Middle East Religions category: 3324 books
Contemporary Iran
Economy, Society, Politics
Language: English
Release Date: April 2, 2009
Iran is a key player in some of the most crucial issues of our time. But because of its relative diplomatic isolation and the partisan nature of conflicting accounts voiced by different interest groups both inside and outside the country, there is a shortage of hard information about the scale and...
The Crescent Remembered
Islam and Nationalism on the Iberian Peninsula
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2015
Contemporary Spain and Portugal share a historical experience as Iberian states that emerged within the context of al-Andalus. These centuries of Muslim presence in the Middle Ages became a contested heritage during the process of modern nation-building with its varied concepts and constructs of national...
by Muham Sakura Dragon
Language: English
Release Date: June 27, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: June 27, 2016
What is the meaning and purpose of life?’ This is, perhaps, the most important question that has ever been asked. Throughout the ages, philosophers have considered it to be the most fundamental question. Scientists, historians, philosophers, writers, psychologists and the common man all wrestle...
Rethinking Khayyaamism
His Controversial Poems and Vision
Language: English
Release Date: August 20, 2014
This book contains poetry attributed to Omar Khayyaam (1048-1131), a popular Iranian poet whose philosophies provoke strong reactions from those who agree or disagree with his ideas. Khayyaamism is a particular worldview that challenges established religious beliefs and practices that are contrary...
Religious Freedom in Islam
The Fate of a Universal Human Right in the Muslim World Today
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2019
Since at least the attacks of September 11, 2001, one of the most pressing political questions of the age has been whether Islam is hostile to religious freedom. Daniel Philpott examines conditions on the ground in forty-seven Muslim-majority countries today and offers an honest, clear-eyed answer...
Prophet Muhammad in French and English Literature
1650 to the Present
Language: English
Release Date: July 2, 2015
"Gunny, a pioneer in the study of French and European literary and theological representations of Islam in the modern period, offers a survey of over 350 years, which is both a cross cultural history and a discussion of the intellectual changes in the representation of the Prophet's life based on...
Health Sciences in Early Islam – Volume 1
Collected Papers By Sami K. Hamarneh
Language: English
Release Date: March 12, 1983
HEALTH SCIENCES IN EARLY ISLAM is a pioneering study of Islamic medicine that opens up new chapters of knowledge in the history of the healing sciences. This two volume work covers the development of Islamic medicine between the 6th and 12th centuries A.D. Transcending mere medical historiography,...
The Southern Transjordan Edomite Plateau and the Dead Sea Rift Valley
The Bronze Age to the Islamic Period (3800/3700 BC–AD 1917)
Language: English
Release Date: March 12, 2015
Burton MacDonald presents an in-depth study of the archaeology and history of human presence over the past five-six thousand years in the southern segment of the Transjordan/Edomite Plateau and the Dead Sea Rift Valley to the west. The evidence from archaeology for the area spans the entire period...
by Maria Nasir
Language: English
Release Date: June 22, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: June 22, 2015
“What to cook for Iftar and dinner?” An important question in many Muslim households during the holy month of Ramadan when every long-awaited meal is special.
This book of hand-picked family Ramadan recipes gives you an answer to this question for the whole week. For each day, there is...
The Qur'an and Modern Arabic Literary Criticism
From Taha to Nasr
Language: English
Release Date: May 17, 2018
In The Qur'an and Modern Arabic Literary Criticism, Mohammad Salama navigates the labyrinthine semantics that underlie this sacred text and inform contemporary scholarship. The book presents reflections on Quranic exegesis by explaining - and distinguishing between - interpretation and explication....
by Barbara Freyer Stowasser
Language: English
Release Date: August 18, 1994
Language: English
Release Date: August 18, 1994
Islamic ideas about women and their role in society spark considerable debate both in the Western world and in the Islamic world itself. Despite the popular attention surrounding Middle Eastern attitudes toward women, there has been little systematic study of the statements regarding women in the...
Politicizing Islam
The Islamic Revival in France and India
Language: English
Release Date: January 11, 2017
Home to the largest Muslim minorities in Western Europe and Asia, France and India are both grappling with crises of secularism. In Politicizing Islam, Fareen Parvez offers an in-depth look at how Muslims have responded to these crises, focusing on Islamic revival movements in the French city of Lyon...
Health Sciences in Early Islam – Volume 2
Collected Papers By Sami K. Hamarneh
Language: English
Release Date: March 12, 1984
HEALTH SCIENCES IN EARLY ISLAM is a pioneering study of Islamic medicine that opens up new chapters of knowledge in the history of the healing sciences. This two volume work covers the development of Islamic medicine between the 6th and 12th centuries A.D. Transcending mere medical historiography,...
The Holy Injil
The Good News According to Luke
Language: English
Release Date: September 21, 2015
The Holy Injil in Modern English: The Good News According to Luke is an entirely new, fresh, and vibrant translation of this important part of the Holy Scriptures. English has become the world’s lingua franca. This text of the Holy Injil is designed specifically for English speakers whose religious...