers the political implications of theatre, from Shakespeare to Lessing to Brecht. Drawing striking comparisons between diverse literary traditions and cultures, Kermani argues for a literary cosmopolitanism that is opposed to all those who would play religions and cultures against one another, isolating them from one another by force. Between Quran and Kafka concludes with Kermanis speech on receiving Germanys highest literary prize, an impassioned plea for greater fraternity in the face of the tyranny and terrorism of Islamic State. Kermanis personal assimilation of the classics gives his work that topical urgency that distinguishes universal literature when it speaks to our most intimate feelings. For, of course, love too lies between Quran and Kafka.

Author : Zulfiqar Ali Shah
Publisher : Claritas Books
ISBN 13 : 1800119844
Total Pages : 270 pages
Book Rating : 4.40/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Islam and The English Enlightenment written by Zulfiqar Ali Shah and published by Claritas Books . This book was released on 2022-06-02 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Never before to my knowledge has the cross-fertilisation of Western and Islamic ideas been so encyclopedically documented as it is here. In reading Islam and the English Enlightenment, you will never see the relationship between Islam and the West in the same way again.” ROBERT F. SHEDI NGER Professor of Religion, Luther College “Dr. Zulfiqar Ali Shah’s Islam and the English Enlightenment is one of the most profoundly enlightening books I have read in years. Dr. Shah compellingly demonstrates that the thinkers of English Enlightenment were undeniably indebted to Islamic sciences and thought, and that the foundational principles of rationalist thought, scientific inquiry and religious toleration were deeply anchored in the Islamic tradition.” KHALED ABOU EL FADL Omar & Azmeralda Alfi Distinguished Professor of Law, UCLA School of Law “This is a book that anyone interested in stepping outside a Eurocentric view of the rise of the West and of the modern age must read.” MICHAEL A. GILLESPIE Professor of Political Science & Philosophy, Duke University “Dr. Shah convincingly demonstrates the central role that Islam played in shaping the values and ideas of the Enlightenment reformers such as John Locke and Isaac Newton who had helped to produce the modern world.” GERALD MACLEAN Emeritus Professor, University of Exeter

Author : B. B. Abdulla
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781692930240
Total Pages : 140 pages
Book Rating : 4.49/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Timeless Seeds of Advice written by B. B. Abdulla and published by . This book was released on 2019-09-13 with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A selection of beautiful and practical pieces of advice from the Quran, the Prophet PBUH and Islam's great scholars on repentance, guidance and purification. This book is designed to serve as a source of hope and strength for those going through difficult times, while providing numerous important pieces of knowledge and guidance for all readers and all times

Author : Edward Henry Palmer
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 208 pages
Book Rating : 4.99/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Simplified Grammar of Hindūstānī, Persian and Arabic written by Edward Henry Palmer and published by . This book was released on 1890 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: