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From the first Arab-Islamic Empire of the mid-seventh century to the Ottomans, the last great Muslim empire, the story of the Middle East has been ... More

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Extensive primary and secondary source materials, many translated here for the first time into English, are presented, making clear that jihad ... More

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"This brilliantly argued book turns conventional wisdom on its head. The source of Muslim anti-Semitism is more Western hate literature than Islamic ... More

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This book investigates the importance of waging jihad for legitimacy in pre-colonial Morocco. It counters colonial interpretations of the pre ... More

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Given the salience of the terms 'Salafism' or 'Jihadi-Salafism,' not only in specialist analysis but also in the media, the currents of Islamic ... More

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This introductory text guides students through the literature and source material on social and political medieval Islamic history (600-1500AD). The ... More

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For more information about the Encyclopeadia of Islam Online visit www.encislam.brill.nl to view a free demo or to place your order.

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As southern Lebanon becomes the latest battleground for Islamist warriors, "Everyday Jihad" plunges us into the sprawling, heavily populated ... More

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This volume contains a study of the letter corpus of Iso'jahbs III, Katholikos patriarch in Persia during the time of the Islamic conquest of this ... More

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Islam and Muslims is an introduction to Islam, the Muslim world and its people. The religion and beliefs, the life of Muhammad, and the development ... More

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For years, many have debated the relationship between religion and politics. In "Secularism in Afghanistan, " author Shukoor Zardushtian directs the ... More

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For centuries Sufism-Islamic mysticism-held a major place in Islamic spirituality, intellectual life, and popular religion. While many scholars have ... More

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This is a reprint of the late professor's work on Jamal al-Din al-Afghani (1838-1879) and his well-known Egyptian discipline Muhammad 'Abduh (1849 ... More

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What is jihad? Does it mean violence, as many non-Muslims assume? Or does it mean peace, as some Muslims insist? Because jihad is closely associated ... More

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One of the most far-reaching developments in the history of Islam was the rise of the four classical Sunni schools of law between the ninth and ... More

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A unique historical exploration of jihad from its early beginnnings to the present day

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This book introduces and explains the essential religious concepts of Islam to non-Muslim readers and shows how Islam nd evolved over the course of ... More

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In this insightful and wide-ranging history, Allen describes the 18th-century reform movement of Muhammed ibn Abd al-Wahhab and his followers--the ... More

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In this brief and readable book, "one of America's foremost authorities and interpreters of Islam" ("The Wall Street Journal") presents in question ... More

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An in-depth tour of the history of charity in Islamic societies from the beginnings of Islam to the present day.

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The essays that comprise this study eschew stereotypical representations of a politicized Islam in the Mediterranean Region. The contributors ... More

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These essays, written for the Fortnightly Review in the summer and autumn of 1881, were intended as first sketches only of a maturer work which the ... More

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Global jihadism has been on policy agendas for more than two decades. Since the 9/11 attacks, both transnational jihadi entities such as Al-Qaeda and ... More

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