Ismailism, one of the three major branches of Shiism, is best known for ta'wil, an esoteric, allegorizing scriptural exegesis. Beyond the Qur'?n: Early Ismaili ta'wil and the Secrets of the Prophets is the first book-length study of this interpretive genre. Analyzing sources composed by tenth-century Ismaili missionaries in light of social-science theories of cognition and sectarianism, David Hollenberg argues that the missionaries used ta'wil to instill in acolytes a set of symbolic patterns, f...
The Pentagon Of Islam (Vol, #1)
by Mu'addib Ibn Walid Shakir and Taalibud Dyin Al Amir Aswad
Without Forgetting the Imam is an ethnographic study of the religious life of the Lebanese Shi'ites of Dearborn, Michigan, the largest Muslim community outside of the Middle East. Based on four years of fieldwork, this book explores how the Lebanese who have emigrated, most in the past three decades, to the United States, have adapted to their new surroundings. Anthropologist Linda Walbridge delves into the ways in which politics and religion have converged as the Lebanese Shi'i community has re...
The Essential Message of the Qur'an captures the spiritual significance of the sacred text of Islam and how it inspired countless millions across the ages. Shaykh Haeri invites the reader into a deeper understanding of the major themes of the Qur'an that can offer insight into our present challenges. With brevity and insightful intelligence, our relationship with God, the sacred unity in all creation, the path of the heart and earthly life and the hereafter, all addressed with brevity and insi...
The Martyrs of Karbala (Publications on the Near East)
by Kamran Scot Aghaie
He Is Not Just A Soldier He Is My Son Proud Army Dad
by Creative Books Publishers
A Modern History of the Ismailis (Ismaili Heritage)
by Farhad Daftary
The Ismailis have enjoyed a long, eventful and complex history dating back to the 8th century CE and originating in the Shi'i tradition of Islam. During the medieval period, Ismailis of different regions - especially in central Asia, south Asia, Iran and Syria - developed and elaborated their own distinctive literary and intellectual traditions, which have made an outstanding contribution to the culture of Islam as a whole. At the same time, the Ismailis in the Middle Ages split into two main gr...
This book is one of the many Islamic publications distributed by Ahlulbayt Organization throughout the world in different languages with the aim of conveying the message of Islam to the people of the world. Ahlulbayt Organization is a registered Organisation that operates and is sustained through collaborative efforts of volunteers in many countries around the world, and it welcomes your involvement and support. Its objectives are numerous, yet its main goal is to spread the truth about the Isla...
Knowing the Imams Volume 5: Guardianship - Monotheism and Guardianship - Exegesis of the Verse on Guardianship
Shifts in Hizbullah S Ideology, The: Religious Ideology, Political Ideology, and Political Program (Isim Dissertations)
by Joseph Alagha
Knowing the Imams Volume 13: The Hadith of Two Weighty Things, Part 1
The devotional literature of the Ismailis in the Indo-Pakistan subcontinent is a rich seam of creativity in the cultural heritage of Islam. This book looks at the "ginans", a large corpus of hymns and poems composed in a variety of Indic languages and attributed to a series of preacher-saints who propagated Ismaili Islam in the subcontinent over several centuries. The work explores the origins of this literature in the larger historical, cultural and religious contexts of the Sufi, Bhakti and Sa...
Bihar Al-Anwaar Volume V (Bihar Al-Anwaar, #5)
by Allama Baqir Al-Majlisi
All Moms Give Birth To A Child Except My Moms She Gives Birth To A Fishing Legend.
by Creative Books Publishers
Holy Wars (Routledge Revivals) (Routledge Library Editions: Politics of Islam) (Routledge Revivals)
by Dilip Hiro
To some, Islamic Fundamentalism means the restoration of a true religion. To others, it is a politics that stands apart from capitalism and socialism. To many Westerners, it has come to constitute a threat to established order and international security. Holy Wars, first published in 1989, comprises a non-partisan narrative that takes account of both the socio-cultural values expressed in Fundamentalism, and its political consequences. Dilip Hiro's starting point is that fundamentalist forces ha...