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New and Published Books

1. Islam, Law and Identity

   Edited by Marinos Diamantides, Adam Gearey

   The essays brought together in Islam, Law and Identity are the product of a series of interdisciplinary workshops that brought together scholars from a plethora of countries. Funded by the British Academy the workshops convened over a period of two years in London, Cairo and Izmir. The workshops...

   Published March 31st 2013 by Routledge-Cavendish
2. The Pen and the Faith

   Eight Modern Muslim Writers and the Qur'an

   By Kenneth Cragg

   What is happening in Islam is of concern to more than Muslims. The Qur’an is the prime possession of Muslims: how then, are they reading and understanding their sacred Book today? This volume, originally published in 1985, examines eight writers from India, Egypt, Iran and Senegal. Their way with...

   Published March 14th 2013 by Routledge
3. Sufis of Andalucia

   The Ruh al-Quds and Al-Durat Fakhirah

   By M. Ibn 'Arabi

   Series: Routledge Library Editions: Islam

   Sufis of Andalusia consists of biographical sketches of some of the contemplatives and spiritual masters among whom Ibn 'Arabi spent his early years....

   Published March 14th 2013 by Routledge
4. Schools of Qur'anic Exegesis

   Genesis and Development

   By Hussein Abdul-Raof

   Series: Culture and Civilization in the Middle East

   Qur’anic exegesis has become the battleground of political Islam and theological conflict among various Muslim schools of thought. Using comparative and contrastive methodology, examples from the Qur'an are investigated in the light of various theological views to delineate the birth, development...

   Published March 14th 2013 by Routledge
5. Islam and Popular Culture in Indonesia and Malaysia

   Edited by Andrew N. Weintraub

   Series: Media, Culture and Social Change in Asia Series

   Home to approximately one-fifth of the world’s Muslim population, Indonesia and Malaysia are often overlooked or misrepresented in media discourses about Islam. Islam is a religion but there is also a popular culture, or popular cultures of Islam that are mass mediated, commercialized,...

   Published March 10th 2013 by Routledge
6. Islam, Culture and Women in Asia

   Complex Terrains

   Edited by Firdous Azim

   An examination of the place of religion, especially Islam, in political and cultural life took on a special urgency after the events of 9/11. The essays in this volume concentrate on the way that Islam impacts on the everyday lives of people who reside in societies where Islam plays a large part....

   Published March 5th 2013 by Routledge
7. Islam, Development, and Urban Women’s Reproductive Practices

   By Cortney Hughes Rinker

   Series: Routledge Studies in Anthropology

   Drawing on fieldwork conducted in Rabat, Morocco, this ethnography analyzes the relationship between neoliberal development policies, women’s reproductive practices, and popular understandings of Islam. In the 1990s, Morocco shifted its attention from economic to human development, as economic...

   Published March 3rd 2013 by Routledge
8. Holy Places in the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict

   Confrontation and Co-existence

   Edited by Marshall J. Breger, Yitzhak Reiter, Leonard Hammer

   Series: Routledge Studies in Middle Eastern Politics

   This book addresses the major generators of conflict and toleration at shared holy places in Palestine and Israel. Examining the religious, political and legal issues, the authors show how the holy sites have been a focus of both conflict and cooperation between different communities. Bringing...

   Published March 3rd 2013 by Routledge
9. The Foundation of the Ottoman Empire

   A History of the Osmanlis Up To the Death of Bayezid I 1300-1403

   By Herbert Adam Gibbons

   Originally published in 1916, this work provides a detailed study of the first century of the Ottoman Empire. It traces the life and career of Osman himself and of his descendants, Orkhan, Murad and Bayezid, who laid the foundations of the Ottoman Empire....

   Published February 28th 2013 by Routledge
10. Islam in the Nordic and Baltic Countries

    Edited by Göran Larsson

    Series: Islamic Studies Series

    Although Muslims are now an important presence in Europe, little is known about the Muslim communities that exist in the Nordic and Baltic regions of Europe. This is the first comprehensive and detailed study of the history, context and development of Islamic institutions and Muslim groups in...

    Published February 26th 2013 by Routledge