#▷▷ Islamic History: April 2011

Saturday, April 30, 2011

Geographies of Muslim Women: Gender, Religion, and Space

This groundbreaking volume explores how Islamic discourse and practice intersect with gender relations and broader political and economic processes to shape women's geographies in a variety of regional contexts. Contributors represent a wide range of disciplinary subfields and perspectives--cultural geography, political geography, development studies, migration studies, and historical geography--yet they share a common focus on bringing issues of space and place to the forefront of analyses of Muslim women's experiences. Themes addressed include the intersections of gender, development and religion; mobility and migration; and discourse, representation, and the contestation of space. In the process, the book challenges many stereotypes and assumptions about the category of "Muslim woman," so often invoked in public debate in both traditional societies and the West...

Islam and Sport

Contents : * THE IDEA OF SPORT IN KORAN * SPORT IN THE PERIOD OF THE PROPHET MOHAMMED * THE MUSLIMS SPORT POINT OF VIEW AFTER THE PROPHET MUHAMMED * THE VIEWS OF ISLAMIC SCHOLARS ABOUT SPORT * TRADITIONAL SPORTS IN ISLAMIC WORLD o ARCHERY o WRESTLING o HORSEMANSHIP AND HORSE RACES o OTHER SPORT GAMES * SPORT GAMES IN ISLAMIC COUNTRIES * SPORT BY THE RELIGION SOCIOLOGY AND PSYCHOLOGY POINT OF VIEW * CONCLUSION..

God's Continent: Christianity, Islam, and Europe's Religious Crisis

What does the future hold for European Christianity? Is the Christian church doomed to collapse under the weight of globalization, Western secularism, and a flood of Muslim immigrants? Is Europe, in short, on the brink of becoming "Eurabia"? Though many pundits are loudly predicting just such a scenario, Philip Jenkins reveals the flaws in these arguments in God's Continent and offers a much more measured assessment of Europe's religious future. While frankly acknowledging current tensions, Jenkins shows, for instance, that the overheated rhetoric about a Muslim-dominated Europe is based on politically convenient myths: that Europe is being imperiled by floods of Muslim immigrants, exploding Muslim birth-rates, and the demise of European Christianity. He points out that by no means are Muslims the only new immigrants in Europe. Christians from Africa, Asia, and Eastern Europe are also pouring into the Western countries, and bringing with them a vibrant and enthusiastic faith that ..

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Holy Land, Whose Land? Modern Dilemma, Ancient Roots

A ""must read"" for anyone who seeks to understand the tragedy of contemporary international events taking place in the Middle East today. Solid, carefully researched, deftly written. --Midwest Book ReviewDrummond traces the complex histyory of the Holy Land over four millennia in an intelligent and accessible style, [with] solid research and thoughtful personal reflections. --Rep. Lee Hamilton, Co-Chairman, 9/11 Commission; Director, Woodrow Wilson International Center for ScholarsIn Holy Land, Whose Land?, a scholarly yet genuinely personalized account, Dorothy Drummond speaks with the ease of a gifted tour guide and the presence of a professional teacher. --Ralph Allen, reviewed in The Professional GeographerHoly Land, Whose Land? Modern Dilemma, Ancient Roots investigates the tradition, history, and beliefs that underlie the conflict between Israelis and Palestinians. An unbiased account of the struggle that is pivotal in the Middle East today.From the AuthorThe story of the Holy L..

Istanbul, Turkey: Author of Returning to Istanbul

Batuhan and Jasmine Soylu are the authors of the novel and screenplay, Returning to Istanbul, Turkey. The novel and screenplay teach the importance of Islam and the understanding of international trade between Muslim countries with the rest of the world markets around the globe. Jasmine Soylu travels on a cruise ship from Miami to Istanbul with her mother. The journey helps her recall romantic memories of her mother and father. Jasmine Soylu writes a love story about Islam and the relationship religion has with international trade from Mecca to New York. Jasmine's father, Captain Daskin, takes his family to the Hajj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia. The captain sails to bazaars in Egypt, Baghdad, and the famous souqs of Damascus. Trek from the Golden Horn of Anatolia to the Louvre Museum in Paris, France as Jasmine Soylu learns how to negotiate with her father, Captain Daskin, as he imports rare books made of Ancient Egyptian papyrus. Fight pirates at the sea ports in Alexandria, learn langu..

ATOM TO ADAM HOW, WHEN AND WHERE? IN THE LIGHT OF QURAN, BIBLE AND SCIENCE A STUDY OF HUMAN ORIGIN

Finally a book that takes a fresh look at the Holy Scriptures to explain how Adam originated. The book also suggests the time and place of his appearance, the location of the Garden of Eden, the location where Adam and Eve settled after their exit from the Garden of Eden, their lifestyle, and what triggered the spread of humans over the globe. The book makes an honest effort to bridge the gap between the Holy Scriptures and Science about human origin. Whereas scientists still struggle to define humanity, the book defines it from the Scriptural perspective and suggests when it began. The book also proposes a Quranic solution for the elusive Missing Links in the Theory of Evolution...

Friday, April 29, 2011

The Koran - A Review from an American Perspective (Religion)

The Koran sadly is a joke in that it leads people to believe a rambling of teaching that are meaningless and false. Many will sayTHE Koran occupies an important position among the great religious books of the world, it doesn't, it is a falsely written text written by a man who didn't like society as it was and therefore set out to change it to his liking, not Gods. Though the youngest of the epoch-making works belonging to this class of literature, it yields to hardly any in the wonderful effect which it has produced on large masses of men. It has created an all but new phase of human thought and a fresh type of character. It first transformed a number of heterogeneous desert tribes of the Arabian peninsula into a nation of heroes though today they might be considered theives who live off the seat of others, and then proceeded to create the vast politico-religious organisations of the Muhammedan world which are one of the great forces with which Europe and the West have to reckon today..

Ramadan and Fasting

Ramadan and fasting in Ramadan are one of the VERY beloved acts of worship (and Ibadah) in the eyes of Allah!This e-book provides Allah’s commands, prophet guidance and scholarly advice and interpretation on a great Islamic month – Ramadan. It also covers the virtues of fasting – rewards that no one can comprehend.Consider the following about Ramadan and Fasting.The prophet said, ““Whoever fasts the month of Ramadan out of faith and in the hope of earning reward, all his previous sins will be forgiven, and whoever stays up during Laylat al-Qadr out of faith and in the hope of earning reward, all his previous sins will be forgiven.” (Agreed upon). ”Nothing probably explains more about the blessings of Ramadan than the Night of Decree (Laylatal Qadr) – the worship during that ONE night is better than worshipping Allah for more than ONE THOUDAND months!On the Night of the Descree in Ramadan, descend the angels and the Rooh [Jibreel (Gabriel)] by Allah’s Permission with a..

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HUMAN RIGHTS & ISLAM

Table of ContentDIFFERENT WORLDS: AN INTRODUCTIONHUMAN RIGHTS LAWS IN THE RELIGIOUS AND SECULAR CONTEXTRIGHTS IN EARLY ISLAMHUMAN RIGHTS IN THE QUR’ANMANKIND IN THE QUR’ÁNOrigins and Nature of Man in the Qur’anSlavery in the Qur’anGovernance in the Qur’anWomen in the Qur’anReligious Minorities in the Qur’anImmigration in the Qur’anChildren and Parents in the Qur’anAnimals and other Creatures in the Qur’anCoercion in the Qur’anFreedom of Worship in Qur’anPersonal Property in the Qur’anHUMAN RIGHTS IN THE HADITHRights in the HadíthWomen in HadíthGovernment in HadithPenalties in HadithProperty Rights and other Legal Limitations in HadithREVIEW AND ANALYSIS QUESTIONSHUMAN RIGHTS IN CLASSICAL ISLAMIC THOUGHTTREATISE ON RIGHTSREVIEW AND ANALYSIS QUESTIONSHUMAN RIGHTS & MODERN HUMANISMCross-Pollination: Civilizational TransfersSaint Thomas Aquinas on Law, Morality, and PoliticsHUMAN RIGHTS IN THE WEST: HISTORY & CONTEXTFrom Declarations to Treaties: Human Rights i..

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Jesus and Muhammad : Parallel Tracks, Parallel Lives

Jesus and Muhammad are two of the best known and revered figures in history, each with a billion or more global followers. Now, in this intriguing volume, F.E. Peters offers a clear and compelling analysis of the parallel lives of Jesus and Muhammad, the first such in-depth comparison in print. Like a detective, Peters compiles "dossiers" of what we do and do not know about the lives and portraits of these towering figures, drawing on the views of modern historians and the evidence of the Gospels and the Quran. With erudition and wit, the author nimbly leads the reader through drama and dogma to reveal surprising similarities between the two leaders and their messages. Each had a public career as a semi-successful preacher. Both encountered opposition that threatened their lives and those of their followers. Each left a body of teaching purported to be their very words, with an urgent imperative that all must become believers in the face of the approaching apocalypse. Both a..

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The Rise of Jihadist Extremism in the West: An Analysis of Extremist Ideologies and the Most Notable Figureheads of Radicalisation

Over the last two decades, Europe and the West in general has seen a rise in Jihadist extremism. Radical groups, using methods similar to those of cult sects, have substantially increased their recruitment of disaffected Muslims. What are the factors that have led to this extremist ideology becoming uncomfortably prevalent in the West? Muslims and non-Muslims alike need to understand the context within which these extremist sects operate and the principles they have invented to propagate their dangerous ideology. It is important to understand the pretext they utilize to attack targets in the West. Suicide bombings in the West are mere symptoms and extensions of that which the extremists have been unleashing upon Muslim countries and populations for decades. Excommunication (takfir), violence, bloodshed and rebellion began in the Muslim lands, against the Muslim governments and the Muslim populations. In November 1979, a radical group stormed the Grand Mosque in Mecca, the most sa..

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Islam, Science, and the Challenge of History

In this wide-ranging and masterful work, Ahmad Dallal examines the significance of scientific knowledge and situates the culture of science in relation to other cultural forces in Muslim societies. He traces the ways in which the realms of scientific knowledge and religious authority were delineated historically. The realization of a discrepancy between tradition and science often led to demolition and rebuilding and, most important, to questioning whether scientific knowledge should take precedence over religious authority in a matter where their realms clearly overlap. Dallal frames his inquiry around three concerns: What cultural forces provided the conditions for debate over the primacy of religion or science? How did these debates emerge? And how were they sustained? His primary objectives are to study science in Muslim societies within its larger cultural context and to trace the epistemological distinctions between science and philosophy, on the one hand, and science and reli..

Thursday, April 28, 2011

Rumi

An authoritative but accessible introduction to this important 13th-century historian and mystic poet Rumi, this work concentrates on the social and cultural environment in which he lived and produced his influential works. The book describes the war-torn lives of the people in Asia Minor at the time and states that few figures in history have made an appeal for peace so enlightened that it traveled down the centuries. A selection of passages from Rumi's works is also included, explaining his core philosophy in his own words...

Marriage and Slavery in Early Islam

What did it mean to be a wife, woman, or slave in a society in which a land-owning woman was forbidden to lay with her male slave but the same slave might be allowed to take concubines? Jurists of the nascent Maliki, Hanafi, and Shafi‘i legal schools frequently compared marriage to purchase and divorce to manumission. Juggling scripture, precedent, and custom on one hand, and the requirements of logical consistency on the other, legal scholars engaged in vigorous debate. The emerging consensus demonstrated a self-perpetuating analogy between a husband’s status as master and a wife’s as slave, even as jurists insisted on the dignity of free women and, increasingly, the masculine rights of enslaved husbands. Marriage and Slavery in Early Islam presents the first systematic analysis of how these jurists conceptualized marriage—its rights and obligations—using the same rhetoric of ownership used to describe slavery. Kecia Ali explores parallels between marriage and concubina..

After Jihad: America and the Struggle for Islamic Democracy

A lucid and compelling case for a new American stance toward the Islamic world.What comes after jihad? Outside the headlines, believing Muslims are increasingly calling for democratic politics in their undemocratic countries. But can Islam and democracy successfully be combined? Surveying the intellectual and geopolitical terrain of the contemporary Muslim world, Noah Feldman proposes that Islamic democracy is indeed viable and desirable, and that the West, particularly the United States, should work to bring it about, not suppress it.Encouraging democracy among Muslims threatens America's autocratic Muslim allies, and raises the specter of a new security threat to the West if fundamentalists are elected. But in the long term, the greater threat lies in continuing to support repressive regimes that have lost the confidence of their citizens. By siding with Islamic democrats rather than the regimes that repress them, the United States can bind them to the democratic principles they say ..

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Returning to Istanbul: Screenplay Based on the Novel (Series of Books on Turkey and International Trade)

Returning to Istanbul is a screen adaption based on the novel, Returning to Istanbul by Jasmine Soylu and Batuhan Soylu. In the novel, Jasmine Soylu travels on a cruise ship from Miami to Istanbul with her mother. The journey helps her recall romantic memories of her mother and father. Jasmine Soylu writes a love story about Islam and the relationship religion has with international trade from Mecca to New York. Jasmine's father, Captain Daskin, takes his family to the Hajj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia. The captain sails to bazaars in Egypt, Baghdad, and the famous souqs of Damascus. Trek from the Golden Horn of Anatolia to the Louvre Museum in Paris, France as Jasmine Soylu learns how to negotiate with her father, Captain Daskin, as he imports rare books made of Ancient Egyptian papyrus. Fight pirates at the sea ports in Alexandria, learn languages along the Mediterranean Sea, and study the relationship between Islam and international trade around the planet. Jasmine Soylu travels to (a..