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Book SynopsisIn a new accessible narrative, Andre Wink presents his major reinterpretation of the long-term history of India and the Indian Ocean region from the perspective of world history and geography. Situating the history of the Indianized territories of South Asia and Southeast Asia within the wider history of the Islamic world, he argues that the long-term development and transformation of Indo-Islamic history is best understood as the outcome of a major shift in the relationship between the sedentary peasant societies of the river plains, the nomads of the great Saharasian arid zone and the seafaring populations of the Indian Ocean. This revisionist work redraws the Asian past as the outcome of the fusion of these different types of settled and mobile societies, placing geography and environment at the centre of human history.Trade Review'Professor André Wink offers a thrilling survey of two millennia's worth of history across the Indo-Islamic world. He presents a model of transnational and environmental history writing. It will be a valuable resource for scholars and teachers of South Asian, Central Asian and Islamic world history.' Nandini Chatterjee, University of Exeter'Bold, ambitious and iconoclastic. Wink's sweeping history tackles big questions head-on in an important and often daring re-casting of the Indo-Islamic world.' Peter Frankopan, University of Oxford'This is an impressive masterpiece of synthesis. By integrating the histories of settled and nomadic societies, the steppes and the seas, Islamic empires and European trading companies, Wink makes a momentous intervention in the field of global history.' Jos Gommans, Leiden UniversityTable of ContentsIntroduction; 1. Pre-historic and ancient antecedents; 2. The expansion of agriculture and settled society; 3. Geography and the world-historical context; 4. Medieval India and the rise of Islam; 5. From the Mongols to the Great Mughals; 6. The empire of the Great Mughals and its Indian foundations; 7. The Indian Ocean in the age of the Estado da India and the East India Companies; Epilogue

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Book SynopsisIslamophobia in America offers new perspectives on prejudice against Muslims, which has become increasingly widespread in the USA in the past decade. The contributors document the history of anti-Islamic sentiment in American culture, the scope of organized anti-Muslim propaganda, and the institutionalization of this kind of intolerance.Trade Review"In this must-read deconstruction of the psychosis called 'Islamophobia,' editor Ernst offers readers a conversation from the diverse voices that discuss Islam in the US. Five insightful essays make up this time exchange which provides historical contextualization, [analysis of] the unexamined victimhood of women, a broader global perspective, and a case study in citizenship and belonging . . . Highly recommended." CHOICE "Islamophobia in America: The Anatomy of Intolerance is an excellent and timely addition to the growing scholarship on the academic study of Islamophobia. Professor Ernst has compiled the contributions of well-known scholars and academics in the field, providing insights on the subject that hasn't been dealt with in other works on the topic." - Edgar Hopida, Senior Consultant of the San Diego Chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-San Diego) "No other book addresses the deep structure of Islamophobia, a feverish force of aggression against Islam, and Muslims, that blights the Euro-American public square. The contributors to this volume are all well known for their advocacy of a broad-gauged perspective on American Muslims. Not outsiders but insiders, Muslims are the woof and warp of the piebald social fabric that makes America American." - Bruce B. Lawrence, author of New Faiths, Old Fears: Muslims and Other Asian Immigrants in American Religious Life "Islamophobia in America: The Anatomy of Intolerance is paradigm-turning theorization which redirects analysis of Islamophobia from 'what is it about Islam' to 'what is it about America' that triggers fear and bigotry. The contributions provide brilliant insights into the trigger mechanism of state-building, militarism, media, race, the enmeshment of religion and national purpose, and the contested and unfinished project of making America." - Suad Joseph, University of California, Davis, USA "Fear of Islam is both quite old and quite new. In our own time and in the USA, the fear of militant Islam began to take on explicit and particular shapes in 1979, during the Iranian Revolution with the taking of American hostages, which brought nightly coverage of Islam holding American officials hostage in Tehran on the ABC News program Nightline. With the expansion of cable news networks and the Internet, Islam has been represented as hostile to Americans on a constantly increasing basis ever since. The events of 9/11 simply compounded this. Situating American Islamophobia in its historical context, this important volume contributes to our understanding of a problem so rampant today it is prevalent even in the discourse of candidates seeking public office." - Richard C. Martin, Emory University, USA, editor of Review of Middle East Studies "Carl Ernst, with his informed perspective and years of teaching Islamic studies both in the US and around the world, has provided a timely and crucial rational analysis and critically comparative study of an otherwise highly charged political issue. This book should be required reading for local, state, and national policy makers as well as anyone who claims interest in interfaith dialogue and the academic study of religion." - Brannon Wheeler, Director, Center for Middle East and Islamic Studies, US Naval Academy, USATable of ContentsIntroduction: The Problem of Islamophobia; Carl W. Ernst 1. Common Heritage, Uncommon Fear: Islamophobia in the United States and British India, 1687-1947; Peter Gottschalk and Gabriel Greenberg 2. Islamophobia and American History: Religious Stereotyping and Out-grouping of Muslims in the United States; Kambiz GhaneaBassiri 3. The Black Muslim Scare of the Twentieth Century: The History of State Islamophobia and Its Post-9/11 Variations; Edward E. Curtis 4. Center Stage: Gendered Islamophobia and Muslim Women; Juliane Hammer 5. Attack of the Islamophobes: Religious War (and Peace) in Arab/Muslim Detroit; Andrew J. Shryock

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Book SynopsisThe Western world often fears many aspects of Islam, without the knowledge to move forward. On the other hand, there are sustained and complex debates within Islam about how to live in the modern world with faith. Alison Scott-Baumann and Sariya Contractor-Cheruvallil here propose solutions to both dilemmas, with a particular emphasis on the role of women.Challenging existing beliefs about Islam in Britain, this book offers a paradigm shift based on research conducted over 15 years. The educational needs within several groups of British Muslims were explored, resulting in the need to offer critical analysis of the provision for the study of classical Islamic Theology in Britain. Islamic Education in Britain responds to the dissatisfaction among many young Muslim men and women with the theological/secular split, and their desire for courses that provide combinations of these two strands of their lived experience as Muslim British citizens. Grounded in empiricalTrade ReviewThis book opens up new opportunities for research and practice towards understanding Islam in the British context, and marks a significant contribution for a wide audience of educational researchers, higher education stakeholders, and policymakers alike ... The language is accessible ... For academics, it remains an informative overview of Islamic education provision in the UK and offers a new approach to its challenges. * Journal of Beliefs and Values *This book is a rich resource for understanding Islam in Britain from two authors with significant relevant research experience ... Scott-Baumann and Cheruvallil-Contractor make an important contribution to a conversation which needs to happen about education, Islam and Britain. * Theology Journal *This is a book not just for educationalists, but anyone interested in obtaining a well-informed, nuanced view of an important aspect of British Muslim institutional life and the factors that motivate young Muslims to enroll in Islamic Studies courses. * Salaam: Muslims in Britain *This is a useful book that synthesises the work of two energetic British researchers who, separately and together, have done a great deal to map and explain the terrain of Islamic education in Britain. Based on strong empirical and interdisciplinary foundations, they describe the complexity of this field of study with intelligence, sensitivity and insight, and their work will be of value to educationalists from a wide range of institutions. -- Sophie Gilliat-Ray, Professor of Religious & Theological Studies, and Director of the Centre for the Study of Islam in the UK, Cardiff University, UKThis book is extremely encouraging, motivating and inspiring. I believe it to be invaluable for those who wish to know more about Islamic Education in Britain of today. By fostering the interdisciplinary approach, the authors seek to highlight the participation and inclusion of Muslims within the UK educational structure, enabling a way to preserve cultural, linguistic and religious practice, essential for the British Muslim Identity. -- Mohammad Mesbahi, Director of Education, The Islamic College, UKAn admirable and significant work that elucidates the gaps, and argues for a greater need for understanding various standards of education, offered under a broader rubric of ‘Islamic education’ in Britain. The book is written for a diverse audience, and it enables academics, communities and policy makers to see the necessity for dialogue. -- Ataullah Siddiqui, Markfield Institute of Higher Education, UKThis remarkable contribution to religious education is a paradigm for intercultural and interfaith understanding. Written by two academics with deep knowledge of the subject, and importantly of the communitie, this is an authentic exploration of a timely issue. -- Sughra Ahmed, President, Islamic Society of Britain, UKTable of ContentsAcknowledgements Foreword, Tim Winter Introduction: Islamic Education in Pluralist Britain Page 1 Chapter 1: British Islam and Islamic Education - Two Approaches Page 12 Chapter 2: Mapping Islamic Studies provision in Britain Chapter 3: More than Imams: new narratives of Muslim faith leadership Chapter 4: Arabic: the centrality of a living world language Chapter 5: Muslim women’s voices, feminisms and theologies Chapter 6: Universities and Muslim colleges: ‘Collaborative Partnerships’ in Higher Education Conclusion: New paradigms for Islam in education Afterword, Shuruq Naguib Bibliography

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Book SynopsisCorisande Fenwick is Lecturer in Mediterranean Archaeology at the Institute of Archaeology at University College London, UK. She is co-editor of The Aghlabids and their Neighbours (2017) and the Oxford Handbook of Islamic Archaeology (2020). She co-directs excavations at Bulla Regia, Tunisia and Volubilis, Morocco.Trade ReviewFenwick’s ‘new perspective’ delivers a concise and erudite overview of an understudied period and region. * The Muslim World Book Review *Corisande Fenwick succeeds admirably in presenting a coherent perspective which re-appraises known sources, presents new data and makes original, yet solid proposals for a coherent narrative. ... this publication is a phenomenal achievement * Medieval Archaeology *Fenwick’s definitive study offers a bold and refreshing account of the arrival and assimilation of Islam in North Africa. By integrating textual and archaeological sources both old and new, her book displays an urgent freshness in rigorously challenging old narratives with modern discoveries. -- Alan Walmsley, Honorary Professor of Ancient History, Macquarie University, AustraliaTable of ContentsList of Figures Acknowledgments A Note on Arabic and Terminology Introduction: The Problem of North Africa. Ch 1. Foundations: Evidence and Interpretation Ch 2. From Conquest to Muslim Rule Ch 3. Cities Ch 4. The Countryside Ch 5. Economic Life Ch 6. Social Life Epilogue: North Africa and the Islamic World Timeline Glossary Notes Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisWith resurgent interest in the Muslim world and in particular political Islam, this collection of original essays by major Muslim thinkers from the Middle East and South Asia demonstrates the ongoing and contentious debate between modernizers seeking to adapt Western ways and fundamentalists who rejected them. From Jamal al-Din al-Afghani and Sayyid Ahmad Khan in the 19th century to Sayyid Qutb and Ayatollah Khomeini in the 20th, the essays provide an opportunity to examine a diversity of Muslim thinkers'' thoughts on important topics like jurisprudence, politics, relations with the West, and women, in their own words.Trade Review'Provides an excellent source of the major issues that have engaged Muslim intellectuals for over a century as they attempted to grapple with the challenges of Western hegemony and modernity.' - Yvonne Yazbeck Haddad, Georgetown University 'This superbly chosen volume provides the best possible way for outsiders to gain authentic insights into modern Islam - to listen as leading Muslim scholars debate the serious issues facing their faith.' - Rodney Stark, Professor of Sociology and Comparative Religion, University of WashingtonTable of ContentsIntroduction PART ONE: ISLAMIC MODERNISMS Jurisprudence, Rational Sciences, and Differentiation of Knowledge Religion Versus Science; S.Jamal al-Din Al-Afghani Islamic Revealed Law Versus Islamic Common Law; C.Ali The Rationalistic and Philosophical Spirit of Islam; A.Ali The Sociological Laws of the Quran; M.Abduh Scientific Reform of Religious Studies; M.Abduh Methodology of Historical Writing; S.Nu'mani Islam and Politics War and Peace: Popular Jihad; C.Ali The Problem of Caliphate; A.Abd al-Raziq Authority of the Problem of Succession; A.Ali Intellectual Pluralism and Freedom of Opinion; S.A.Khan Islam and Western Civilization Modernist Economic and Social Project; Aligarh Institute Gazette Islam and Civilization; M.F.Wajdi Islamic Modernism and the Women's Question Polygamy; C.Ali The Rights of Women, S.A.Khan The Liberation of Women; Q.Amin Style of Living The Way of Life; S.A.Khan The Way to Eat a Meal; S.A.Khan Civil Rights; R.al-Tahtawi PART TWO: ISLAMIC FUNDAMENTALISM Jurisprudence, Bases of Law, and Rational Sciences Islam as the Basis for Knowledge; S.Qutb Fallacy of Rationalism, S.Abul A'la Maududi Islam and Politics War and Peace: Jihad; S.Qutb The Nature of an Islamic State; A.Khomeini The Necessity of Islamic Government; A.Khomeini The Political Theory of Islam; S.Abul A'la Maududi The Program of FIS; Islamic Salvation Front of Algeria Boycotting the 1997 Election in Jordan; Muslim Brotherhood Islamic Action Front Party: Interview With Dr. Ishaq A.Farhan Islam and Western Civilization Critical Attitudes about the West and the Idea of Western Decadence; A.Shari'ati Suicide of Western Civilization; S.Abul A'la Maududi Granting Capitulatory Rights to the U.S; A.Khomeini Islam and It's Adversaries; A.al-Latif Sultani Plagued by the West; J.Al-I Ahmad Women and the Hijab A Moralizing Fundamentalism; A.al-Latif Sultani On the Islamic Hijab; M.Motahhari Bibliography Index of the Articles

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