In the Shade of the Qur'an Vol. 10 (Fi Zilal al-Qur'an) (In the Shade of the Qur'an)
by Qutb Sayyid
This volume of Sayyid Qutb's tafsir, commentary on the Qur'an, covers Surah 12 Yusuf Surah 15 Al-Hijr (The Rocky Tract).
Al-Ghazali and the Qur'an (Culture and Civilization in the Middle East)
by Martin Whittingham
This book is the first of its kind to focus entirely on the Qur’anic interpretation of Abu Hamid al-Ghazali (1058-1111), a towering figure of Sunni Islam. Martin Whittingham explores both al-Ghazali’s hermeneutical methods and his interpretations of particular Quranic texts, and covers al-Ghazali’s mystical, legal and theological concerns. Divided into two parts:part one examines al-Ghazali’s legal and Sufi theoretical discussionspart two asks how these theories relate to his practice, analysin...
Democracy and Constitutional Politics in Iran
by Farshad Malek-Ahmadi
An inquisitive socio-historical analysis of the long road Iran has traveled in quest of constitutionalism and democracy. The book explicates the paradox that after over a hundred years of struggle for freedom, the Iranian people currently have less of it than they did a hundred years ago at this time.
Everyday Islamic Law and the Making of Modern South Asia (Islamic Civilization & Muslim Networks)
by Elizabeth Lhost
Beginning in the late eighteenth century, British rule transformed the relationship between law, society, and the state in South Asia. But qazis and muftis, alongside ordinary people without formal training in law, fought back as the colonial system in India sidelined Islamic legal experts. They petitioned the East India Company for employment, lobbied imperial legislators for recognition, and built robust institutions to serve their communities. By bringing legal debates into the public sphere,...
L'Interdiction Des Violences Conjugales En Islam
by Shaykh Muhammad Hisham Kabbani and Homayra Ziad
Multiple Modernities in Muslim Societies
Is there any such thing as modernity in Islamic societies and, if so, what are the identifiable elements of this modernity? Here, a leading group of thinkers and practitioners from diverse theoretical backgrounds pose the question of what it means to be modern - exploring notions of myriad 'multiple modernities' that operate beyond the Western singular definition of modern civilisation. Questions about which aspects of civilisation might be identified as the tangible elements of modernity are di...
The Four Madhhabs of Islam
by Abdalhaqq Bewley, Aisha Bewley, and Yasin Dutton
The Middle East into the Twenty-first Century (Ithaca Press paperbacks)
by Chibli Mallat
The author of this volume addresses the Middle East peace process, the Islamic political agenda and the future of some Middle Eastern states from both a domestic and a regional point of view.
Servants of the Sharia (2 vols) (African Sources for African History, #6)
This volume contains the full Qadi Records of Brava (1893 - 1900). The importance of these records for those studying Southern Somalia and the Swahili coast cannot be overestimated. The register is like a daily journal of events in a typical Swahili town. The information in the records covers a wide range of issues: Slavery, the role of women and their usage of the court system in the 19th century, the role of the Ulama, trade, inheritance, et cetera. The register is signed and stamped by the It...
Contemporary Thought in the Muslim World (Contemporary Thought in the Islamic World)
by Carool Kersten
This book presents an intellectual history of today’s Muslim world, surveying contemporary Muslim thinking in its various manifestations, addressing a variety of themes that impact on the lives of present-day Muslims. Focusing on the period from roughly the late 1960s to the first decade of the twenty-first century, the book is global in its approach and offers an overview of different strands of thought and trends in the development of new ideas, distinguishing between traditional, reactionar...
Muslim and American? (Law & Society: Recent Scholarship)
by Mark E Hanshaw
Sprachphilosophie in Der Islamischen Rechtstheorie (Islamic Philosophy, Theology and Science. Texts and Studies)
by Nora Kalbarczyk