The time is ripe for a series that explores Islam in the World beyond the narrow confines of Islam as a ‘global problem’. Islam contributes to the world across a vast range of issues – from finance, to health care provision, to popular music, to ideas of criminal justice, practices of statecraft and diplomacy, justice, globalization and ethics – and does so in a multifaceted and dynamic manner, resisting easy definition or explanation. Public opinion, policy makers and researchers will therefore benefit from these concise volumes (25,000-50,000 words) that offer timely and expert intervention to such critical issues.
By Cyrus Ali Zargar
July 11, 2024
The Ethics of Karbala investigates the relationship between sacred narratives and the development of character. Focusing on the warrior ethos expressed in accounts of the Battle of Karbala, Zargar searches for the place of the martial virtues in modern life and warfare. This book is the first of ...
By Sophia Vasalou
January 29, 2024
Al-Ghazālī and the Idea of Moral Beauty rethinks the relationship between the good and the beautiful by considering the work of eleventh-century Muslim theologian Abū Ḥāmid al-Ghazālī (d. 1111). A giant of Islamic intellectual history, al-Ghazālī is celebrated for his achievements in a wide range ...
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By Sadek Hamid, Stephen H. Jones
June 09, 2023
This unique collaboration between scholars, practitioners and Muslim artists profiles emerging forms of contemporary British Muslim art, prompting a debate about its purpose and its inclusion in UK society. It features analysis of Muslim art as a category, as well as reflective accounts of people ...
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By Samia Bano
February 01, 2023
In February 2018, the ‘Independent Review on Sharia Law in England and Wales’ was published, headed by Professor Mona Siddiqui. The review focused on whether sharia law is being misused or applied in a way that is incompatible with the domestic law in England and Wales, and, in particular, whether ...
By Alison Scott-Baumann, Simon Perfect
August 29, 2022
Freedom of speech and extremism in university campuses are major sources of debate and moral panic in the United Kingdom today. In 2018, the Joint Committee on Human Rights in Parliament undertook an inquiry into freedom of speech on campus. It found that much of the public concern is exaggerated, ...
By David H. Warren
August 01, 2022
Rivals in the Gulf: Yusuf al-Qaradawi, Abdullah Bin Bayyah, and the Qatar-UAE Contest Over the Arab Spring and the Gulf Crisis details the relationships between the Egyptian Shaykh Yusuf al-Qaradawi and the Al Thani royal family in Qatar, and between the Mauritanian Shaykh Abdullah Bin Bayyah and ...