The No Nonsense Guide To Islam

Author : Ziauddin Sardar
Publisher : New Internationalist
ISBN 13 : 1904456618
Total Pages : 143 pages
Book Rating : 4.12/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The No-nonsense Guide to Islam written by Ziauddin Sardar and published by New Internationalist. This book was released on 2007 with total page 143 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A balanced portrayal of |real Islam|, looking beyond the common perceptions and polemical debates. It shows what Islam has achieved and shows why a better understanding of Muslims is needed throughout the world. But it also explains why Islam needs to make itself more relevant by showing it can create a tolerant and peaceful society, and explores the steps for reform. A plain-speaking, independent view that informs current debates and puts modern developments into the context of the history of Islam and its people.

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ISBN 13 : 9788170339434
Total Pages : 143 pages
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Author : Ziauddin Sardar
Publisher : New Internationalist
ISBN 13 : 1906523622
Total Pages : 143 pages
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Download or read book The No-Nonsense Guide to Islam written by Ziauddin Sardar and published by New Internationalist. This book was released on 2007-04-01 with total page 143 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This guide explains Islamic history, the Qur’an, sharia law, and Islam’s relationship with the West. It analyzes the struggle within the faith for a more humane interpretation of the religion, issues surrounding women, democracy, and economic development, and the outlook post-9/11 and the Iraq war. Merryl Wyn Davies is a writer, anthropologist, and TV producer. The author of Knowing One Another: Shaping an Islamic Anthropology, she also co-authored the international bestseller Why Do People Hate America? Ziauddin Sardar is a writer, broadcaster, and cultural critic. His works include Postmodernism and the Other, Orientalism, and Why Do People Hate America?, written with Merryl Wyn Davies.

Author : Symon Hill
Publisher : New Internationalist
ISBN 13 : 1906523290
Total Pages : 134 pages
Book Rating : 4.99/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The No-Nonsense Guide to Religion written by Symon Hill and published by New Internationalist. This book was released on 2010 with total page 134 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Religion is a term which is often used in the media and public life without any clarification. However, it is a word that encompasses hundreds of different beliefs. It is also a loaded word that has a different meaning for each person. Religion can be seen as a source of war and peace, love and hate, dialogue and narrow-mindedness. Today, thanks to the globalisation of communications, more people than ever before belong to a different religious community than their parents. This No-Nonsense Guide considers how religion has shaped culture.

Author : Jonathan Barker
Publisher : Verso
ISBN 13 : 9781859844335
Total Pages : 148 pages
Book Rating : 4.32/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The No-nonsense Guide to Terrorism written by Jonathan Barker and published by Verso. This book was released on 2003 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Terrorist or freedom fighter? Analyzing the causes and contexts of terrorism the world over, Barker guides readers through the moral and political theories justifying and guiding terrorist acts.

Author : Jonathan Barker
Publisher : New Internationalist
ISBN 13 : 1904456987
Total Pages : 145 pages
Book Rating : 4.88/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The No-nonsense Guide to Global Terrorism written by Jonathan Barker and published by New Internationalist. This book was released on 2008 with total page 145 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A highly accessible history of terrorism looking at core examples from the Middle East, instances of state terrorism and terrorist fringes of political movements. Covers the theories justifying and guiding terrorist acts and the battle of images that accompanies them, including: the proliferation of terrorist activities over recent years and international hotspots, the war on terror', terrorist acts carried out by states and the constraints on democracy and political and civil liberties that so often characterise the response to terrorism.'

Author : Louise Gray
Publisher : New Internationalist
ISBN 13 : 1906523126
Total Pages : 171 pages
Book Rating : 4.21/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The No-nonsense Guide to World Music written by Louise Gray and published by New Internationalist. This book was released on 2009 with total page 171 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A look behind the catch-all term world music' aiming to explore the reasons for the contemporary interest in world music, who its audience is and why it has become such a popular genre. Through chapters on the many different genres that make up this multi-faceted area, the case for music as a powerful harmonising tool is aptly put forward.'

Author : Maggie Black
Publisher : New Internationalist
ISBN 13 : 1904456634
Total Pages : 153 pages
Book Rating : 4.36/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The No-nonsense Guide to International Development written by Maggie Black and published by New Internationalist. This book was released on 2007 with total page 153 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Building dams in India, planting trees in Burkina Faso, rescuing street children in Brazil - these are images of aid and international development with which we can all identify. However, what passes for development all too often improves life for the better off while actively hurting the very people the venture was meant to support. Maggie Black exposes the hypocrisy and reveals a more accurate picture of what is happening in development's name, arguing for a process to be put inplace that trule defends the interests of poor people.

Author : Peter Steven
Publisher : Verso
ISBN 13 : 9781859845813
Total Pages : 148 pages
Book Rating : 4.19/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The No-nonsense Guide to Global Media written by Peter Steven and published by Verso. This book was released on 2003 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The power and influence of the mass media grows daily, crucially affecting the way all of us see and understand each other. The No-Nonsense Guide to Global Media introduces readers to the political economy of the major mediafilm, television, radio, recording, publishing and the Internet. Peter Steven looks at the ever greater concentration of ownership and at the convergence of technologies and media functions. At the same time, he emphasizes the diversity of local media production and media around the world. The media is more than the economics of ownership and the technology of production, he stresses; it is also audiences, in all their annoying and wonderful diversity.

Author : Peter Greener
Publisher : New Internationalist
ISBN 13 : 1904456421
Total Pages : 145 pages
Book Rating : 4.21/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The No-nonsense Guide to Conflict and Peace written by Peter Greener and published by New Internationalist. This book was released on 2006 with total page 145 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This invaluable guide is excellent for students, peace groups and activists. With tables, maps, case studies and quotes it looks at how conflict escalates and ways it can be prevented. It examines the changing types of war, including the War on Terror and ethnic conflict such as in Rwanda; the role of diplomacy and the UN and what steps ordinary people are taking to re-build communities. It also offers ideas and inspiration for creating lasting peace.