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1. The Arab Diaspora

   Voices of an Anguished Scream

   Edited by Zahia Smail Salhi, Ian Richard Netton

   Series: Routledge Advances in Middle East and Islamic Studies

   The Arab Diaspora examines the range of roles the Arab world has played to various audiences on the modern and postmodern stage and the issues which have arisen as a result. The variety of roles explored reflects the diversity of Arab culture. With particular focus placed on political,...

   Published December 13th 2010 by Routledge
2. Encyclopedia of Islamic Civilisation and Religion

   Edited by Ian Richard Netton

   'The book maintains a clear objectivity about contentious topics like fundamentalism and science and women in Islam...as a desk and shelf reference work, it holds its own very well in a crowded field' - Reference Reviews The Encyclopedia of Islamic Civilisation and Religion provides scholarly...

   Published August 24th 2009 by Routledge
3. Islamic Philosophy and Theology

   Critical Concepts in Islamic Thought

   Edited by Ian Richard Netton

   Series: Critical Concepts in Islamic Studies

   Islam, one of the world’s great faiths, was born as a result of the revelation of the Qur’an to the Prophet Muhammad (c. 570-632) in Arabia. A proper understanding of the Islamic present depends on an accurate knowledge of the way in which Islamic thought developed from medieval times onwards. For...

   Published November 30th 2006 by Routledge
4. ISLAMIC PHILOSOPHY & THEOLOGY Vol 1

   Edited by Ian Richard Netton

   Published November 22nd 2006 by Routledge
5. ISLAMIC PHILOSOPHY & THEOLOGY Vol 2

   Edited by Ian Richard Netton

   Published November 22nd 2006 by Routledge
6. ISLAMIC PHILOSOPHY & THEOLOGY Vol 3

   Edited by Ian Richard Netton

   Published November 22nd 2006 by Routledge
7. ISLAMIC PHILOSOPHY & THEOLOGY Vol 4

   Edited by Ian Richard Netton

   Published November 22nd 2006 by Routledge
8. Muslim Neoplatonists

   An Introduction to the Thought of the Brethren of Purity

   By Ian Richard Netton

   The tenth or eleventh century group of the Brethren of Purity (Ikhwan al Safa) are as well known in the Arab world as Darwin, Marx and Freud in the west. Designed as an introduction to their ideas, this book concentrates on the Brethren's writings, analyzing the impact on them of thinkers...

   Published August 14th 2002 by Routledge
9. Sufi Ritual

   The Parallel Universe

   By Ian Richard Netton

   Series: Routledge Sufi Series

   This study reveals the world of Sufi ritual with particular reference to two major Sufi orders. It examines the ritual and practices of these orders and surveys their organisation and hierarchy, initiation ceremonies, and aspects of their liturgy such as dhikr (litany) and sama (mystical concert)....

   Published June 6th 2000 by Routledge
10. Al-Farabi and His School

    By Ian Richard Netton

    Examines one of the most exciting and dynamic periods in the development of medieval Islam, from the late 9th to the early 11th century, through the thought of five of its principal thinkers, prime among them al-Farabi. This great Islamic philosopher, called 'the Second Master' after Aristotle,...

    Published September 23rd 1999 by Routledge