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“windham loopesko”

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  • . . . and the Sun Will Rise from the West

    The Predicament of "Islamic Terrorism" and the Way Out

    by Rafaat Ludin, Windham Loopesko ...
    This book seeks to offer an interpretation of how terrorism has become a tool of Muslim radicals and why it is completely at odds with the teaching of Islam. It claims that terrorism has nothing to do with Islam as a religion but the evolution of Muslims, especially in the past one thousand years, has created an environment in which fanaticism, radicalism and violence can nourish. Supported by ... Read more

    $6.99 CAD

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  • Salonica, City of Ghosts

    Christians, Muslims and Jews 1430-1950

    by Mark Mazower ...
    Salonica, located in northern Greece, was long a fascinating crossroads metropolis of different religions and ethnicities, where Egyptian merchants, Spanish Jews, Orthodox Greeks, Sufi dervishes, and Albanian brigands all rubbed shoulders. Tensions sometimes flared, but tolerance largely prevailed until the twentieth century when the Greek army marched in, Muslims were forced out, and the Nazis ... Read more

    $11.99 CAD

  • From Deep State to Islamic State

    The Arab Counter-Revolution and its Jihadi Legacy

    by Jean-Pierre Filiu ...
    In his disturbing and timely book Jean-Pierre Filiu lays bare the strategies and tactics employed by the Middle Eastern autocracies, above all those of Syria, Egypt, Yemen and Algeria, that set out to crush the democratic uprisings of the 'Arab Revolution.' In pursuit of these goals they turned to the intelligence agencies and internal security arms of the 'deep state,' the armed forces, and to ... Read more

    $20.39 CAD

  • The Clash of Ideas in World Politics

    Transnational Networks, States, and Regime Change, 1510-2010

    by John M. Owen, IV ...
    Series series Princeton Studies in International History and Politics
    Some blame the violence and unrest in the Muslim world on Islam itself, arguing that the religion and its history is inherently bloody. Others blame the United States, arguing that American attempts to spread democracy by force have destabilized the region, and that these efforts are somehow radical or unique. Challenging these views, The Clash of Ideas in World Politics reveals how the Muslim ... Read more

    $63.79 CAD

  • Canadian Islamic Schools

    Unravelling the Politics of Faith, Gender, Knowledge, and Identity

    by Jasmin Zine ...
    Religious schooling in Canada has been a controversial subject since the secularization of the public school system, but there has been little scholarship on Islamic education. In this ethnographic study of four full-time Islamic schools, Jasmin Zine explores the social, pedagogical, and ideological functions of these alternative, and religiously-based educational institutions. Based on eighteen ... Read more

    $42.99 CAD

  • Women and Cultural Citizenship in Turkey

    Mass Media and ‘Woman’s Voice’ Television

    by Solen Sanli ...
    In 2005, a Turkish woman was shot dead by her son in an 'honour killing' for appearing on a popular women's talk show on television. The show invited ordinary women from lower socio-economic classes to speak of their experiences of family life: marriage, divorce, child custody rights and relations with in-laws. Here, Solen Sanli examines the diversification of mass media in Turkey following ... Read more

    $199.99 CAD

  • Initiative to Stop the Violence

    Sadat's Assassins and the Renunciation of Political Violence

    by al-Gama'ah al-Islamiyah ...
    Translated by Prof. Sherman Jackson ...
    Series series World Thought in Translation
    Formerly one of the largest and most militant Islamic organizations in the Middle East, Egypt’s al-Gama‘ah al-Islamiyah is believed to have played an instrumental role in numerous acts of global terrorism, including the assassination of President Anwar Sadat and the 1993 World Trade Center bombing. In later years, however, the organization issued a surprising renunciation of violence, repudiating ... Read more

    $93.99 CAD

  • The Fatimids

    1 - The Rise of a Muslim Empire

    by Shainool Jiwa ...
    Series series World of Islam
    I.B.Tauris in association with the Institute of Ismaili StudiesEmerging from a period of long seclusion, the leader of the burgeoning community of Ismaili Shi'i Muslims was declared the first Fatimid Imam-caliph in the year 909. Abd Allah al-Mahdi founded the only sustained Shi'i dynasty (909-1171) to rule over substantial parts of the medieval Muslim world, rivalling both the Umayyads of Spain ... Read more

    $16.99 CAD

  • Women's Rights in Authoritarian Egypt

    Negotiating Between Islam and Politics

    by Hiam Elgousi ...
    During the uprisings of late 2010 and 2011 which took place across the Middle East and North Africa, women made up an important part of the crowds protesting. Women's rights were central to the demands made. However, despite this, in the ensuing social and political struggles, these rights have not progressed much beyond the situation under previous governments. Hiam El-Gousi's book offers an ... Read more

    $183.99 CAD

  • New Perspectives on the Qur'an

    The Qur'an in its Historical Context 2

    Edited by Gabriel Reynolds ...
    Series series Routledge Studies in the Qur'an
    This book continues the work of The Qur’ān in its Historical Context, in which an international group of scholars address an expanded range of topics on the Qur’ān and its origins, looking beyond medieval Islamic traditions to present the Qur’ān’s own conversation with the religions and literatures of its day.Particular attention is paid to recent debates and controversies in the field, and to ... Read more

    $97.99 CAD

  • Islam, Law and Identity

    Edited by Marinos Diamantides, Adam Gearey ...
    The essays brought together in Islam, Law and Identity are the product of a series of interdisciplinary workshops that brought together scholars from a plethora of countries. Funded by the British Academy the workshops convened over a period of two years in London, Cairo and Izmir. The workshops and the ensuing papers focus on recent debates about the nature of sacred and secular law and most ... Read more

    $83.81 CAD

  • Beyond Feminism and Islamism

    Gender and Equality in North Africa

    by Doris H. Gray ...
    Are women in North Africa and the Middle East 'feminist'? Or is being a Muslim incompatible with feminism? Is there such a thing as 'Islamic feminism'? Through interviews with Moroccan activists and jurists - both male and female - and by situating these interviews within their socio-political and economic contexts, Doris Gray addresses these questions. By doing so, she attempts to move beyond the ... Read more

    $47.99 CAD