The Conclusive Argument from God (Islamic Philosophy, Theology and Science. Texts and Studies, #25)
The Conclusive Argument of God is the master work of Shah Wali Allah of Delhi (1762), considered to be the most important Muslim thinker of pre-modern South Asia. This work, originally written in Arabic, represents a synthesis of the Islamic intellectual disciplines authoritative in the 18th century. In order to argue for the rational, ethical, and spiritual basis for the implementation of the hadith injunctions of the Prophet Muhammad, Shah Wali Allah develops a cohesive schema of the metaphysi...
Blessed Names and Characteristics of Prophet Muhammad (Blessed Names)
by Abdur Raheem Kidwai
This beautiful presentation of Blessed Names and Characteristics of Prophet Muhammad draws the reader nearer to the Prophet through contemplation and reflection of his names, their meaning and how each shapes our daily lives. By studying the Prophet's names readers may grasp the pivotal role of the Prophet in Islam and the interrelationship between God, the Prophet, and man. The Prophet's names are also reflective of his unblemished character and conduct, shedding light upon the attributes that...
This is part of a series giving information on the architectural styles in many different parts of the world. Each guide focuses on a distinctive type of architecture within a country or a particular region, giving a detailed, well-illustrated survey of the buildings most likely to excite the traveller's curiosity and stay in the mind long after the return home. The introductory section of each book provides the historical context to the buildings. Against this background, the development and ch...
Contesting Kurdish Identities in Sweden: Quest for Belonging Among Middle Eastern Youth
by Barzoo Eliassi
The question of identity, and especially its formation among youth, has received significant academic attention as our worlds become intricately and unpredictably connected through satellite televisions, mobile telephones, Internet, and social networking platforms. Marking a distinct addition to such scholarship, this volume is an ethnographic study of the under-investigated issue of Indian Muslim youth's emergent subjectivity in a media-saturated globalized Indian society. The author develops t...
Many Westerners view Islam as a religion that restricts and subordinates women in both private and public life. Yet a surprising number of women in Western Europe and America are converting to Islam. What attracts these women to a belief system that is markedly different from both Western Christianity and Western secularism? What benefits do they gain by converting, and what are the costs? How do Western women converts live their new Islamic faith, and how does their conversion affect their fami...
Musique Et Danse Selon Ibn Taymiyya (Etudes Musulmanes, #33)
by Jean-R Michot
Islamic Alternatives (Gottinger Orientforschungen, III. Reihe: Iranica, #16)
Der Kategorienkommentar Von Abū L-Farağ ʿabdallāh Ibn Aṭ-Ṭayyib (Aristoteles Semitico-Latinus, #19)
by Cleophea Ferrari
Lisan Al-Arab, 9 (Neue Beihefte Zur Wiener Zeitschrift Fur die Kunde Des Morge, #9)
The Arabic Manuscripts in North Africa and Sub-Saharan Countries (Lectures)
by Ahmed Chouqui Binebine
Jerusalem, the holy city of three faiths, has been the focus of competing historical, religious, and political narratives from Biblical chronicles to today's headlines. With an aura that transcends the boundaries of time and place, the city itself embodies different levels of reality - indeed, different realities altogether - for both observers and inhabitants. There is the real Jerusalem, a place of ancient streets and monuments, temples and coffee-houses, religious discourse and political argu...
