Mosques In The Metropolis

Author : Elisabeth Becker
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 022678164X
Total Pages : 303 pages
Book Rating : 4.48/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Mosques in the Metropolis written by Elisabeth Becker and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2021-09-20 with total page 303 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Mosques in the Metropolisis a dual-site ethnographic study of two of Europe's largest mosques, one a conservative Islamist community in London and the other a progressive Muslim community in Berlin. The contrasting sites allow sociologist Elisabeth Becker to provide a complex picture of Islam in Europe at a particularly fraught time. She spent over thirty months studying the mosques through immersion and interviews and provides an analysis that goes deep into European Muslim communities. Individual Muslim voices come through loud and clear-for example, the young mother of three in London trying to reconcile her conservative religious views with her desire to leave her husband-as do the historical and structural forces at play. Ultimately Becker insists that caste is a crucial lens through which to view Islam in Europe, and through this lens she critiques what she perceives as failing European pluralism. To amplify her point, Becker brings Jewish history and twentieth-century Jewish thought into the conversation directly, drawing on the ways in which Bauman and Arendt utilized the concept of caste to describe Jewish life and marginality. What is at stake here is nothing less than the fundamental values of freedom, equality, and individual rights--ostensibly the bedrock of European identity"--

Author : Marion Katz
Publisher : Columbia University Press
ISBN 13 : 0231162669
Total Pages : 434 pages
Book Rating : 4.61/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Women in the Mosque written by Marion Katz and published by Columbia University Press. This book was released on 2014-09-23 with total page 434 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Juxtaposing Muslim scholarsÕ debates over womenÕs attendance in mosques with historical descriptions of womenÕs activities within Middle Eastern and North African mosques, this study shows how over the centuries legal scholarsÕ arguments have often reacted to rather than dictated Muslim womenÕs behavior. Tracing Sunni legal positions on women in mosques from the second century of the Islamic calendar to the modern period, this volume connects shifts in scholarly terminology and argumentation to changing constructions of gender. Over time, assumptions about womenÕs changing behavioral norms over different stages of the lifecycle gave way to a global preoccupation with sexual temptation, which then became the central rationale for limits on womenÕs mosque access. At the same time, travel narratives, biographical dictionaries, and religious polemics document patterns suggesting that womenÕs usage of mosque space often diverged in both timing and content from the ritual models constructed by scholars. This book demonstrates both the concrete social and political implications of Islamic legal discourse and the autonomy of womenÕs mosque-based activities. It also examines womenÕs mosque access as a trope in Western travelersÕ narratives and the evolving significance of womenÕs mosque attendance among different Islamic currents in the twentieth century.

Author : Louis Boisgibault
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 1786304996
Total Pages : 246 pages
Book Rating : 4.95/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Energy Transition in Metropolises, Rural Areas, and Deserts written by Louis Boisgibault and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2020-02-05 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Energy Transition in Metropolises, Rural Areas and Deserts presents detailed field studies of energy transition in Lille, Riyadh, Fayence, Bokhol, Ouarzazate and the Arabian Desert. It analyzes local actions and good practices – according to the resources and constraints involved – in the process of removing the obstacles to the transition. Solutions are sought for the right type of space for buildings, transport, industry and services, and targets are set for Europe, the Middle East and Africa as part of the Paris Climate Agreement. As a pedagogical tool, this book is aimed at not only politicians and professionals, but also any members of the public who wish to learn about changes in production and energy consumption.

Author : Nilüfer Göle
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317112547
Total Pages : 286 pages
Book Rating : 4.49/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Islam and Public Controversy in Europe written by Nilüfer Göle and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-05-06 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The public visibility of Islam is becoming increasingly controversial throughout European countries. With case studies drawn from France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the UK, this book examines a range of public issues, including mosque construction, ritual slaughter, Sharia councils and burqa bans, addressing the question of ’Islamic difference’ in public life outside the confines of established normative discourses that privilege freedom of religion, minority rights or multiculturalism. Acknowledging the creative role of dissent, it explores the manner in which public controversies unsettle the religious-secular divide and reshape European norms in the domains of aesthetics, individual freedom, animal rights and law. Developing an innovative conceptual framework and elaborating the notion of controversy as a methodological tool, Islam and Public Controversy in Europe draws our attention to the processes of interaction, confrontation and mutual transformation, thereby opening up a new horizon for rethinking difference and pluralism in Europe. As such, it will appeal to scholars across the social sciences with interests in religion, integration, cultural difference and the public sphere.

Author : Samuel Griswold Goodrich
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 828 pages
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Download or read book A Pictorial Geography of the World written by Samuel Griswold Goodrich and published by . This book was released on 1856 with total page 828 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Samuel Griswold Goodrich
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1016 pages
Book Rating : 4.09/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Pictorial Geography of the World: Old world written by Samuel Griswold Goodrich and published by . This book was released on 1856 with total page 1016 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Samuel Griswold Goodrich
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 832 pages
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Download or read book The old world written by Samuel Griswold Goodrich and published by . This book was released on 1856 with total page 832 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Susan Sinclair
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9047412079
Total Pages : 1508 pages
Book Rating : 4.76/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Bibliography of Art and Architecture in the Islamic World (2 vols.) written by Susan Sinclair and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2012-04-03 with total page 1508 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Following the tradition and style of the acclaimed Index Islamicus, the editors have created this new Bibliography of Art and Architecture in the Islamic World. The editors have surveyed and annotated a wide range of books and articles from collected volumes and journals published in all European languages (except Turkish) between 1906 and 2011. This comprehensive bibliography is an indispensable tool for everyone involved in the study of material culture in Muslim societies.

Author : Louise Müller
Publisher : LIT Verlag Münster
ISBN 13 : 364390360X
Total Pages : 307 pages
Book Rating : 4.00/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Religion and Chieftaincy in Ghana written by Louise Müller and published by LIT Verlag Münster. This book was released on 2013 with total page 307 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Based on extensive research ... and applying formidable expertise in African history, philosophy, historical anthropology and religious studies [this is] a superb analysis of the history and transformation of the roles of chieftaincy in the religious institutions, rituals and ideas among the Asante.

Author : Akel Kahera
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1136441271
Total Pages : 106 pages
Book Rating : 4.71/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Design Criteria for Mosques and Islamic Centers written by Akel Kahera and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2009-10-26 with total page 106 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The design principles necessary to create functional and dynamic contemporary mosques can be hard to grasp for those unfamiliar with the Islamic faith. 'Design Criteria for Mosques and Islamic Centers' provides an easy-to-use and practical set of guidelines for mosque design, illustrated with 300 line drawings. Case studies of urban mosques in New York, Washington, Boston, and London and Birmingham amongst others, demonstrate how mosques and Islamic centers have evolved to integrate into the urban scenario. The book also compares tenets from Western and Eastern religious and secular philosophies and discusses their relation to architectural creation, place-making, meaning, and identity. The book shows how mosques fulfill multiple faith-based and social roles through their design; it provides a wide-ranging, basic understanding of Islamic liturgical conventions and secular functions to enable architects, designers, and community advocates to work with confidence. 'Design Criteria for Mosques and Islamic Centers' is the first dedicated design guide for mosques and Islamic centers available. • Features case studies from the USA, UK, and Europe • Explains fundamental principles to make it easy to create viable design solutions for these exacting buildings that fulfi ll a range of social and religious roles.