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1. Muslims in Britain: Making Social and Political Space

   Edited by Waqar Ahmad, Ziauddin Sardar

   This book examines the social and political position of Muslims in Britain. Contributions from academics and policy makers explore issues of religion and politics, Britishness, governance, parallel lives, gender issues, religion in civic space, ethnicity, and inter ethnic and religious relations....

   July 2011 | 978-0-415-59472-1 | Paperback (Routledge)

2. Domesticity and Consumer Culture in Iran: Interior Revolutions of the Modern Era

   By Pamela Karimi

   Since 1979 the focus on Iran’s internal politics and its foreign relations has distracted attention from more subtle transformations, which took place prior to and in the aftermath of the Islamic Revolution. This book explores Iranian domesticity and consumer culture from before the revolution...

   July 2011 | 978-0-415-78183-1 | Hardback (Routledge)

3. The Companion to Modern Israel

   Edited by Alain Dieckhoff

   This book provides a comprehensive profile of contemporary Israel. It is a unique in-depth survey of that country’s politics, international relations, society, economy, role in the Middle East and culture....

   May 2011 | 978-0-415-57392-4 | Hardback (Routledge)

4. Routledge Handbook of Political Islam

   Edited by Shahram Akbarzadeh

   This Handbook provides a multidisciplinary overview of the phenomenon of political Islam, one of the key political movements of our time. Drawing on the expertise from some of the top scholars in the world it examines a range of topics, from aspects of Muslim integration in the West to questions of...

   March 2011 | 978-0-415-48473-2 | Hardback (Routledge)

5. Orthodox Christians in Syria

   By Noriko Sato

   Sato gives a thought-provoking discussion of how Syrian Orthodox Christians in contemporary Syria shape the identity of their community, both to reinforce their separate culture, and also to emphasize their integration into wider Syrian society. Although Syrian Orthodox Christians have a long...

   March 2011 | 978-0-415-36369-3 | Hardback (Routledge)

6. Approaches to Qur'anic Exegesis: A Comparative Practical Analysis

   By Hussein Abdul-Raof

   March 2011 | 978-0-415-44958-8 | Hardback (Routledge)

7. The Global Impact of the Protocols of the Elders of Zion: A Century-Old Myth

   Edited by Esther Webman

   This book examines the impact of the Protocols of the Elders of Zion across the world since it was compiled in the early 20th century. It explores the tract’s successful dissemination and how such a blatant Anti-semitic fabrication is still accepted as true by so many....

   March 2011 | 978-0-415-59892-7 | Hardback (Routledge)

8. Islam, Law and Identity

   Edited by Marinos Diamantidis, Adam Gearey

   Islam, Law and Identity brings together a range of Muslim and non Muslim scholars in order to focus on recent debates about the nature of sacred and secular law. Law is central to the complex ways in which different Muslim communities and institutions create and re-create their identities...

   March 2011 | 978-0-415-56681-0 | Hardback (Routledge-Cavendish)
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   The Anthropology of Islam Reader

   By Jens Kreinath

   This Reader offers a comprehensive overview of the variety of methodological and theoretical approaches involved in, and relevant to, the emerging field of Anthropology of Islam. It pays particular attention to the study of ethnographic cases, featuring various forms of Islam as practiced in...

   March 2011 | 978-0-415-78025-4 | Paperback (Routledge)

10. The Holocaust and Representations of Jews: History and Identity in the Museum

    By K. Hannah Holtschneider

    This book examines the issues surrounding the representation of Jews within the context of museum exhibitions and depictions of the Holocaust. Casting new light on the issues surrounding the visual representation of Jews, the work of museum practitioners in relation to historical presentations and...

    February 2011 | 978-0-415-59714-2 | Hardback (Routledge)