Islamic Studies Series

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1. Salafi Ritual Purity

   In the Presence of God

   By Richard Gauvain

   Series: Islamic Studies Series

   Since 9/11, Salafism has attracted a great deal of attention from the world’s media, which predominantly focuses on its potential for revolutionary violence. Salafism remains poorly understood both in Western media, where it is now the focus of considerable debate, and in Western academia, where...

   Published November 12th 2012 by Routledge
2. Producing Islamic Knowledge

   Transmission and dissemination in Western Europe

   By Martin van Bruinessen, Stefano Allievi

   Series: Islamic Studies Series

   How do Muslims in Europe acquire discursive and practical knowledge of Islam? How are conceptions of Islamic beliefs, values and practices transmitted and how do they change? Who are the authorities on these issues that Muslims listen to? How do new Muslim discourses emerge in response to the...

   Published September 12th 2012 by Routledge
3. Muslim Women in Britain

   De-Mystifying the Muslimah

   By Sariya Contractor

   Series: Islamic Studies Series

   Perceptions of Muslim women in Western society have been shaped by historical and sociological conditions such as colonialism, patriarchy and Orientalism. In Muslim Women in Britain, Sariya Contractor seeks to reinstate the Muslimah as a storyteller who tells her own story. An exploration of the...

   Published July 2nd 2012 by Routledge
4. Early Orientalism

   Imagined Islam and the Notion of Sublime Power

   By Ivan Kalmar

   Series: Islamic Studies Series

   The history of western notions about Islam is of obvious scholarly as well as popular interest today. This book investigates Christian images of the Muslim Middle East, focusing on the period from the Renaissance to the Enlightenment, when the nature of divine as well as human power was under...

   Published December 12th 2011 by Routledge
5. Muslim Women Online

   Faith and Identity in Virtual Space

   By Anna Piela

   Series: Islamic Studies Series

   While issues surrounding Muslim women are common in the international media, the voices of Muslim women themselves are largely absent from media coverage and despite the rapidly increasing presence of Muslim women in online groups and discussions, it is still a relatively unexplored topic.This book...

   Published October 11th 2011 by Routledge
6. Shari'a Compliant Microfinance

   Edited by S. Nazim Ali

   Series: Islamic Studies Series

   In the recent past, Islamic finance has made an impressive case on the banking scene by becoming an alternative to the popular conventional financial systems, spurring a lively academic debate on how the Islamic finance industry can expand its services to cover the poor. Several propositions have...

   Published July 27th 2011 by Routledge
7. Political Liberalism in Muslim Societies

   By Fevzi Bilgin

   Series: Islamic Studies Series

   Having survived the process of modernization and reasserted themselves in public life, religious traditions play an increasingly important public role in shaping and defining social institutions and interactions. This book examines Rawls’s theory of political liberalism in the context of ...

   Published January 20th 2011 by Routledge
8. Islam and Disability

   Perspectives in Theology and Jurisprudence

   By Mohammed Ghaly

   Series: Islamic Studies Series

   This book explores the position of Islamic theology and jurisprudence towards people with disabilities. It investigates how early and modern Muslim scholars tried to reconcile their existence with the concept of a merciful God, and also looks at how people with disabilities might live a dignified...

   Published September 30th 2010 by Routledge
9. Historians, State and Politics in Twentieth Century Egypt

   Contesting the Nation

   By Anthony Gorman

   Series: Islamic Studies Series

   This book deals with the relationship between historical scholarship and politics in twentieth century Egypt. It examines the changing roles of the academic historian, the university system, the state and non-academic scholarship and the tension between them in contesting the modern history of...

   Published July 28th 2010 by Routledge
10. Interest in Islamic Economics

    Understanding Riba

    By Abdulkader Thomas

    Series: Islamic Studies Series

    With Islamic banking gradually becoming a more influential factor in the West, an analysis of the concept of riba – a definition of which is not given in the Qur’an – is long overdue. This text presents readers with various interpretations of this Islamic economic concept – generally perceived as ‘...

    Published June 22nd 2010 by Routledge