Islam Books
Kregel Publications,U.S. More Than a Prophet An Insiders Response to
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£14.39
FARMS (imprint of Brigham Young University) The Elixir of the Gnostics
Book SynopsisThis work is unique among Sadra's writing in that it reworks and amplifies an earlier Persian work, the "Jawidannama". by Baba Afdal. The underlying theme of the work is the importance of self-knowledge in an individual's journey of origin and return.
£28.50
John Wiley & Sons Inc Contemporary Islamic Finance
Book SynopsisA comprehensive look at the innovations, applications, and best practices of Islamic finance Islamic-compliant finance is transacted in every major world financial center, and the need for information on the topic in light of its global reach has grown exponentially. As an expert in this field, author Karen Hunt-Ahmed understands the intricacies of this area of the capital markets. Now, along with the help of a number of experienced contributors, she skillfully addresses Islamic finance from the perspective of practitioners, examining issues in wealth management, contract law, private equity, asset management, and much more. Engaging and accessible, Contemporary Islamic Finance skillfully explains the practices and innovations of Islamic finance in everything from banking and real estate to private equity, asset management, and many other areas. It is intended to be the go-to resource for both Muslims as well as non-Muslims with an interest in the subject. DiviTable of ContentsAcknowledgments xi 1 Introduction: Islamic Finance in the World Economy 1Karen Hunt-Ahmed PART I The Contemporary Islamic Finance Landscape 2 Contemporary Islamic Economic Thought 19Mohammad Omar Farooq 3 The Legal Framework of Islamic Finance 39Cynthia Shawamreh 4 Globalization and Islamic Finance: Flows and Consciousness 63Karen Hunt-Ahmed 5 Islamic Science and the Critique of Neoclassical Economic Theory 75Waleed El-Ansary 6 Juristic Disagreement: The Collective Fatwa Against Islamic Banking in Pakistan 103Shoaib A. Ghias 7 Managing Liquidity Risk in Islamic Finance 121Dr. Muhammad Al-Bashir Muhammad Al-Amine 8 Elements of Islamic Wealth Management 147Paul Wouters 9 Sukuk and the Islamic Capital Markets: An Introduction 165Michael J. T. McMillen 10 Shari'a-Compliant Mutual Funds 189Monem Salam 11 The Evolution of Shari'ah-Compliant Indexes and Why They Outperform Conventional Indexes over the Long Term 195Tariq Al-Rifai 12 Takaful 203Farrukh Siddiqui 13 Islamic Human Resources Practices 215William Marty Martin 14 An Integrated Islamic Poverty Alleviation Model 223Ali Ashraf and M. Kabir Hassan 15 How Does an Islamic Microfinance Model Play the Key Role in Poverty Alleviation? The European Perspective 245Sabur Mollah and M. Hamid Uddin PART II Case Studies 16 Islamic Finance in an Almost Postcrisis and Postrevolutionary World: As in Politics, All Islamic Finance Is Local 257Mark Smyth 17 Stepping Forward, Backward, or Just Standing Still? A Case Study in Shifting Islamic Financial Structures Offshore 267Umar F. Moghul 18 Islamic Mortgages 283David Loundy 19 Shari'a Quality Rating 293Nasir Ali Merchant 20 Islamic Mutual Funds' Performance in Saudi Arabia 303Hesham Merdad and M. Kabir Hassan 21 Shari'ah-Compliant Real Estate Investment in the United States 323John L. Opar 22 Risk and Derivatives in Islamic Finance: A Shariah Analysis 331Dr. Muhammad Al-Bashir Muhammad Al-Amine 23 Islamic Microfinance 353Blake Goud About the Editor 367 Index 369
£71.25
John Wiley & Sons Inc The Sociology of Islam
Book SynopsisThe Sociology of Islam provides an accessible introduction to this emerging field of inquiry, teaching and debate. The study is located at the crucial intersection between a variety of disciplines in the social sciences and the humanities.Table of ContentsPreface and Acknowledgments ix Introduction 1 Knowledge and Power in the Sociology of Islam 1 Knowledge/Charisma vs. Power/Wealth: The Challenge of Religious Movements 18 Civility as the Engine of the Knowledge–Power Equation: Islam and ‘Islamdom’ 23 PART I Patterns of Civility 1 The Limits of Civil Society and the Path to Civility 43 The Origins of Modern Civil Society 43 Civil Society as a Site of Production of Modern Power 50 Folding Civil Society into a Transversal Notion of Civility 57 2 Brotherhood as a Matrix of Civility: The Islamic Ecumene and Beyond 73 Between Networking, ‘Charisma,’ and Social Autonomy: The Contours of ‘Spiritual’ Brotherhoods 73 Beyond Sufism: The Unfolding of the Brotherhood 85 Rewriting Charisma into Brotherhood 92 PART II Islamic Civility in Historical and Comparative Perspective 3 Flexible Institutionalization and the Expansive Civility of the Islamic Ecumene 105 The Steady Expansion of Islamic Patterns of Translocal Civility 105 Authority, Autonomy, and Power Networks: A Grid of Flexible Institutions 114 The Permutable Combinations of Normativity and Civility 118 4 Social Autonomy and Civic Connectedness: The Islamic Ecumene in Comparative Perspective 131 New Patterns of Civic Connectedness Centered on the ‘Commoners’ 131 Liminality, Charisma, and Social Organization 140 Municipal Autonomy vs. Translocal Connectedness 147 PART III Modern Islamic Articulations of Civility 5 Knowledge and Power: The Civilizing Process before Colonialism 165 From the Mongol Impact to the Early Modern Knowledge–Power Configurations 165 Taming theWarriors into Games of Civility? Violence, Warfare, and Peace 176 The LongWave of PowerDecentralization 189 6 Colonial Blueprints of Order and Civility 201 The Metamorphosis of Civility under Colonialism 201 Court Dynamics and Emerging Elites: The Complexification of the Civilizing Process 218 Class, Gender, and Generation: The Ultimate Testing Grounds of the Educational-Civilizing Project 226 7 Global Civility and Its Islamic Articulations 239 The Dystopian Globalization of Civility 239 Diversifying Civility as the Outcome of Civilizing Processes 251 From Islamic Exceptionalism to a Plural Islamic Perspective 260 Conclusion 271 Overcoming Eurocentric Views: Religion and Civility within Islam/Islamdom 271 The Institutional Mold of Islamic Civility: Contractualism vs. Corporatism? 278 From the Postcolonial Condition toward New Fragile Patterns of Translocal Civility 287 Index 295
£67.40
John Wiley & Sons Inc The Metacolonial State
Book Synopsis''An urgent and extraordinary book. Weaving a philosophical analysis of Heidegger, Agamben and Foucault, Jan draws out the implications of their thought for a radical analysis of the ontological politics of Islam and Pakistan. Whether writing about the ''Ulama and Deoband schools, blasphemy laws, the military, beards, or the Bamiyan Buddhas, Jan provokes and challenges our thinking while unearthing the ground on which Pakistanand our worldare built.''Joel Wainwright, Department of Geography, Ohio State University, USA ''In this exceptionally inventive and important book, Jan shows us that the problems besetting political life in Pakistan are part of a more troubling crisis in modern forms of power. Challenging accounts that cordon off political Islam from the West, Jan discloses their fundamental indistinction and thus, through his practice of critical ontology, reorients our understanding of how power and violence are at work in the world.''Joshua Barkan, DepartmenTrade Review‘An urgent and extraordinary book. Weaving a philosophical analysis of Heidegger, Agamben and Foucault, Jan draws out the implications of their thought for a radical analysis of the ontological politics of Islam and Pakistan. Whether writing about the ‘Ulama and Deoband schools, blasphemy laws, the military, beards, or the Bamiyan Buddhas, Jan provokes and challenges our thinking while unearthing the ground on which Pakistan—and our world—are built.’Joel Wainwright, Department of Geography, Ohio State University, USA ‘In this exceptionally inventive and important book, Jan shows us that the problems besetting political life in Pakistan are part of a more troubling crisis in modern forms of power. Challenging accounts that cordon off “political Islam” from “the West,” Jan discloses their fundamental indistinction and thus, through his practice of critical ontology, reorients our understanding of how power and violence are at work in the world.’Joshua Barkan, Department of Geography, University of Georgia, USATable of ContentsSeries Editor’s Preface Acknowledgement Introduction Islamapolis: The Crisis of Islam and the Political in Pakistan 1. Critical Ontology: The Biopolitical Apparatus 2. The Space of Emergency: The Military, Discipline and Political Theology 3. The Space of Law: ‘Ulama, Shari‘a, and the Technology of Blasphemy 4. The Space of War: Homo Islamicus, Body Politics and Jihad 5. The Space of Exception: Nationalism and Biopolitical Sovereignty Conclusion: The Metacolonial and The Space of Thinking Appendix A Appendix B Glossary References
£18.99
John Wiley and Sons Ltd Islam in the Middle East
Book SynopsisThis concise book offers a nuanced introduction to Islam in the Middle East. It presentsIslam as both a unified tradition of theological dogma and practices that transcends cultural differences and as a dynamic tradition that is historically informed, locally shaped, and continually reinterpreted. Offers numerous ethnographic examples from the Middle East and North Africa Explores key concepts, including the doctrinal foundations of Islam; the role of religious scholars; the five pillars; and Islamic orthodoxy Includes discussion of spirit-possession cults as integral part of Islamic tradition Introduces politics and current affairs as key elements in understanding contemporary Islamic discourse Trade Review"Makris gives a sensitive account of women's status in Muslim societies, their traditional and modern situations and rights, and criticizes the limited ethnocentric judgements of simplistic Western commentators, especially in the context of 'development.'" (Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, September 2009) "Books such as Islam in the Middle East remind us that academics can play a positive role in challenging the meanings that practitioners ascribe to the world's religions and regions. Let us hope the book not only appears on university reading lists but that it also finds a way into the briefcases of politicians in London and Washington." (Times Higher Educational Supplement) "Islam in the Middle East provides a comprehensive introduction to a living religious tradition that is currently at the centre of much international attention." (Journal of Social Anthropology)Table of ContentsAcknowledgments. Transliteration and Abbreviations. Preface. Introduction. 1. The Islamic Community through History. 2. The Foundations of Islamic Doctrine and the Community of Believers. 3. Authority and Knowledge. 4. The Five Pillars. 5. Islamic Mysticism. 6. Islamic Reformism. 7. Islamism: A General Overview. 8. Islamism at the Local Level. Notes. References. Index
£93.05
John Wiley and Sons Ltd Islam in the Middle East
Book SynopsisThis concise book offers a nuanced introduction to Islam in the Middle East. It presentsIslam as both a unified tradition of theological dogma and practices that transcends cultural differences and as a dynamic tradition that is historically informed, locally shaped, and continually reinterpreted. Offers numerous ethnographic examples from the Middle East and North Africa Explores key concepts, including the doctrinal foundations of Islam; the role of religious scholars; the five pillars; and Islamic orthodoxy Includes discussion of spirit-possession cults as integral part of Islamic tradition Introduces politics and current affairs as key elements in understanding contemporary Islamic discourse Trade Review"Makris gives a sensitive account of women's status in Muslim societies, their traditional and modern situations and rights, and criticizes the limited ethnocentric judgements of simplistic Western commentators, especially in the context of 'development.'" (Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, September 2009) "Books such as Islam in the Middle East remind us that academics can play a positive role in challenging the meanings that practitioners ascribe to the world's religions and regions. Let us hope the book not only appears on university reading lists but that it also finds a way into the briefcases of politicians in London and Washington." (Times Higher Educational Supplement) "Islam in the Middle East provides a comprehensive introduction to a living religious tradition that is currently at the centre of much international attention." (Journal of Social Anthropology)Table of ContentsPreface vii Acknowledgments ix Transliteration and Abbreviations x Introduction 1 1 The Islamic Community through History 15 2 The Foundations of Islamic Doctrine and the Community of Believers 35 3 Authority and Knowledge 59 4 The Five Pillars 95 5 Islamic Mysticism 142 6 Islamic Reformism 174 7 Islamism: A General Overview 193 8 Islamism at the Local Level 224 Notes 255 References 301 Index 325
£33.20
John Wiley and Sons Ltd Modern Islamist Movements
Book SynopsisModern Islamist Movements provides a clear and accessible examination of the history, beliefs and rationale of Islamist Groups and their grievances with the West and governments within the majority-Muslim world, while examining some of these groups'' visions for a global Islamic empire. A clear and accessible text that examines the history, beliefs and rationale for violence emerging from Islamist movements, while examining some of these groups'' visions for a global Islamic empire Examines Islamist grievances against the West and modern governments in the majority Muslim world, while providing an overview of Islam''s relations with the West from the period of the Crusades to the modern age Discusses the historic development of Islamism in Egypt, the West Bank and Gaza, Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, and Afghanistan Explains classic Islamic understandings of jihad and Bin Laden''s, al-Qaida''s, and other Islamists interpretations of this concept Table of ContentsList of Maps viii Acknowledgments ix 1 Introduction 1 2 Egypt 37 3 The West Bank, Gaza, and Israel 85 4 Saudi Arabia 122 5 Pakistan 164 6 Afghanistan 188 7 Conclusion 218 Index 221
£27.50
John Wiley and Sons Ltd The Blackwell Companion to Contemporary Islamic
Book Synopsis* A timely publication, reflecting the variety of trends, voices, and opinions in the contemporary Muslim intellectual scene. * Challenges Western misconceptions about the modern Muslim world in general and the Arab world in particular. * Consists of 36 important essays written by contemporary Muslim writers and scholars.Trade Review“[The essays] explore the history, range, and future of these issues in contemporary Muslim societies. Furthermore, they help readers to situate Islamic intellectual history in the context of Western intellectual trends and issues.” (Ebook30.com, March 21, 2009)Table of ContentsNotes on Contributors. Editor's Introduction: Contemporary Islamic Thought: One or Many?: Ibrahim M. Abu-Rabi‛ (Hartford Seminary). Part I: Trends and Issues in Contemporary Islamic Thought. 1 Contemporary Turkish Thought: Şahin Filiz (Selcuk University, Turkey) and Tahir Uluc (Selcuk University, Turkey). 2 Transformation of Islamic Thought in Turkey since the 1950s: Ahmet Yildiz (Atatürk Library, Turkey). 3 Bediuzzaman Said Nursi’s Approach to Religious Renewal And Its Impact on Aspects of Contemporary Turkish Society: Şükran Vahide (writer). 4 Islamic Thought in Contemporary India: The Impact of Mawlana Wahiduddin Khan’s Al-Risala Movement: Irfan A. Omar (Marquette University). 5 Sayyed Abul Hasan ‘Ali Nadwi and Contemporary Islamic Thought in India: Yoginder Sikand (Hamdard University, India). 6 Madrasah in South Asia: Jamal Malik (University of Erfurt, Germany). 7 75 Years of Higher Religious Education in Modern Turkey: Mehmet Pacaci (Ankara University, Turkey) and Yasin Aktay (Selja University, Turkey). 8 Hassan Turabi and the Limits of Modern Islamic Reformism: Abdelwahab El-Affendi (University of Westminster, London). 9 An Overview of al- Sadiq al-Mahdi’s Islamic Discourse: Hassan Ahmed Ibrahim (International Islamic University, Malaysia). 10 Islamist Thought in Contemporary Pakistan: The Legacy of ‘Allāma Mawdūdī : Abdul Rashid Moten (International Islamic University, Malaysia). 11 The Futuristic Thought of Ustaz Ashaari Muhammad of Malaysia: Ahmad Fauzi Abdul Hamid (Universiti Sains Malaysia). 12 Religion, Society and Culture in Malik Bennabi’s Thought: Mohamed El-Tahir El-Mesawi (International Islamic University, Malaysia). 13 Hassan Hanafi on Salafism and Secularism: Yudian Wahyudi (Sunan Kalijaga State Islamic University). 14 Towards a New Historical Discourse in Islam: Ali Mabrook (University of Cape Town, South Africa). Part II: Secularism, Modernity, and Globalization in Contemporary Islamic Thought. 15 The Second Coming of the Theocratic Age? Islamic Discourse after Modernity and Postmodernity: Aslam Farouk-Alli (University of Cape Town, South Africa). 16 Europe Against Islam: Islam in Europe: Talal Asad (City University, New York). 17 Ummah and Empire: Global Formations after Nation: Mucahit Bilici (University of Michigan). 18 Between Slumber and Awakening: Erol Güngör, tr. Şahin Filiz (Selcuk University, Turkey) and Tahir Uluç (Selcuk University, Turkey). 19 Islam and Secularism: Asghar Ali Engineer (Centre for Study of Society and Secularism, India). 20 A “Democratic-Conservative” Government by Pious People: The Justice and Development Party in Turkey: Metin Heper (Bilkent University, Turkey). 21 Secularism and Democracy in Contemporary India: An Islamic Perspective: Syed Shahabuddin (All-India Muslim Majlis-e-Mushawarat). Part III: The Question of Jihad and Terrorism in Contemporary Islamic Thought. 22 Islam, Terrorism, and Western Misapprehensions: Muhammad Fathi Osman (Institute for the Study of Islam in the Contemporary World, USA). 23 Indonesian Responses to September 11, 2001: Muhammad Sirozi (Program Pascasarjana IAIN Raden Fatah, India). 24 The World Situation After September 11, 2001: Khurshid Ahmad (Institute of Policy Studies, India). Part IV: Islamism, Sufism, and Pluralism in Contemporary Islamic Thought. 25 Sirat al-mustaqim: One or Many? Religious Pluralism Among Muslim Intellectuals in Iran: Ashk Dahlén (University of Uppsala, Sweden). 26 Contemporary Islamic Movements in South East Asia: Challenges and Opportunities: Ahmad F. Yousif (University of Brunei). 27 Transformation of Political Islam in Post-Suharto Indonesia: Mun‘im A. Sirry (Arizona State University). 28 The Pilgrimage to Tembayat: Tradition and Revival in Islamic Mysticism in Contemporary Indonesia: Nelly van Doorn-Harder (Valparaiso University) and Kees de Jong. Part V: Justice, Dependency, and International Relations in Contemporary Islamic Thought. 29 Hindu Fundamentalism in Contemporary India: A Muslim Perspective: Zafarul-Islam Khan (Institute of Islamic and Arab Studies, India). 30 Political Discourse of the Organization of the Islamic Conference: Abdullah al-Ahsan (International Islamic University, Malaysia). 31 Culture of Mistrust: A Sociological Analysis of Iranian Political Culture: Mehrdad Mashayekhi (Georgetown University, USA). 32 What Do We Mean by Islamic Futures? Ziauddin Sardar (City University, London). 33 Islam and the Science of Economics: Syed Farid Alatas (National University of Singapore). Part VI: Women in Contemporary Islamic Thought. 34 Muslim Feminist Debates on the Question of Headscarf in Contemporary Turkey: Ayşe Kadıoğlu (Sabanci University, Turkey). 35 Islamic Feminism: Negotiating Patriarchy and Modernity in Iran: Nayereh Tohidi (California State University, USA). 36 An Islamic Critique of Patriarchy: Mawlana Kalbe Sadiq’s Approach to Gender Relations: Yoginder Sikand (Hamdard University, India). Index
£144.85
John Wiley and Sons Ltd Islamicate Cosmopolitan Spirit
Book SynopsisDiscover the essence of the Islamicate Cosmopolitan Spirit and what it has contributed tosocieties across the ages InIslamicate Cosmopolitan Spirit, author and expert, Bruce B. Lawrence, deliversa spiritual elan filtered through cultural practices and artefacts. Neither juridical nor creedal, the bookexpresses a desire for the just and the beautiful. The author sets out an original and fascinating theory, that Islamicate cosmopolitanism marks a new turn in global history. An unceasing, self-critical pursuit of truth, hitched to both beauty and justice, its history is marked by male elites who were scientific exemplars in the pre-modern period. In the modern period, these exemplars include women as well as men, artists as well as scientists.The Islamicate Cosmopolitans have had special impact across the Afro-Eurasian ecumeneat the heart of civilized exchange between multiple groups with competing yet convergent interests. TheIslamicate Cosmopolitan Spiritisa boundary busting challenge tTable of ContentsAcknowledgments ix Preamble xii Overview: A Manifesto in Three Words and Six Chapters xv 1 Tracing Islamicate Cosmopolitan Spirit Across Time and Space 1 2 Eastward Into India 8 3 Westward Into Spain 22 4 Premodern Afro-Eurasia 46 5 Persianate Culture Across the Indian Ocean 66 6 Islamicate Cosmopolitan Spirit Beyond 2020 92 Conclusion 121 Bibliography 125 Index 142
£37.00
Temple University Press,U.S. Islam Justice and Democracy
Book SynopsisJustice (al-‘adl) is one of the principal values of the Islamic faith. In Islam, Justice, and Democracy, Sabri Ciftci explores the historical, philosophical, and empirical foundations of justice to examine how religious values relate to Muslim political preferences and behavior. He focuses on Muslim agency and democracy to explain how ordinary Muslims use the conceptions of divine justice—either servitude to God or exercising free will against oppressors—to make sense of real-world problems.Using ethnographic research, interviews, and public opinion surveys as well as the works of Islamist ideologues, archives of Islamist journals, and other sources, Ciftci shows that building contemporary incarnations of Islamist justice is, in essence, a highly practical political project that has formative effects on Muslim political attitudes. Islam, Justice, and Democracy compares the recent Arab Spring protests to the constitutionalist movements ofTrade Review"[A] timely arrival that fills an important gap in comparative democratization literature. Grounded in the concept of justice, this volume advances the debate on Islam and democracy by shedding light on individual-level microfoundations of attitudes that support democratic ideals to begin with.... The book successfully presents a more nuanced and deeper causal mechanism that explains the complexity of Muslim attitudes toward democracy.... This book [is] useful, timely, and compelling as an invaluable addition to the scholarship on Muslim politics and comparative democratization."—Political Science Quarterly"This impressive and innovative book enriches the study of Islam and democracy by demonstrating the need to incorporate conceptions and trajectories pertaining to justice to account for variance in individual-level political preferences. Ciftci makes intelligent use of survey data but also draws on the works of leading Islamist theorists and an insightful discourse analysis of Islamist texts. Islam, Justice, and Democracy is an outstanding mixed-method study.”—Mark Tessler, Samuel J. Eldersveld Professor of Political Science at the University of Michigan, and author of Islam and Politics in the Middle East: Explaining the Views of Ordinary Citizens“This original and captivating study provides a definitive, timely, instructive analysis about how the Islamic conception of justice as well as institutional and constitutional frameworks of legal practices and codes influence, shape, and motivate the citizen’s understanding of democracy, liberation, and rights. Ciftci’s book will be of particular interest to readers who seek to comprehend the role of religious ideas in daily practices, social movements, political networks, and acts of civil disobedience, as well as uprisings, insurgencies, and rebellions. He identifies the spectrum of conditions under which specific Islamic ideas are most likely to promote systems that portend to become either democratic or authoritarian. This is an insightful, timely book for addressing issues that often have not been as widely explored in depth as they must be in the current geopolitical environment.”—M. Hakan Yavuz, Professor of Political Science at the University of Utah, and author of Islamic Political Identity in Turkey"[A] comprehensive account of how Muslim societies frame their understanding of democracy around social justice ideals within Islamic beliefs…. A major contribution to the research about these movements is that Ciftci concentrates on how the concept of justice is framed within Islamism…. Overall, Ciftci provides a focused and well-written account of Turkish experiences with democracy and justice."—Contemporary Sociology"Islam, Justice, and Democracy indeed is a unique work on many fronts. Ciftci has made a career being one of the rare Political Scientists to have a genuine concern with understanding the traditional Islamic worldview held by devout Muslims along with a solid grasp of recent Islamic political thought as well as the ability to apply rigorous empirical, mixed methodological analysis to the data he collects to analyze this worldview. This work is a continuation of this invaluable approach to Islam and politics."—Politics, Religion, and Ideology
£73.10
Temple University Press,U.S. Islam Justice and Democracy
Book SynopsisJustice (al-‘adl) is one of the principal values of the Islamic faith. In Islam, Justice, and Democracy, Sabri Ciftci explores the historical, philosophical, and empirical foundations of justice to examine how religious values relate to Muslim political preferences and behavior. He focuses on Muslim agency and democracy to explain how ordinary Muslims use the conceptions of divine justice—either servitude to God or exercising free will against oppressors—to make sense of real-world problems.Using ethnographic research, interviews, and public opinion surveys as well as the works of Islamist ideologues, archives of Islamist journals, and other sources, Ciftci shows that building contemporary incarnations of Islamist justice is, in essence, a highly practical political project that has formative effects on Muslim political attitudes. Islam, Justice, and Democracy compares the recent Arab Spring protests to the constitutionalist movements ofTrade Review"[A] timely arrival that fills an important gap in comparative democratization literature. Grounded in the concept of justice, this volume advances the debate on Islam and democracy by shedding light on individual-level microfoundations of attitudes that support democratic ideals to begin with.... The book successfully presents a more nuanced and deeper causal mechanism that explains the complexity of Muslim attitudes toward democracy.... This book [is] useful, timely, and compelling as an invaluable addition to the scholarship on Muslim politics and comparative democratization."—Political Science Quarterly"This impressive and innovative book enriches the study of Islam and democracy by demonstrating the need to incorporate conceptions and trajectories pertaining to justice to account for variance in individual-level political preferences. Ciftci makes intelligent use of survey data but also draws on the works of leading Islamist theorists and an insightful discourse analysis of Islamist texts. Islam, Justice, and Democracy is an outstanding mixed-method study.”—Mark Tessler, Samuel J. Eldersveld Professor of Political Science at the University of Michigan, and author of Islam and Politics in the Middle East: Explaining the Views of Ordinary Citizens“This original and captivating study provides a definitive, timely, instructive analysis about how the Islamic conception of justice as well as institutional and constitutional frameworks of legal practices and codes influence, shape, and motivate the citizen’s understanding of democracy, liberation, and rights. Ciftci’s book will be of particular interest to readers who seek to comprehend the role of religious ideas in daily practices, social movements, political networks, and acts of civil disobedience, as well as uprisings, insurgencies, and rebellions. He identifies the spectrum of conditions under which specific Islamic ideas are most likely to promote systems that portend to become either democratic or authoritarian. This is an insightful, timely book for addressing issues that often have not been as widely explored in depth as they must be in the current geopolitical environment.”—M. Hakan Yavuz, Professor of Political Science at the University of Utah, and author of Islamic Political Identity in Turkey"[A] comprehensive account of how Muslim societies frame their understanding of democracy around social justice ideals within Islamic beliefs…. A major contribution to the research about these movements is that Ciftci concentrates on how the concept of justice is framed within Islamism…. Overall, Ciftci provides a focused and well-written account of Turkish experiences with democracy and justice."—Contemporary Sociology"Islam, Justice, and Democracy indeed is a unique work on many fronts. Ciftci has made a career being one of the rare Political Scientists to have a genuine concern with understanding the traditional Islamic worldview held by devout Muslims along with a solid grasp of recent Islamic political thought as well as the ability to apply rigorous empirical, mixed methodological analysis to the data he collects to analyze this worldview. This work is a continuation of this invaluable approach to Islam and politics."—Politics, Religion, and Ideology
£23.39
Bristol University Press Islam and Social Work
Book SynopsisThis unique textbook enables social work practitioners to gain a deeper understanding of how Islamic principles inform and influence the lives of Muslim populations.Trade Review"An interesting and informative read, for both the social worker and a broader range of practitioners." Professional Social Work, February 2009 (Review of the first edition)"A really valuable and up-to-date resource that addresses all fields of social work. It gets at the questions that practitioners actually ask." David Pitcher, Children’s Guardian, Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service"This excellent teaching and learning aid provides students with an insightful understanding of the Islamic faith to take forward into social work practice." David J. Gaylard, Senior Lecturer in Social Work, University of ChichesterTable of ContentsIntroduction The Muslim Ummah: context and concepts Social Work Education & Islam principles Gender Relations and the Morphology of the Family Working with Families Health and Muslim Families Ageing & Muslim Communities Muslim communities, crime, victimisation and criminal justice – with Tracey Devanna Conclusion
£75.99
Bristol University Press Islam and Social Work
Book SynopsisThis unique textbook enables social work practitioners to gain a deeper understanding of how Islamic principles inform and influence the lives of Muslim populations.Trade Review"An interesting and informative read, for both the social worker and a broader range of practitioners." Professional Social Work, February 2009 (Review of the first edition)"A really valuable and up-to-date resource that addresses all fields of social work. It gets at the questions that practitioners actually ask." David Pitcher, Children’s Guardian, Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service"This excellent teaching and learning aid provides students with an insightful understanding of the Islamic faith to take forward into social work practice." David J. Gaylard, Senior Lecturer in Social Work, University of ChichesterTable of ContentsIntroduction The Muslim Ummah: context and concepts Social Work Education & Islam principles Gender Relations and the Morphology of the Family Working with Families Health and Muslim Families Ageing & Muslim Communities Muslim communities, crime, victimisation and criminal justice – with Tracey Devanna Conclusion
£25.64
Policy Press Young Muslim and Criminal
Book SynopsisQasim gained unique first-hand insight into the multifaceted lives of a group of young British male Muslims who offend after spending 4 years studying them. He unwraps their lives, explores their identities and explains what role religion and Pakistani culture play in their criminal behaviour.Trade Review“Sheds light on a community of young men who are under-researched but overexposed as suspicious, deviant, and dangerous…provides a unique insight into a group of young Pakistani-British Muslim men involved in offending and makes a significant contribution to academic, and potentially, public understanding of their experiences.“ Martina Feilzer, Bangor University"A book of great importance to the field of criminology. It explores the rapidly emerging academic, political and media construction of a crime `problem’ amongst young Pakistani men in a dynamic, innovative and `real’ way. A must read for anyone seeking to understand the lived experiences of this much-neglected social group." Stephen Case, Loughborough University"A fascinating read, providing a close up, rare insight, into a group of people few are able to gain access and fully understand." Colin Webster, Leeds Beckett UniversityTable of ContentsYoung British Pakistani Muslim men and concern with increased levels of criminality; Bradford is home turf, it's our city; The Boys, their identities and dynamics; 'We are hustlers' – relationship with drugs; Prison talk – The Boys and their experiences of `inside’; The impact of Pakistani culture and Islamic faith on the lives of The Boys; Findings and conclusions.
£77.39
Policy Press Young Muslim and Criminal
Book SynopsisQasim gained unique first-hand insight into the multifaceted lives of a group of young British male Muslims who offend after spending 4 years studying them. He unwraps their lives, explores their identities and explains what role religion and Pakistani culture play in their criminal behaviour.Trade Review“Sheds light on a community of young men who are under-researched but overexposed as suspicious, deviant, and dangerous…provides a unique insight into a group of young Pakistani-British Muslim men involved in offending and makes a significant contribution to academic, and potentially, public understanding of their experiences.“ Martina Feilzer, Bangor University"A book of great importance to the field of criminology. It explores the rapidly emerging academic, political and media construction of a crime `problem’ amongst young Pakistani men in a dynamic, innovative and `real’ way. A must read for anyone seeking to understand the lived experiences of this much-neglected social group." Stephen Case, Loughborough University"A fascinating read, providing a close up, rare insight, into a group of people few are able to gain access and fully understand." Colin Webster, Leeds Beckett UniversityTable of ContentsYoung British Pakistani Muslim men and concern with increased levels of criminality; Bradford is home turf, it's our city; The Boys, their identities and dynamics; 'We are hustlers' – relationship with drugs; Prison talk – The Boys and their experiences of `inside’; The impact of Pakistani culture and Islamic faith on the lives of The Boys; Findings and conclusions.
£25.64
MP-NCA Uni of North Carolina The Promise of Patriarchy Women and the Nation of Islam
Book SynopsisBlack women's experience in the Nation of Islam has largely remained on the periphery of scholarship. Here, Ula Taylor documents their struggle to escape the devaluation of black womanhood while also clinging to the empowering promises of patriarchy.
£26.36
MP-NCA Uni of North Carolina Islam without Europe Traditions of Reform in
Book SynopsisReplete with a cast of giants in Islamic thought and philosophy, Ahmad S. Dallal's ground breaking intellectual history of the eighteenth-century Muslim world challenges stale views of this period as one of decline, stagnation, and the engendering of a widespread fundamentalism. Far from being moribund, Dallal argues, the eighteenth century was one of the most fertile eras in Islamic thought.
£30.36
MP-NCA Uni of North Carolina Everyday Islamic Law and the Making of Modern
Book SynopsisShows how an unexpected coterie of scholars, practitioners, and ordinary individuals negotiated the contests and challenges of colonial legal change. The rich archive of unpublished fatwa files, qazi notebooks, and legal documents they left behind chronicles their efforts to make Islamic law relevant for everyday life.
£70.50
MP-NCA Uni of North Carolina Everyday Islamic Law and the Making of Modern
Book SynopsisShows how an unexpected coterie of scholars, practitioners, and ordinary individuals negotiated the contests and challenges of colonial legal change. The rich archive of unpublished fatwa files, qazi notebooks, and legal documents they left behind chronicles their efforts to make Islamic law relevant for everyday life.
£30.36
The University of North Carolina Press I Cannot Write My Life
Book SynopsisOmar ibn Said (1770-1863) was a Muslim scholar from West Africa who spent more than fifty years enslaved in the North Carolina household of James Owen, brother of Governor John Owen. Mbaye Lo and Carl Ernst here weave fresh and accurate translations of Omar's eighteen surviving writings.Trade ReviewDrawing on scrupulous close readings of Said's work, Lo and Ernst make a worthy contribution to the scholarship on slavery in America and testify to the importance of evidence left behind by enslaved people themselves. This edifies."—Publishers Weekly
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The University of North Carolina Press I Cannot Write My Life
Book SynopsisOmar ibn Said (1770-1863) was a Muslim scholar from West Africa who spent more than fifty years enslaved in the North Carolina household of James Owen, brother of Governor John Owen. Mbaye Lo and Carl Ernst here weave fresh and accurate translations of Omar's eighteen surviving writings.Trade ReviewDrawing on scrupulous close readings of Said's work, Lo and Ernst make a worthy contribution to the scholarship on slavery in America and testify to the importance of evidence left behind by enslaved people themselves. This edifies."—Publishers Weekly
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University of Texas Press Islam and Popular Culture
Book SynopsisPopular culture serves as a fresh and revealing window on contemporary developments in the Muslim world because it is a site where many important and controversial issues are explored and debated. Aesthetic expression has become intertwined with politics and religion due to the uprisings of the “Arab Spring,” while, at the same time, Islamist authorities are showing increasingly accommodating and populist attitudes toward popular culture. Not simply a “westernizing” or “secularizing” force, as some have asserted, popular culture now plays a growing role in defining what it means to be Muslim.With well-structured chapters that explain key concepts clearly, Islam and Popular Culture addresses new trends and developments that merge popular arts and Islam. Its eighteen case studies by eminent scholars cover a wide range of topics, such as lifestyle, dress, revolutionary street theater, graffiti, popular music, poetry, television drama, vTrade Review"Table of Contents Introduction: Islam and Popular Culture (Karin van Nieuwkerk, Mark LeVine, and Martin Stokes) Part I. Popular Culture: Aesthetics, Sound, and Theatrical Performance in the Muslim World Chapter 1. Listening Acts, Secular and Sacred: Sound Knowledge among Sufi Muslims in Secular France (Deborah Kapchan) Chapter 2. Islamic Popular Music Aesthetics in Turkey (Martin Stokes) Chapter 3. Theater of Immediacy: Performance Activism and Art in the Arab Uprisings (Mark LeVine and Bryan Reynolds ) Part II. Artistic Protest and the Arab Uprisings Chapter 4. “Islam Is There to Make People Free”: Islamist Musical Narratives of Freedom and Democracy in the Moroccan Spring (Nina ter Laan) Chapter 5. Visual Culture and the Amazigh Renaissance in North Africa and Its Diaspora (Cynthia Becker) Chapter 6. Can Poetry Change the World? Reading Amal Dunqul in Egypt in 2011 (Samuli Schielke) Part III. Islam: Religious Discourses and Pious Ethics Chapter 7. The Sunni Discourse on Music (Jonas Otterbeck) Chapter 8. Shica Discourses on Performing Arts: Maslaha and Cultural Politics in Lebanon (Joseph Alagha) Chapter 9. Islam at the Art School: Religious Young Artists in Egypt (Jessica Winegar ) Chapter 10. Writing History through the Prism of Art: The Career of a Pious Cultural Producer in Egypt (Karin van Nieuwkerk) Part IV. Cultural Politics and Body Politics Chapter 11. Ambivalent Islam: Religion in Syrian Television Drama (Christa Salamandra) Chapter 12. Discourses of Religiosity in Post-1997 Iranian Popular Music (Laudan Nooshin) Chapter 13. Sacred or Dissident: Islam, Embodiment, and Subjectivity on Post-Revolutionary Iranian Theatrical Stage (Ida Meftahi) Chapter 14. Public Pleasures: Negotiating Gender and Morality through Syrian Popular Dance (Shayna Silverstein) Part V: Global Flows of Popular Culture in the Muslim World Chapter 15. Performing Islam around the Indian Ocean Basin: Musical Ritual and Recreation in Indonesia and the Sultanate of Oman (Anne K. Rasmussen) Chapter 16. Muslims, Music, and Tolerance in Egypt and Ghana: A Comparative Perspective on Difference (Michael Frishkopf) Chapter 17. Music Festivals in Pakistan and England (Thomas Hodgson) Chapter 18. Fleas in the Sheepskin: Glocalization and Cosmopolitanism in Moroccan Hip-Hop (Kendra Salois) Notes on Contributors Index
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University of Texas Press Brand Islam
Book SynopsisFocusing on the rise of Brand Islam, this book considers how the highly lucrative marketing of goods and services as Islamic or halal is reshaping the religious, cultural, and economic lives of Muslim consumers and communities around the globe.Trade ReviewPlenty of books have addressed the staggering market potential of halal goods from a financial perspective, but Brand Islam stands out for its social focus, in particular on the consumption and marketing of products to Muslims . . . it makes for fascinating reading. * The National *In her engaging and thoroughly researched examination of all things halal, Middle Eastern Studies professor Faegheh Shirazi analyzes the shrewd commercial strategy underlying the branding of the Islamic culture industry. * Middle East Journal *Shirazi reveals how and why the growth of consumerism, global communications and the Westernization of many Muslim countries are all driving commercialization using Islam. * Islamic Horizons *[A] very readable and entertaining mine of information about today's 'halal race,' broadly interpreting the transformations within the frames of theories on cultural identity politics and economic sociology of consumerism. * Religious Studies Review *Brand Islam is an illuminating case study in the relationship between religion and the consumer market. * Journal of Markets and Morality *Illuminating…[Brand Islam] provides an excellent practical guide that amply answers the basic questions and will surely assist any further inquiries into this compelling unbounded emporium. * Review of Middle East Studies *Brand Islam is a fascinating cultural study of sorts of the new local and global ‘Muslim’ markets in halal goods and services. * Islam and Christian-Muslim Relations *[Brand Islam] provides a useful exploration of the question of Muslim consumption and contributes to larger discussions surrounding material religion. * American Journal of Islamic Social Sciences *Table of Contents Acknowledgments Introduction Chapter 1. Islamophobia and Western Culture Chapter 2. Islam and the Halal Food Industry Chapter 3. Halal Slaughtering of Animals: Perils and Practices Chapter 4. Marketing Piety: Hijabi Dolls and Other Toys Chapter 5. Halal Cosmetics and Skin Care: The Islamic Way to Beauty Chapter 6. Islamic Dress and the Muslim Fashion Industry: Halal Fashion Chapter 7. Sportswear, Lingerie, and Accessories—the Islamic Way Conclusion Notes Bibliography Index
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University of Texas Press Brand Islam
Book SynopsisFocusing on the rise of Brand Islam, this book considers how the highly lucrative marketing of goods and services as Islamic or halal is reshaping the religious, cultural, and economic lives of Muslim consumers and communities around the globe.Trade ReviewPlenty of books have addressed the staggering market potential of halal goods from a financial perspective, but Brand Islam stands out for its social focus, in particular on the consumption and marketing of products to Muslims . . . it makes for fascinating reading. * The National *In her engaging and thoroughly researched examination of all things halal, Middle Eastern Studies professor Faegheh Shirazi analyzes the shrewd commercial strategy underlying the branding of the Islamic culture industry. * Middle East Journal *Shirazi reveals how and why the growth of consumerism, global communications and the Westernization of many Muslim countries are all driving commercialization using Islam. * Islamic Horizons *[A] very readable and entertaining mine of information about today's 'halal race,' broadly interpreting the transformations within the frames of theories on cultural identity politics and economic sociology of consumerism. * Religious Studies Review *Brand Islam is an illuminating case study in the relationship between religion and the consumer market. * Journal of Markets and Morality *Illuminating…[Brand Islam] provides an excellent practical guide that amply answers the basic questions and will surely assist any further inquiries into this compelling unbounded emporium. * Review of Middle East Studies *Brand Islam is a fascinating cultural study of sorts of the new local and global ‘Muslim’ markets in halal goods and services. * Islam and Christian-Muslim Relations *[Brand Islam] provides a useful exploration of the question of Muslim consumption and contributes to larger discussions surrounding material religion. * American Journal of Islamic Social Sciences *Table of Contents Acknowledgments Introduction Chapter 1. Islamophobia and Western Culture Chapter 2. Islam and the Halal Food Industry Chapter 3. Halal Slaughtering of Animals: Perils and Practices Chapter 4. Marketing Piety: Hijabi Dolls and Other Toys Chapter 5. Halal Cosmetics and Skin Care: The Islamic Way to Beauty Chapter 6. Islamic Dress and the Muslim Fashion Industry: Halal Fashion Chapter 7. Sportswear, Lingerie, and Accessories—the Islamic Way Conclusion Notes Bibliography Index
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University of Texas Press Crescent over Another Horizon
Book SynopsisMuslims have been shaping the Americas and the Caribbean for more than five hundred years, yet this interplay is frequently overlooked or misconstrued. Brimming with revelations that synthesize area and ethnic studies, Crescent over Another Horizon presents a portrait of Islam’s unity as it evolved through plural formulations of identity, power, and belonging. Offering a Latino American perspective on a wider Islamic world, the editors overturn the conventional perception of Muslim communities in the New World, arguing that their characterization as “minorities” obscures the interplay of ethnicity and religion that continues to foster transnational ties.Bringing together studies of Iberian colonists, enslaved Africans, indentured South Asians, migrant Arabs, and Latino and Latin American converts, the volume captures the power-laden processes at work in religious conversion or resistance. Throughout each analysis—spanning times of inquisition, cTrade ReviewCrescent Over Another Horizon deftly traces the intricate connections between Muslims and Islamic institutions in Latin America, the Caribbean, and the Latina/o United States...this volume is an important and timely contribution to the study of religion in the Americas, relevant to both specialists and all scholars interested in the mutual constitution and contingency of religion, ethnicity, and identity. * Journal of the American Academy of Religion *Crescent Over Another Horizon counteracts the tendency to locate Islam in the othered spaces of a nebulously constructed 'East'...Although the book operates across multiple scales and temporalities, its constituent parts mostly succeed in conveying Islam's dynamism in the regions under study. * H-Net Reviews *Crescent Over Another Horizon is a compelling and timely text. A critical resource for scholars and the general public alike, it not only challenges the exclusion of the Americas and Caribbean from Islamic scholarship but also demonstrates that understanding the historical and contemporary complexity of the Americas and Caribbean must include Islam. Both a resource and a provocation, it is a text that will undoubtedly set the standard for research to come. * Reading Religion *[A] welcome addition to the growing but still relatively sparse literature on Muslims in the Americas...should be on the bookshelf of any reader wanting to learn more about the activities and histories of Muslims...this collection will inspire further study of Islam's half-millenium presence in the New World. * New West Indian Guide *[Crescent over Another Horizon questions] the supposed dichotomies between Islam and an idea of the West, rhetorically constructed in opposition to an idea of the East and Islam...a new geography is sought throughout the volume in which place does not frame who individuals are supposed to be but is the space from which one relates to the world. * Latin American Research Review *Table of Contents Acknowledgments Latino America in the Umma/the Umma in Latino America (John Tofik Karam, María del Mar Logroño Narbona, and Paulo G. Pinto) Part I: Reconsidering History Chapter One. "De los Prohibidos": Muslims and Moriscos in Colonial Spanish America (Karoline P. Cook) Chapter Two. African Rebellion and Refuge on the Edge of Empire (John Tofik Karam) Chapter Three. Ethnic and Religious Identification among Muslim East Indians in Suriname (1898–1954) (Ellen Bal and Kathinka Sinha-Kerkhoff) Part II. Contemporary Cartographies Chapter Four. Institutionalizing Islam in Argentina: Comparing Community and Identity Configurations (Silvia Montenegro) Chapter Five. Conversion, Revivalism, and Tradition: The Religious Dynamics of Muslim Communities in Brazil (Paulo G. Pinto) Chapter Six. Guests of Islam: Conversion and the Institutionalization of Islam in Mexico (Camila Pastor de Maria y Campos) Chapter Seven. Cubans Searching for a New Faith in a New Context (Luis Mesa Delmonte) Chapter Eight. Muslims in Martinique (Liliane Kuczynski) Chapter Nine. Forming Islamic Religious Identity among Trinidadians in the Age of Social Networks (Halima-Sacadia Kassim) Part III. Islam Latina/o Chapter Ten. Dis-covering a Historical Consciousness: The Creation of a US Latina/o Muslim Identity (Hjamil A. Martínez-Vázquez) Chapter Eleven. Mapping Muslim Communities in "Hispanicized" South Florida (Mirsad Krijestorac) Chapter Twelve. Double-Edged Marginality and Agency: Latina Conversion to Islam (Yesenia King and Michael P. Perez) Conclusion List of Contributors Index
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University of Texas Press Moving In and Out of Islam
Book SynopsisEmbracing a new religion, or leaving one’s faith, usually constitutes a significant milestone in a person’s life. While a number of scholars have examined the reasons why people convert to Islam, few have investigated why people leave the faith and what the consequences are for doing so. Taking a holistic approach to conversion and deconversion, Moving In and Out of Islam explores the experiences of people who have come into the faith along with those who have chosen to leave it—including some individuals who have both moved into and out of Islam over the course of their lives.Sixteen empirical case studies trace the processes of moving in or out of Islam in Western and Central Europe, the United States, Canada, and the Middle East. Going beyond fixed notions of conversion or apostasy, the contributors focus on the ambiguity, doubts, and nonlinear trajectories of both moving in and out of Islam. They show how people shifting in either direction have tTrade ReviewHighlighting the 'powerful intertwinement of religion, politics, and morality' (to quote the editor) in Islam, this collection will help readers understand and appreciate the complex dimensions of the processes of moving in and out of Islam. * CHOICE *There is much room for reflection and learning within this engaging text. Van Nieuwkerk is to be commended for collating a comprehensive guide to the subject, and presenting this from so many previously under researched perspectives. This is a valuable contribution to existing literature on adopting and rejecting Islam. * The Muslim World Book Review *[A] fascinating collection…Moving In and Out of Islam represents a valuable contribution to the scholarly discourse on contemporary conversion to, and deconversion from, Islam…this volume as a whole invites imitation: what it does for the study of Muslim conversions and deconversion in Europe and the Middle East underscores the need for similar work focusing on moving in and out of Islam in the North American context. * Journal of Contemporary Religion *The contributors [to Moving In and Out of Islam] provide detailed examples and narratives of people converting from different backgrounds including from and within the Middle East, Europe, and the United States. Through the evidence they assemble, the contributors seek to identify the struggles and consequences the converts face in a time of increasing politicization and radicalization of Islam. * Middle East Journal *[A] timely volume…uniquely powerful in its field...This volume is a useful resource for students, lecturers and researchers interested in religious transformation, Islam and Muslims in Europe, non-religion, and Islamic studies in general. The breadth and depth of the assembled contributions make this a benchmark for studies of (de)conversion and Islam in Europe and beyond. * Journal of Muslims in Europe *van Nieuwkerk has selected an interesting range of contributors who speak to the varied nature of 'moving in' and 'moving out' processes, which illustrates that these concepts are not fixed in how they are defined, experienced, and discussed in scholarly research...Moreover, the book fills an important gap by including non-belief and moving out of Islam to the academic study of religious transformation processes amongst Muslims. This volume is of relevance to anyone interested in looking beyond the motivations for religious conversion to Islam and gaining a deeper insight into religious change over the course of people's lives. * Reading Religion *Table of Contents Introduction: Moving In and Out of Islam (Karin van Nieuwkerk) Section I. Conceptualizing Religious Change 1. People Do Not Convert but Change: Critical Analysis of Concepts of Spiritual Transitions (William Barylo) 2. Moving In or Moving Toward? Reconceptualizing Conversion to Islam as a Liminal Process (Juliette Galonnier) 3. Understanding Religious Apostasy, Disaffiliation, and Islam in Contemporary Sweden (Daniel Enstedt) Section II. (De)conversion, Race, Culture, and Ethnicity) 4. Giving Islam a German Face (Esra Özyürek) 5. Merging Culture with Religion: Trajectories of Slovak and Czech Muslim Converts since 1989 (Gabriel Pirický) 6. Moving into Shiʿa Islam: The “Process of Subjectification” among Shiʿa Women Converts in London (Yafa Shanneik) 7. Can a Tatar Move Out of Islam? (Katarzyna Górak-Sosnowska and Michał Łyszczarz) Section III. Transnational Movement and Moving between Traditions 8. Religious Authority and Conversions in Berlin’s Sufi Communities (Oleg Yarosh) 9. Deradicalization through Conversion to Traditional Islam: Hamza Yusuf’s Attempt to Revive Sacred Knowledge within a North Atlantic Context (Haifaa Jawad) 10. Escaping the Limelight: The Politics of Opacity and the Life of a Dutch Preacher in the UK (Martijn de Koning) Section IV. Narratives and Experiences of Moving Out of Islam 11. British Muslim Converts: Comparing Conversion and Deconversion Processes To and From Islam (Mona Alyedreessy) 12. In the Closet: The Concealment of Apostasy among Ex-Muslims in Britain and Canada (Simon Cottee) 13. Religious Skepticism and Nonbelieving in Egypt (Karin van Nieuwkerk) 14. “God never existed, and I was looking for him like crazy!” Muslim Stories of Deconversion (Teemu Pauha and Atefeh Aghaee) Section V. Debating Apostasy and Deconversion 15. Faith No More: The Views of Lithuanian Converts to Islam on Deconversion (Egdūnas Račius) 16. Let’s Talk about Apostasy! Swedish Imams, Apostasy Debates, and Police Reports on Hate Crimes and (De)conversion (Göran Larsson) Contributors Index
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University of Texas Press The Islamic Movement in Israel
Book SynopsisSince its establishment in the late 1970s, Israel's Islamic Movement has grown from a small religious revivalist organization focused on strengthening the faith of Muslim residents to a countrywide sociopolitical movement with representation in the Israeli legislature. But how did it get here? How does it differ from other Islamic movements in the region? And why does its membership continue to grow? Tilde Rosmer examines these issues in The Islamic Movement in Israel as she tells the story of the movement, its identity, and its activities. Using interviews with movement leaders and activists, their documents, and media reports from Israel and beyond, she traces the movement's history from its early days to its 1996 split over the issue of its relationship to the state. She then explores how the two factions have functioned since, revealing that while leaders of the two branches have pursued different goals, they remain connected and dedicated to providing needed social, education, andTable of ContentsNote on Translation and Transliteration Acknowledgments Glossary Introduction: Palestinian Islamists in the Jewish State Chapter 1. The Emergence of the Islamic Movement in Israel Chapter 2. The Split of the Islamic Movement in Israel: Minority Dilemmas in the Jewish State Chapter 3. A Trifecta of Goals: Religious Sites, Land, and People Chapter 4. Resisting “Israelization” in Israel Chapter 5. Activists and Relations with Other Palestinian Citizens Chapter 6. New Watersheds: The Joint List and a Ban Conclusion: Islamist Palestinian Nationalists Made in Israel Appendix: Student Survey List of Sources Index
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University of Texas Press Palestinian Rituals of Identity
Book SynopsisMembers of Palestine’s Muslim community have long honored al-Nabi Musa, or the Prophet Moses. Since the thirteenth century, they have celebrated at a shrine near Jericho believed to be the location of Moses’s tomb; in the mid-nineteenth century, they organized a civic festival in Jerusalem to honor this prophet. Considered one of the most important occasions for Muslim pilgrims in Palestine, the Prophet Moses festival yearly attracted thousands of people who assembled to pray, conduct mystical forms of worship, and hold folk celebrations.Palestinian Rituals of Identity takes an innovative approach to the study of Palestine’s modern history by focusing on the Prophet Moses festival from the late Ottoman period through the era of British rule. Halabi explores how the festival served as an arena of competing discourses, with various social groups attempting to control its symbols. Tackling questions about modernity, colonialism, gender relations, and ideTable of Contents Note on Translation Acknowledgments Introduction Chapter 1. The Traditional Ziyara Chapter 2. The Official Ceremonies in Fin-de-Siècle Jerusalem, 1850–1917 Chapter 3. British Colonialism Attends the Festival Chapter 4. Arab Elite Discourses at the Festival Chapter 5. Nationalist Youth Activity at the Festival to 1937 Chapter 6. Nonnational Inflections: The Participation of Non-Elite Groups Chapter 7. The Festival’s Denouement, 1938–1948 Conclusion: The Nabi Musa Festival after 1948 Notes Bibliography Index
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Duke University Press The Bruce B. Lawrence Reader
Book SynopsisThis Reader assembles over two dozen selection of writing by leading scholar of Islam Bruce B. Lawrence which range from analyses of premodern and modern Islamic discourses, practices, and institutions to methodological and theoretical reflections on the study of religion.Trade Review“Few people can talk about God, scripture, humanity, art, and piety as Bruce B. Lawrence can: elegantly, eloquently, and effortlessly. Both general and specialist audiences will find this reader compelling for its clarity and pedagogy. Gems of the Qur'an dance alongside mystical insights, seamlessly joined to world events and to Muslim societies and beyond, over time. An exemplary scholar tells us how history shapes ideas and people, especially the manifold ways we experience the sublime.” -- Ebrahim Moosa, Mirza Family Professor of Islamic Thought and Muslim Societies, University of Notre Dame“In bringing together Bruce B. Lawrence's pieces, this volume raises awareness of his original, significant, and exceptionally broad contributions to the study of religion and especially Islam.” -- Marcia Hermansen, Director of Islamic World Studies at Loyola University Chicago“Ali Altaf Mian, finding in Lawrence a brilliant mind and expansive attitude toward Islam, has collected here a remarkable selection of Lawrence’s most significant articles. . . . This collection is an impressive array of scholarship on the Muslim world, worth reading from cover to cover, even by insiders with a more than passing knowledge of Islam.” -- Janet M. Powers * Religion *"The Bruce B. Lawrence Reader is a window into the mind of a master scholar who has spent a lifetime learning and teaching that Islam has much to offer to the world if understood properly. . . . It was a joy to read this edited collection and I would recommend it to any serious students of Islam." -- Mansur Ali * Muslim World Book Review *Table of ContentsPreface / Bruce B. Lawrence ix Acknowledgments / Bruce B. Lawrence xiii Introduction / Ali Altaf Mian 1 Part I. Theorizing Islam in World History 1. Introduction to Shattering the Myth: Islam beyond Violence (1998) 29 2. Islam in Afro-Eurasia: A Bridge Civilization (2010) 54 3. Muslim Cosmopolitanism (2012) 78 4. Genius Denied and Reclaimed: Hodgson's The Venture of Islam (2014) 90 Part II. Revaluing Muslim Comparativists 5. Al-Biruni: Against the Grain (2014) 103 6. Shahrastani on Indian Idol Worship (1973) 113 7. Introduction to Ibn Khaldun's Muqaddimah (2005/2015) 124 8. Mystical and Rational Elements in the Early Religious Writings of Sir Sayyid Ahmad Khan (1979) 141 Part III. Translating Institutional Sufism 9. Can Sufi Texts Be Translated? Can They Be Translated from Indo-Persian to American English (1990) 165 10. "What Is a Sufi Order? 'Golden Age' and 'Decline' in the Historiography of Sufism," from Sufi Martyrs of Love: The Chishti Order in South Asia and Beyond (2002), Coauthored with Carl W. Ernst 175 11. Sufism and Neo-Sufism (2010) 191 12. "Allah Remembered: Practice of the Heart," from Who Is Allah? (2015) 218 Part IV. Deconstructing Religious Modernity 13. "Fundamentalism as a Religious Ideology in Multiple Contexts" and Conclusion, from Defenders of God: The Fundamentalist Revolt against the Modern Age (1989) 233 14. "The Shah Bano Case," from On Violence: A Reader (2007) 255 15. Introduction to Messages to the World: The Statements of Osama bin Laden (2005) 262 16. Muslim Engagement with Injustice and Violence (2013) 274 Part V. Networking Muslim Citizenship 17. Preface and Conclusion, from New Faiths, Old Fears: Muslims and Other Asian Immigrants in American Religious Life (2002) 307 18. "W.D. Mohammed: Qur'an as Guide to Racial Equality," from The Qur'an: A Biography (2006) 327 19. Introduction to Muslim Networks from Hajj to Hip Hop (2005), Coauthored with miriam cooke 333 20. "AIDS Victims and Sick Women: Qur'an as Prescription for Mercy," from The Qur'an: A Biography (2006) 345 Part VI. Reflecting the Divine Other in Words and Images 21. Approximating Sajʿ in English Renditions of the Qur'an: A Close Reading of Sura 93 (al Duhā) and the Basmala (2005) 353 22. Epilogue to The Qur'an: A Biography (2006) 370 23. A Metaphysical Secularist? Decoding M.F. Husain as a Muslim Painter in Exile (2011) 374 24. Conclusion, from Who Is Allah? (2015) 395 25. The Future of Islamic Studies: Bruce B. Lawrence, Interviewed by Ali Altaf Mian (2018) 409 Afterword / Yasmin Saikia 432 Bruce B. Lawrence's Writings 441 Index
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Duke University Press Queer in Translation
Book SynopsisIn Queer in Translation, Evren Savci analyzes the travel and translation of Western LGBT political terminology to Turkey in order to illuminate how sexual politics have unfolded under Recep Tayyip Erdogan''s AKP government. Under the AKP''s neoliberal Islamic regime, Savci shows, there has been a stark shift from a politics of multicultural inclusion to one of securitized authoritarianism. Drawing from ethnographic work with queer activist groups to understand how discourses of sexuality travel and are taken up in political discourse, Savci traces the intersection of queerness, Islam, and neoliberal governance within new and complex regimes of morality. Savci turns to translation as a queer methodology to think Islam and neoliberalism together and to evade the limiting binaries of traditional/modern, authentic/colonial, global/local, and East/West—thereby opening up ways of understanding the social movements and political discourse that coalesce around sexual liberation inTrade Review“In this much-anticipated book, Evren Savcı draws our attention to how queers in Turkey translate sexual identity in their constant negotiation with neoliberalism in their country. This will be one of the reference texts that we use to understand the links between neoliberalism, morality, and otherness.” -- Roderick A. Ferguson, author of * One-Dimensional Queer *“Queer in Translation is one of the most intellectually exciting and timely studies I have ever read. Evren Savcı's innovative lenses, presented elegantly in this book, shed light on the complexities and innovations of dialogue and solidarity (as well as antagonism) between Islam-identified political projects and those of queer, gay, trans, and feminist assertions.” -- Paul Amar, author of * The Security Archipelago: Human-Security States, Sexuality Politics, and the End of Neoliberalism *"While I am not sure that joy or hope or even rage will be sufficient to build a progressive politics equal to the challenge that those living under securitized neoliberal regimes face, Savci's pathbreaking work reveals now necessary they are." -- Samuel Huneke * The Baffler *"Queer in Translation is an incisive and profound analysis of the unique elements driving neoliberal Islam, as well as queer resistance. By revealing the complexity behind the weaponization of both Western economics and religious morality, Savci contextualizes Turkish queer politics beyond a West-as-oppressor/East-as-oppressed or Islam versus modernity binary, which is sorely needed in discussions of Middle Eastern queer politics." -- Leelan Farhan * Lateral *"Savcı’s book presents us with significant contributions in theoretical framing and methodology. She grounds religion in history and political economy and introduces critical translation studies by way of working against discursive foreclosures that haunt the queer-studies analyses of social movements. Savcı’s genealogical mapping of the current debates and analytics in queer studies, combined with her exemplary intervention into the field, will be useful for experts and novices alike." -- Sinan Goknur * Journal of Middle East Women's Studies *"Very sophisticated and thought provoking." -- B. Tavakolian * Choice *"The element of [Queer in Translation] that makes it a breath of fresh air is Savci's scholarly courage and integrity. It challenges conventional thinking from across the intellectual spectrum. . . . All scholars and practitioners of progressive social movements should read these words." -- Sa'ed Atshan * Social Forces *"Savci’s focus on the role of language in changing the epistemological landscapes of sexuality and gender, interlinking categories that were formerly thought as separate, and demonstrating the complex impacts of neoliberalism and capitalism in a world that is shaped by diverse forms of epistemic violence and historical erasure is a much needed and timely intervention into queer studies." -- Yener Bayramoglu * Feminist Encounters *“What is most compelling in Savcı’s emphasis on queer translation as a modality of geopolitics is that it speaks to the historical ontologies of linguistic categories, mediated through transfers of power and capital. Translation becomes the episteme of the geopolitical, moving us away from the focus on subjects and subjectivity as the only pathway to queer justice.” -- Anjali Arondekar * GLQ *"What the book does best is offer an understanding of the workings of neoliberal Islam and the paradoxes it poses for queer struggles in Turkey. The book will be of importance to scholars in the fields of sociology of sexualities, sociology of culture, and sociology of religion." -- Chaitanya Lakkimsetti * American Journal of Sociology *"Queer in Translation’s theoretical contributions place it on par with the giants of queer theory, gender and sexuality studies, and postcolonial theory it engages, and takes on: Talal Asad, Joseph Massad, Jasbir Puar, Saba Mahmood, and others. . . . The juxtaposition of two seeming unrelated episodes, the use of cutting-edge queer theorizing, all in the service of naming and analyzing a political social order rarely discussed as such is what makes this book a tour de force and a must-read for scholars in the fields of gender and sexuality studies, queer theory, postcolonial studies, and contemporary social theory. For the same reason, it belongs on the syllabi of graduate level courses in these areas. . . ." -- Orit Avishai * Contemporary Sociology *"Savcı’s valuable book offers provocative analytical and methodological discussions for future research on sexual and racial politics, queerness, political economy, and Islam in Turkey, the Middle East, and beyond." -- Ali Yildirim * International Journal of Middle East Studies *Table of ContentsAcronyms Acknowledgments Introduction 1. Subjects of Rights and Subjects of Cruelty 2. Who Killed Ahmet Yıldız? 3. Trans Terror, Deep Citizenship, and the Politics of Hate 4. Critique and Commons under Neoliberalism Conclusion: Queer Studies and the Question of Cultural Difference Appendix: On Method and Methodology Notes Bibliography Index
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Duke University Press The Bruce B. Lawrence Reader
Book SynopsisOver the course of his career, Bruce B. Lawrence has explored the central elements of Islamicate civilization and Muslim networks. This reader assembles more than two dozen of Lawrence's key writings, among them analyses of premodern and modern Islamic discourses, practices, and institutions and methodological reflections on the contextual study of religion. Six methodologies serve as the organizing rubric: theorizing Islam, revaluing Muslim comparativists, translating Sufism, deconstructing religious modernity, networking Muslims, and reflecting on the Divine. Throughout, Lawrence attributes the resilience of Islam to its cosmopolitan character and Muslims' engagement in cross-cultural dialogue. Several essays also address the central role of institutional Sufism in various phases and domains of Islamic history. The volume concludes with Lawrence's reflections on Islam's spiritual and aesthetic resources in the context of global comity. Modeling what it means to study Islam beyond political and disciplinary borders as well as a commitment to linking empathetic imagination with critical reflection, this reader presents the broad arc of Lawrence's prescient contributions to the study of Islam.Trade Review“Few people can talk about God, scripture, humanity, art, and piety as Bruce B. Lawrence can: elegantly, eloquently, and effortlessly. Both general and specialist audiences will find this reader compelling for its clarity and pedagogy. Gems of the Qur'an dance alongside mystical insights, seamlessly joined to world events and to Muslim societies and beyond, over time. An exemplary scholar tells us how history shapes ideas and people, especially the manifold ways we experience the sublime.” -- Ebrahim Moosa, Mirza Family Professor of Islamic Thought and Muslim Societies, University of Notre Dame“In bringing together Bruce B. Lawrence's pieces, this volume raises awareness of his original, significant, and exceptionally broad contributions to the study of religion and especially Islam.” -- Marcia Hermansen, Director of Islamic World Studies at Loyola University Chicago“Ali Altaf Mian, finding in Lawrence a brilliant mind and expansive attitude toward Islam, has collected here a remarkable selection of Lawrence’s most significant articles. . . . This collection is an impressive array of scholarship on the Muslim world, worth reading from cover to cover, even by insiders with a more than passing knowledge of Islam.” -- Janet M. Powers * Religion *"The Bruce B. Lawrence Reader is a window into the mind of a master scholar who has spent a lifetime learning and teaching that Islam has much to offer to the world if understood properly. . . . It was a joy to read this edited collection and I would recommend it to any serious students of Islam." -- Mansur Ali * Muslim World Book Review *Table of ContentsPreface / Bruce B. Lawrence ix Acknowledgments / Bruce B. Lawrence xiii Introduction / Ali Altaf Mian 1 Part I. Theorizing Islam in World History 1. Introduction to Shattering the Myth: Islam beyond Violence (1998) 29 2. Islam in Afro-Eurasia: A Bridge Civilization (2010) 54 3. Muslim Cosmopolitanism (2012) 78 4. Genius Denied and Reclaimed: Hodgson's The Venture of Islam (2014) 90 Part II. Revaluing Muslim Comparativists 5. Al-Biruni: Against the Grain (2014) 103 6. Shahrastani on Indian Idol Worship (1973) 113 7. Introduction to Ibn Khaldun's Muqaddimah (2005/2015) 124 8. Mystical and Rational Elements in the Early Religious Writings of Sir Sayyid Ahmad Khan (1979) 141 Part III. Translating Institutional Sufism 9. Can Sufi Texts Be Translated? Can They Be Translated from Indo-Persian to American English (1990) 165 10. "What Is a Sufi Order? 'Golden Age' and 'Decline' in the Historiography of Sufism," from Sufi Martyrs of Love: The Chishti Order in South Asia and Beyond (2002), Coauthored with Carl W. Ernst 175 11. Sufism and Neo-Sufism (2010) 191 12. "Allah Remembered: Practice of the Heart," from Who Is Allah? (2015) 218 Part IV. Deconstructing Religious Modernity 13. "Fundamentalism as a Religious Ideology in Multiple Contexts" and Conclusion, from Defenders of God: The Fundamentalist Revolt against the Modern Age (1989) 233 14. "The Shah Bano Case," from On Violence: A Reader (2007) 255 15. Introduction to Messages to the World: The Statements of Osama bin Laden (2005) 262 16. Muslim Engagement with Injustice and Violence (2013) 274 Part V. Networking Muslim Citizenship 17. Preface and Conclusion, from New Faiths, Old Fears: Muslims and Other Asian Immigrants in American Religious Life (2002) 307 18. "W.D. Mohammed: Qur'an as Guide to Racial Equality," from The Qur'an: A Biography (2006) 327 19. Introduction to Muslim Networks from Hajj to Hip Hop (2005), Coauthored with miriam cooke 333 20. "AIDS Victims and Sick Women: Qur'an as Prescription for Mercy," from The Qur'an: A Biography (2006) 345 Part VI. Reflecting the Divine Other in Words and Images 21. Approximating Sajʿ in English Renditions of the Qur'an: A Close Reading of Sura 93 (al Duhā) and the Basmala (2005) 353 22. Epilogue to The Qur'an: A Biography (2006) 370 23. A Metaphysical Secularist? Decoding M.F. Husain as a Muslim Painter in Exile (2011) 374 24. Conclusion, from Who Is Allah? (2015) 395 25. The Future of Islamic Studies: Bruce B. Lawrence, Interviewed by Ali Altaf Mian (2018) 409 Afterword / Yasmin Saikia 432 Bruce B. Lawrence's Writings 441 Index
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Duke University Press Queer in Translation
Book SynopsisIn Queer in Translation, Evren Savci analyzes the travel and translation of Western LGBT political terminology to Turkey in order to illuminate how sexual politics have unfolded under Recep Tayyip Erdogan''s AKP government. Under the AKP''s neoliberal Islamic regime, Savci shows, there has been a stark shift from a politics of multicultural inclusion to one of securitized authoritarianism. Drawing from ethnographic work with queer activist groups to understand how discourses of sexuality travel and are taken up in political discourse, Savci traces the intersection of queerness, Islam, and neoliberal governance within new and complex regimes of morality. Savci turns to translation as a queer methodology to think Islam and neoliberalism together and to evade the limiting binaries of traditional/modern, authentic/colonial, global/local, and East/West—thereby opening up ways of understanding the social movements and political discourse that coalesce around sexual liberation inTrade Review“In this much-anticipated book, Evren Savcı draws our attention to how queers in Turkey translate sexual identity in their constant negotiation with neoliberalism in their country. This will be one of the reference texts that we use to understand the links between neoliberalism, morality, and otherness.” -- Roderick A. Ferguson, author of * One-Dimensional Queer *“Queer in Translation is one of the most intellectually exciting and timely studies I have ever read. Evren Savcı's innovative lenses, presented elegantly in this book, shed light on the complexities and innovations of dialogue and solidarity (as well as antagonism) between Islam-identified political projects and those of queer, gay, trans, and feminist assertions.” -- Paul Amar, author of * The Security Archipelago: Human-Security States, Sexuality Politics, and the End of Neoliberalism *"While I am not sure that joy or hope or even rage will be sufficient to build a progressive politics equal to the challenge that those living under securitized neoliberal regimes face, Savci's pathbreaking work reveals now necessary they are." -- Samuel Huneke * The Baffler *"Queer in Translation is an incisive and profound analysis of the unique elements driving neoliberal Islam, as well as queer resistance. By revealing the complexity behind the weaponization of both Western economics and religious morality, Savci contextualizes Turkish queer politics beyond a West-as-oppressor/East-as-oppressed or Islam versus modernity binary, which is sorely needed in discussions of Middle Eastern queer politics." -- Leelan Farhan * Lateral *"Savcı’s book presents us with significant contributions in theoretical framing and methodology. She grounds religion in history and political economy and introduces critical translation studies by way of working against discursive foreclosures that haunt the queer-studies analyses of social movements. Savcı’s genealogical mapping of the current debates and analytics in queer studies, combined with her exemplary intervention into the field, will be useful for experts and novices alike." -- Sinan Goknur * Journal of Middle East Women's Studies *"Very sophisticated and thought provoking." -- B. Tavakolian * Choice *"The element of [Queer in Translation] that makes it a breath of fresh air is Savci's scholarly courage and integrity. It challenges conventional thinking from across the intellectual spectrum. . . . All scholars and practitioners of progressive social movements should read these words." -- Sa'ed Atshan * Social Forces *"Savci’s focus on the role of language in changing the epistemological landscapes of sexuality and gender, interlinking categories that were formerly thought as separate, and demonstrating the complex impacts of neoliberalism and capitalism in a world that is shaped by diverse forms of epistemic violence and historical erasure is a much needed and timely intervention into queer studies." -- Yener Bayramoglu * Feminist Encounters *“What is most compelling in Savcı’s emphasis on queer translation as a modality of geopolitics is that it speaks to the historical ontologies of linguistic categories, mediated through transfers of power and capital. Translation becomes the episteme of the geopolitical, moving us away from the focus on subjects and subjectivity as the only pathway to queer justice.” -- Anjali Arondekar * GLQ *"What the book does best is offer an understanding of the workings of neoliberal Islam and the paradoxes it poses for queer struggles in Turkey. The book will be of importance to scholars in the fields of sociology of sexualities, sociology of culture, and sociology of religion." -- Chaitanya Lakkimsetti * American Journal of Sociology *"Queer in Translation’s theoretical contributions place it on par with the giants of queer theory, gender and sexuality studies, and postcolonial theory it engages, and takes on: Talal Asad, Joseph Massad, Jasbir Puar, Saba Mahmood, and others. . . . The juxtaposition of two seeming unrelated episodes, the use of cutting-edge queer theorizing, all in the service of naming and analyzing a political social order rarely discussed as such is what makes this book a tour de force and a must-read for scholars in the fields of gender and sexuality studies, queer theory, postcolonial studies, and contemporary social theory. For the same reason, it belongs on the syllabi of graduate level courses in these areas. . . ." -- Orit Avishai * Contemporary Sociology *"Savcı’s valuable book offers provocative analytical and methodological discussions for future research on sexual and racial politics, queerness, political economy, and Islam in Turkey, the Middle East, and beyond." -- Ali Yildirim * International Journal of Middle East Studies *Table of ContentsAcronyms Acknowledgments Introduction 1. Subjects of Rights and Subjects of Cruelty 2. Who Killed Ahmet Yıldız? 3. Trans Terror, Deep Citizenship, and the Politics of Hate 4. Critique and Commons under Neoliberalism Conclusion: Queer Studies and the Question of Cultural Difference Appendix: On Method and Methodology Notes Bibliography Index
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Duke University Press Rage and Carnage in the Name of God
Book SynopsisIn Rage and Carnage in the Name of God, Abiodun Alao examines the emergence of a culture of religious violence in postindependence Nigeria, where Christianity, Islam, and traditional religions have all been associated with violence. He investigates the root causes and historical evolution of Nigeria’s religious violence, locating it in the forced coming together of disparate ethnic groups under colonial rule, which planted the seeds of discord that religion, elites, and domestic politics exploit. Alao discusses the histories of Christianity, Islam, and traditional religions in the territory that became Nigeria, the effects of colonization on the role of religion, the development of Islamic radicalization and its relation to Christian violence, the activities of Boko Haram, and how religious violence intermixes with politics and governance. In so doing, he uses religious violence as a way to more fully understand intergroup relations in contemporary Nigeria.Trade Review"Throughout this insightful book, [Alao] explores both post-independence Nigeria’s history and the global religious movements in their connection with religious violence. ... The book will be useful for students, researchers, policymakers and anyone who is interested in understanding the religious violence in Nigeria beyond the narratives that are common in the media." -- Adeyemi Balogun * Religion *"Abiodun Alao’s book is an interesting contribution to the literature on religious violence in Nigeria – a country where religious and ethnic divides come into play at all times. ... It offers a compelling explanation of the dynamics as well as the divergence between Christianity, Islam, and traditional religion in Nigeria. This book will definitely open up more discussions and debates on religiously motivated violence in Nigeria." -- Zainab Mai-Bornu * Religion, State & Society *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments ix Introduction: Of Nigeria, Religion, and Violence 1 1. Religion and Nigerian Society 19 2. Islam and Violence in Nigeria 45 3. Christianity and Violence in Nigeria 77 4. Traditional Religions and Violence in Nigeria 101 5. Boko Haram and the New Phase of Violence 115 6. National Politics, Intergroup Relations, and Religious Violence in Nigeria 153 7. The Economics of Religious Violence in Nigeria 189 8. Nigeria's Religious Violence in the Context of Global Politics 207 Conclusion: The Impossibility of the Best and the Unlikelihood of the Worst 225 Notes 239 Bibliography 267 Index 285
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Duke University Press In and Out of This World
Book SynopsisWith In and Out of This World Stephen C. Finley examines the religious practices and discourses that have shaped the Nation of Islam (NOI) in America. Drawing on the speeches and writing of figures such as Elijah Muhammad, Malcolm X, Warith Deen Mohammad, and Louis Farrakhan, Finley shows that the NOI and its leaders used multiple religious symbols, rituals, and mythologies meant to recast the meaning of the cosmos and create new transcendent and immanent black bodies whose meaning cannot be reduced to products of racism. Whether examining how the myth of Yakub helped Elijah Muhammad explain the violence directed at black bodies, how Malcolm X made black bodies in the NOI publicly visible, or the ways Farrakhan’s discourses on his experiences with the Mother Wheel UFO organize his interpretation of black bodies, Finley demonstrates that the NOI intended to retrieve, reclaim, and reform black bodies in a context of antiblack violence.Trade Review“Finley offers here a well-crafted interpretation of the religious symbols of the NOI as efforts to liberate black identity from social and symbolic confinement. . . . In addition to being an informative work on The Nation of Islam, this book is a dexterous literary ethnography, particularly affluent in insights on religious anthropology.” -- Abdessamad Belhaj * Social Identities *"In and Out of This World peels back closely guarded beliefs and practices and gives readers the context to understand them not as fringe lunacy but a logical endpoint to a diverse and robust cosmology. Dr. Finley does what the best historians do—makes us care about people while giving us the information to understand their ideas and beliefs." -- Christina Ward * Shepherd *"In and Out of This World places bodies at the heart of an engaging redescription of the Nation of Islam. . . . Emphasizing the ties between body and religion in the NOI, Finley makes a welcome contribution to the collection of scholarship that points to the role of religion in African-American racial formation and self-fashioning." -- Nick Andersen * Body and Religion *"In and Out of this World is an ambitious study and is noteworthy specifically for its creative attention to the implications of obscure [Nation of Islam] doctrines. . . . Broad readerships in the fields of religion and African American studies will find additional value in the volume’s potential ties to Afrofuturistic discourses and what role alternative religio-racial movements play therein." -- Darrius Hills * Nova Religio *"An incisive analysis of the Nation of Islam ... The book is a model of religious studies theory, method, and methodology." -- Merin Shobhana Xavier * Reading Religion *"A strength of Finley’s book is his attention to the theological content of the NOI, which all too often is ignored or even dismissed. . . . This book should transform our understanding of the NOI, placing it firmly among other ufological and esotericist movements." -- Benjamin E. Zeller * Journal of the American Academy of Religion *"In and Out of This World by Stephen Finley is an eye-opening and sharp reassessment of Nation of Islam (NOI) discourse that offers wide-ranging interventions in the study of Black religions, Islam in the Americas, and material religion. . . . The book in its entirety would be useful in advanced undergraduate or graduate courses. Whether for research or teaching, readers will find Finley’s detail-oriented project stimulating and novel." -- Max Johnson Dugan * Material Religion *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments ix Introduction. Black Bodies In- and Out-of-Place: Rereading the Nation of Islam through a Theory of the Body 1 1. Elijah Muhammad, the Myth of Yakub, and the Critique of “Whitenized” Black Embodiment 15 2. Elijah Muhammad, Transcendent Blackness, and the Construction of Ideal Black Bodies 46 3. Malcolm X and the Politics of Resistance: Visible Bodies, Language, and the Implied Critique of Elijah Muhammad 74 4. Warith Deen Mohammed and the Nation of Islam: Race and Black Embodiment in “Islamic” Form 100 5. Mothership Connections: Louis Farrakhan as the Culmination of Muslim Ideals in the Nation of Islam 131 Conclusion. (Re)forming Black Embodiment, White Supremacy, and the Nation of Islam's Class(ist) Response 158 Wheels, Wombs, and Women: An Epilogue 174 The “Louis Farrakhan” That the Public Does Not Know, or Doesn’t Want to Know?: An Afterword 189 Farrakhan’s Swan Song? A Postscript 198 Notes 201 Bibliography 235 Index 245
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Duke University Press In and Out of This World
Book SynopsisWith In and Out of This World Stephen C. Finley examines the religious practices and discourses that have shaped the Nation of Islam (NOI) in America. Drawing on the speeches and writing of figures such as Elijah Muhammad, Malcolm X, Warith Deen Mohammad, and Louis Farrakhan, Finley shows that the NOI and its leaders used multiple religious symbols, rituals, and mythologies meant to recast the meaning of the cosmos and create new transcendent and immanent black bodies whose meaning cannot be reduced to products of racism. Whether examining how the myth of Yakub helped Elijah Muhammad explain the violence directed at black bodies, how Malcolm X made black bodies in the NOI publicly visible, or the ways Farrakhan’s discourses on his experiences with the Mother Wheel UFO organize his interpretation of black bodies, Finley demonstrates that the NOI intended to retrieve, reclaim, and reform black bodies in a context of antiblack violence.Trade Review“Finley offers here a well-crafted interpretation of the religious symbols of the NOI as efforts to liberate black identity from social and symbolic confinement. . . . In addition to being an informative work on The Nation of Islam, this book is a dexterous literary ethnography, particularly affluent in insights on religious anthropology.” -- Abdessamad Belhaj * Social Identities *"In and Out of This World peels back closely guarded beliefs and practices and gives readers the context to understand them not as fringe lunacy but a logical endpoint to a diverse and robust cosmology. Dr. Finley does what the best historians do—makes us care about people while giving us the information to understand their ideas and beliefs." -- Christina Ward * Shepherd *"In and Out of This World places bodies at the heart of an engaging redescription of the Nation of Islam. . . . Emphasizing the ties between body and religion in the NOI, Finley makes a welcome contribution to the collection of scholarship that points to the role of religion in African-American racial formation and self-fashioning." -- Nick Andersen * Body and Religion *"In and Out of this World is an ambitious study and is noteworthy specifically for its creative attention to the implications of obscure [Nation of Islam] doctrines. . . . Broad readerships in the fields of religion and African American studies will find additional value in the volume’s potential ties to Afrofuturistic discourses and what role alternative religio-racial movements play therein." -- Darrius Hills * Nova Religio *"An incisive analysis of the Nation of Islam ... The book is a model of religious studies theory, method, and methodology." -- Merin Shobhana Xavier * Reading Religion *"A strength of Finley’s book is his attention to the theological content of the NOI, which all too often is ignored or even dismissed. . . . This book should transform our understanding of the NOI, placing it firmly among other ufological and esotericist movements." -- Benjamin E. Zeller * Journal of the American Academy of Religion *"In and Out of This World by Stephen Finley is an eye-opening and sharp reassessment of Nation of Islam (NOI) discourse that offers wide-ranging interventions in the study of Black religions, Islam in the Americas, and material religion. . . . The book in its entirety would be useful in advanced undergraduate or graduate courses. Whether for research or teaching, readers will find Finley’s detail-oriented project stimulating and novel." -- Max Johnson Dugan * Material Religion *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments ix Introduction. Black Bodies In- and Out-of-Place: Rereading the Nation of Islam through a Theory of the Body 1 1. Elijah Muhammad, the Myth of Yakub, and the Critique of “Whitenized” Black Embodiment 15 2. Elijah Muhammad, Transcendent Blackness, and the Construction of Ideal Black Bodies 46 3. Malcolm X and the Politics of Resistance: Visible Bodies, Language, and the Implied Critique of Elijah Muhammad 74 4. Warith Deen Mohammed and the Nation of Islam: Race and Black Embodiment in “Islamic” Form 100 5. Mothership Connections: Louis Farrakhan as the Culmination of Muslim Ideals in the Nation of Islam 131 Conclusion. (Re)forming Black Embodiment, White Supremacy, and the Nation of Islam's Class(ist) Response 158 Wheels, Wombs, and Women: An Epilogue 174 The “Louis Farrakhan” That the Public Does Not Know, or Doesn’t Want to Know?: An Afterword 189 Farrakhan’s Swan Song? A Postscript 198 Notes 201 Bibliography 235 Index 245
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Duke University Press Medina by the Bay
Book SynopsisMaryam Kashani examines how multiracial Muslim communities in the San Francisco Bay area forge alternate ways of surviving and flourishing in the face of colonial racial capitalism.Trade Review“Medina by the Bay is a brilliant, moving, gorgeously crafted tour de force! Seamlessly weaving together ethnography, analysis, theory, history, political critique, and methodological interventions, Maryam Kashani shows readers that Islam is of and from the Bay Area. While attending to gender, class, and generational difference, she elucidates the context of racial capitalism, the War on Terror, and settler-colonial white supremacy within which Muslims in the Bay Area live, not as a laundry list of things to oppose or things that restrict, but as the conditions within which her interlocutors live, work, understand, create, teach, and learn. The result is a cutting-edge work that will be a must-read for years to come.” -- Lara Deeb, Professor of Anthropology and MENA studies, Scripps College“Maryam Kashani’s portrait of the rise of a Muslim American community begins intimately with scenes of prayer, a classroom seminar, and a poetry reading, and gathers to the level of the universal. Sounding manifold voices of what she lovingly calls ‘the unruly aggregate,’ she poses sharp questions about spirituality, knowledge, resistance, and survival. Medina by the Bay is ambitious, expansive, and wholly original, and will be celebrated for years to come.” -- Jeff Chang, author of * We Gon’ Be Alright: Notes on Race and Resegregation *Table of ContentsA Note on Transcription, Translation, and Blessings xi Acknowledgments xiii Cast of Characters xix Introduction 1 1. Medina by the Bay 37 2. Roots, Routes, and Rhythms of Devotional Time 85 3. Codewords and Counterinsurgent Continuities 121 4. Out of Bounds 153 5. Epistemologies of the Oppressor and the Oppressed 182 In the Way (Toward a Conclusion/Opening) 219 Notes 227 References 263 Index 295
£75.65
Duke University Press Medina by the Bay
Book SynopsisMaryam Kashani examines how multiracial Muslim communities in the San Francisco Bay area forge alternate ways of surviving and flourishing in the face of colonial racial capitalism.Trade Review“Medina by the Bay is a brilliant, moving, gorgeously crafted tour de force! Seamlessly weaving together ethnography, analysis, theory, history, political critique, and methodological interventions, Maryam Kashani shows readers that Islam is of and from the Bay Area. While attending to gender, class, and generational difference, she elucidates the context of racial capitalism, the War on Terror, and settler-colonial white supremacy within which Muslims in the Bay Area live, not as a laundry list of things to oppose or things that restrict, but as the conditions within which her interlocutors live, work, understand, create, teach, and learn. The result is a cutting-edge work that will be a must-read for years to come.” -- Lara Deeb, Professor of Anthropology and MENA studies, Scripps College“Maryam Kashani’s portrait of the rise of a Muslim American community begins intimately with scenes of prayer, a classroom seminar, and a poetry reading, and gathers to the level of the universal. Sounding manifold voices of what she lovingly calls ‘the unruly aggregate,’ she poses sharp questions about spirituality, knowledge, resistance, and survival. Medina by the Bay is ambitious, expansive, and wholly original, and will be celebrated for years to come.” -- Jeff Chang, author of * We Gon’ Be Alright: Notes on Race and Resegregation *Table of ContentsA Note on Transcription, Translation, and Blessings xi Acknowledgments xiii Cast of Characters xix Introduction 1 1. Medina by the Bay 37 2. Roots, Routes, and Rhythms of Devotional Time 85 3. Codewords and Counterinsurgent Continuities 121 4. Out of Bounds 153 5. Epistemologies of the Oppressor and the Oppressed 182 In the Way (Toward a Conclusion/Opening) 219 Notes 227 References 263 Index 295
£20.69
New York University Press Islam Is a Foreign Country
Book SynopsisInvestigates the meaning of American citizenship and the place of Islam in a global age.Trade ReviewA moving and incisive account of Muslim immigrant experiences in the United States.It reveals a dimension of American life seldom genuinely understood.No one will think of American Islam in the same way after reading this book. -- Saba Mahmood,author of Politics of PietyA powerful, lyrical, and boldly rendered book, bringing to life the journey of knowledge seekers. Grewal decenters, blurs, and puts back together a number of scholarly fields to tell a story of Muslims traveling the world for an Islamic education. This profound and compelling ethnography shows that amidst all of the talk of radicalism and terrorism, there is a far more human endeavor herethe search for ethical truths and a better world, no matter how messy and contradictory. -- Junaid Rana,author of Terrifying Muslims: Race and Labor in the South Asian DiasporaEnergetic and insightful, critical as well as empathetic, Grewal provides a rich map of the discursive counterpoints between different geographies of imagination as they are mapped and remapped in the lives and bodies of men and women who translate Islam in their lived practices today. A must read for anyone wishing to understand how religious knowledge in Islam is manufactured in a readable as well as enjoyable manner. -- Ebrahim Moosa,Professor of Religion & Islamic Studies, Duke UniversityGrewal provides readers with useful information about the media, educational organizations, and institutions of political and moral authority. * CHOICE *[] Grewals innovative focus on student travelers makes for a fascinating andinsightful look at U.S. Muslims today. The distinctive subject matter and accessiblewriting style will attract readers outside anthropology and beyond academia, andthrough considering debates about authority and authenticity in the search for Islamicknowledge, Grewal engages with an area of great interest in the anthropology of Islam. * American Anthropologist *Grewal's book is beautifully written, with textured ethnographic vignettes and a clear theoretical analysis. * American Journal of Islamic Social Science *This book provides a window into Muslim American debates around religious authority and identity. Its vast subject matter, timeliness, and fluidity are sure to leave readers wanting more; not in the sense of having been deprived, but out of a desire to explore the expansive subject that Grewal has opened up for us.This book is a valuable contribution to the study of Muslim Americans and will be of great interest to scholars of Islam and Americanists alike. * Journal of the American Academy of Religion *A genuinely fascinating and thought-provoking book. * Times Literary Supplement *[T]his book offers some original social history of the Muslim community in America and particularly the unique role of the African-American influence of shaping American Islam. [Grewal]skillfully weaves together her ethnographic accounts, staying loyal to her anthropological training but pulling in American history, Middle Eastern Studies, classical Islamic texts, as well as considerations of race, ethnicity, and gender. * Sociology of Islam *Zareena GrewalsIslam Is a Foreign Countryoffers a valuable contribution to the growing body of scholarship on American Islam by illuminating the motivations and pedagogies of American Muslims who seek Islamic knowledge overseas in Egypt, Jordan, and Syria. * Sociology of Religion *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction: Unmapping the Muslim World Part I: The Roots and Routes of Islam in America 1 Islam Is a Foreign Country: Mapping the Global Crisis of Authority 2 Islamic Utopias, American Dystopia: Muslim Moral Geographies after the Great Migration 3 Imaginary Homelands, American Dreams: Sunni Moral Geographies after 1965 Part II: Tradition Bound 4 Retrieving Tradition: Pedagogical Forms and Secular Reforms 5 Choosing Tradition: Women Student-Travelers between Resistance and Submission 6 Transmitting Tradition: The Constraints of Crisis 7 Muslim Reformers and the American Media: The Exceptional Umma and Its Emergent Moral Geography Epilogue: American Muslims and the Place of Dissent Notes IndexAbout the Author
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New York University Press Fear in Our Hearts
Book SynopsisArgues that anti-Muslim activity reveals how fear is corroding core American valuesIn a 2018 national poll, over ninety percent of respondents reported that treating people equally is an essential American value. Almost eighty percent said accepting people of different racial backgrounds is very important. Yet about half of the general public reported that they doubt whether Muslims can truly dedicate themselves to American values and society. Why do many people who say they believe in equality and acceptance of those of different backgrounds also think that Muslims could be an exception to that rule?In Fear in Our Hearts, Caleb Iyer Elfenbein examines Islamophobia in the United States, positing that rather than simply being an outcome of the 9/11 attacks, anti-Muslim activity grows out of a fear of difference that has always characterized US public life. Elfenbein examines the effects of this fear on American Muslims, as well as describing how it works to Trade ReviewOffers a penetrating and compelling analysis of the causes and consequences of public hate toward American Muslims since 9/11. . . . Marks a significant contribution to the debate on how Islamophobia undermines America’s professed commitments to equality and tolerance. -- Todd Green, author of The Fear of Islam: An Introduction to Islamophobia in the WestBy turns heartbreaking and hopeful, Fear in Our Hearts is a compelling portrait of our polarized present. Caleb Elfenbein explains how anti-Muslim hostility has become increasingly normalized and the toll it takes on individuals and communities. . . . Essential reading for anyone who cares about America. -- Kecia Ali, author of The Lives of MuhammadElfenbein’s book is a distillation of what fear does to American Muslims and, secondarily, to Americans broadly. This is an accessibly-written interpretation of Race, Islamic, American, and Religious studies, with pressing issues carefully and conscientiously discussed. It would fit well on any bookshelf, in and beyond universities. -- Ilyse R. Morgenstein Fuerst, University of VermontElfenbein's work deserves praise for deftly handling a difficult and painful topic, in a way that is balanced, illuminating, and ultimately hopeful. * Journal of Religious History *
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New York University Press The Practice of Islam in America
Book SynopsisAn introduction to the ways in which ordinary Muslim Americans practice their faith. Muslims have always been part of the United States, but very little is known about how Muslim Americans practice their religion. How do they pray? What's it like to go on pilgrimage to Mecca? What rituals accompany the birth of a child, a wedding, or the death of a loved one? What holidays do Muslims celebrate and what charities do they support? How do they learn about the Qur'an? The Practice of Islam in America introduces readers to the way Islam is lived in the United States, offering vivid portraits of Muslim American life passages, ethical actions, religious holidays, prayer, pilgrimage, and other religious activities. It takes readers into homes, religious congregations, schools, workplaces, cemeteries, restaurantsand all the way to Meccato understand the diverse religious practices of Muslim Americans. Going beyond a theoretical discussion of what Muslims are supposed to do, this volume focuses Trade Review"Edward E. Curtiss new book is a groundbreaking collection of innovative essays that provide rich information about the diversity and complexity of Muslim American religious practices in the United States. Fascinating stories about the contemporary religious lives of South Asian American, Arab American, African American, Latino American, and European American Muslims are analyzed in this beautiful volume edited by Curtis, a brilliant historian of Islam in America. Highly recommended for courses and research on religion in America." -- Richard Brent Turner,author of Islam in the African American Experience, Second Edition"Is every practice inspired by a good-faith commitment to Islam Islamic? From both a thirty thousand foot view, as well as the panoply of Muslim practices on the ground, this book sheds much light on this critical question and will certainly enhance the discussion thereon, both within and without the academy. -- Sherman A. Jackson,King Faisal Chair of Islamic Thought and Culture, University of Southern California"Edward Curtis has established himself as the premier historian of American Islam. In this volume, he brings together twelve scholars who shift the discussion of Islam in America from the question of Americanization", identity, and xenophobia to an in-depth examination of religious practice. We are treated to twelve essays from scholars covering topics ranging from prayer and pilgrimage to charity, food consumption, weddings, birth rituals, and funerals. We are treated to an insiders look at the everyday experiences of Muslim Americans. Highly recommended for students of Islamic Studies, American religion, anthropology, and history." -- Omid Safi,Duke University"Edward E. Curtis The Practice of Islam in America is a must read for anyone who wants to encounter Islam as a living and lived faith. This outstanding collection enables readers to encounter (through description and exemplification) the practice and meaning of daily prayer, fasting, and rituals (including birth, marriage, and death/funeral rituals; and much more." -- John L. Esposito,University Professor and Professor of Islamic Studies, Georgetown University"The practice of Islam in America is often conscious of and sometimes shaped by Islamophobia...For this reason, we are in need of counter-narratives, and the publication of this detailed and diverse description of Muslim life in the United States is especially timely." * Reading Religion *
£23.74
New York University Press The Womens Mosque of America
Book SynopsisChoice Outstanding Academic Title 2023Analyzes how American Muslim women assert themselves as religious actors in the US and beyond, using the Qur'an as a tool for social justice and community buildingThe Women's Mosque of America (WMA), a multiracial, women-only mosque in Los Angeles, is the first of its kind in the United States. Since 2015, the WMA has provided a space for Muslim women to build inclusive communities committed to gender and social justice, challenging the dominant mosque culture that has historically marginalized them through inadequate prayer spaces, exclusion from leadership, and limited access to religious learning. Tazeen M. Ali explores this congregation, focusing on how members contest established patriarchal norms while simultaneously contending with domestic and global Islamophobia that renders their communities vulnerable to violence. Drawing on textual analysis of WMA sermons and ethnographic interviews with community members, and utilizing Black feminist aTrade ReviewOffers a sophisticated and complex perspective on how religious authority is constructed in North American Muslim communities. At once timely and compelling. -- Ayesha S. Chaudhry, Canada Research Chair in Religion, Law and Social Justice, University of British ColumbiaSuperb. A layered, nuanced study showing how American Muslim women reimagine religious authority and leadership as well as traditions of scriptural interpretation in ways that are consequential far beyond their mosque. -- Zareena Grewal, author of Islam Is a Foreign Country: American Muslims and the Global Crisis of AuthorityA crucial contribution to the scholarship on women and religion in the US as well as to the literatures on American Islam and Islamophobia. Ali’s deeply researched and finely nuanced analysis of the Women’s Mosque of America paints a vivid picture of a robust and distinctive form of women’s authority sustained in that space. Scholars and students alike will learn much here about the diversity of Muslim life and women’s experiences in our contemporary world. -- R. Marie Griffith, author of Making the World Over: Confronting Racism, Misogyny, and Xenophobia in U.S. History
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New York University Press The Womens Mosque of America
Book SynopsisChoice Outstanding Academic Title 2023Analyzes how American Muslim women assert themselves as religious actors in the US and beyond, using the Qur'an as a tool for social justice and community buildingThe Women's Mosque of America (WMA), a multiracial, women-only mosque in Los Angeles, is the first of its kind in the United States. Since 2015, the WMA has provided a space for Muslim women to build inclusive communities committed to gender and social justice, challenging the dominant mosque culture that has historically marginalized them through inadequate prayer spaces, exclusion from leadership, and limited access to religious learning. Tazeen M. Ali explores this congregation, focusing on how members contest established patriarchal norms while simultaneously contending with domestic and global Islamophobia that renders their communities vulnerable to violence. Drawing on textual analysis of WMA sermons and ethnographic interviews with communiTrade Review"Offers a sophisticated and complex perspective on how religious authority is constructed in North American Muslim communities. At once timely and compelling." -- Ayesha S. Chaudhry, Canada Research Chair in Religion, Law and Social Justice, University of British Columbia"Superb. A layered, nuanced study showing how American Muslim women reimagine religious authority and leadership as well as traditions of scriptural interpretation in ways that are consequential far beyond their mosque." -- Zareena Grewal, author of Islam Is a Foreign Country: American Muslims and the Global Crisis of Authority"A crucial contribution to the scholarship on women and religion in the US as well as to the literatures on American Islam and Islamophobia. Ali’s deeply researched and finely nuanced analysis of the Women’s Mosque of America paints a vivid picture of a robust and distinctive form of women’s authority sustained in that space. Scholars and students alike will learn much here about the diversity of Muslim life and women’s experiences in our contemporary world." -- R. Marie Griffith, author of Making the World Over: Confronting Racism, Misogyny, and Xenophobia in U.S. History
£23.74
New York University Press Muslim American Politics and the Future of US
Book SynopsisReveals the important role of Muslim Americans in American politics Since the 1950s, and especially in the post-9/11 era, Muslim Americans have played outsized roles in US politics, sometimes as political dissidents and sometimes as political insiders. However, more than at any other moment in history, Muslim Americans now stand at the symbolic center of US politics and public life. This volume argues that the future of American democracy depends on whether Muslim Americans are able to exercise their political rights as citizens and whether they can find acceptance as social equals. Many believe that, over time, Muslim Americans will be accepted just as other religious minorities have been. Yet Curtis contends that this belief overlooks the real barrier to their full citizenship, which is political rather than cultural. The dominant form of American liberalism has prevented the political assimilation of American Muslims, even while leaders from Eisenhower to Obama have offered rhetoricTrade Review"Argues that full cultural and social citizenship has not yet been achieved, yet Muslim Americans matter to key events and ideas in modern America." -- Kathleen Moore,University of California, Santa Barbara"Reminding us that the Nation of Islam and Malik El-Shabazz are the predecessors of the contemporary landscape of Muslim politics, Curtis describes the challenges to liberalism and American empire that came through the forging of an Islamic liberation theology. Written by one of the leading scholars of Muslim history in the United States, this is an urgent book for our time." -- Junaid Rana,Author of Terrifying Muslims: Race and Labor in the South Asian Diaspora"[Curtis] explores this theme with accessible personal stories, including the evolution of Malcolm X into Malik Shabazz, the stories of four Muslim American women, the deaths of Muslim American soldiers Corporal Kareem Khan and Captain Humayun Khan, and dissident activist Linda Sarsour." * Choice *
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New York University Press Muslims on the Margins
Book SynopsisOffers vivid stories of nonconformist Muslim communitiesThe turn of the twenty-first century ushered in a wave of progressive Muslims, whose modern interpretations and practices transformed the public's perception of who could follow the teachings of Islam. Muslims on the Margins tells the story of their even more radical descendants: nonconformists who have reinterpreted their religion and created space for queer, trans, and nonbinary identities within Islam.Katrina Daly Thompson draws extensively from conversations and interviews conducted both in person in North America and online in several international communities. Writing in a compelling narrative style that centers the real experiences and diverse perspectives of nonconformist Muslims, Thompson illustrates how these radical Muslims are forming a community dedicated to creative reinterpretations of their religion, critical questioning of established norms, expansive inclusion of those who are queer iTrade ReviewMasterfully engages with scholarship from many different disciplines. Muslims on the Margins makes several significant scholarly interventions and is an especially important and necessary addition to the literature on queer Muslims and North American religions. -- Ahmed Afzal, California State University, FullertonTimely and beautifully written. An impressive book whose insights are as compelling as they are significant. -- Elizabeth Pérez, University of California, Santa Barbara“If you’re looking for books about religious innovation and queer religious people, we have a fascinating book to recommend on LGBTQ Muslims. Katrina Daly Thompson released a new book this year on how queer, transgender, and nonbinary Muslims are transforming Islam. Muslims on the Margins is insightful and filled with important stories.” * The Revealer *
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New York University Press Muslims on the Margins
Book SynopsisOffers vivid stories of nonconformist Muslim communitiesThe turn of the twenty-first century ushered in a wave of progressive Muslims, whose modern interpretations and practices transformed the public's perception of who could follow the teachings of Islam. Muslims on the Margins tells the story of their even more radical descendants: nonconformists who have reinterpreted their religion and created space for queer, trans, and nonbinary identities within Islam.Katrina Daly Thompson draws extensively from conversations and interviews conducted both in person in North America and online in several international communities. Writing in a compelling narrative style that centers the real experiences and diverse perspectives of nonconformist Muslims, Thompson illustrates how these radical Muslims are forming a community dedicated to creative reinterpretations of their religion, critical questioning of established norms, expansive inclusion of those who are queer iTrade ReviewMasterfully engages with scholarship from many different disciplines. Muslims on the Margins makes several significant scholarly interventions and is an especially important and necessary addition to the literature on queer Muslims and North American religions. -- Ahmed Afzal, California State University, FullertonTimely and beautifully written. An impressive book whose insights are as compelling as they are significant. -- Elizabeth Pérez, University of California, Santa Barbara“If you’re looking for books about religious innovation and queer religious people, we have a fascinating book to recommend on LGBTQ Muslims. Katrina Daly Thompson released a new book this year on how queer, transgender, and nonbinary Muslims are transforming Islam. Muslims on the Margins is insightful and filled with important stories.” * The Revealer *
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New York University Press The Essence of Reality
Book SynopsisA groundbreaking exposition of Islamic mysticismThe Essence of Reality was written over the course of just three days in 514/1120, by a scholar who was just twenty-four. The text, like its author ?Ayn al-Qu?at, is remarkable for many reasons, not least of which that it is in all likelihood the earliest philosophical exposition of mysticism in the Islamic intellectual tradition. This important work would go on to exert significant influence on both classical Islamic philosophy and philosophical mysticism.Written in a terse yet beautiful style, The Essence of Reality consists of one hundred brief chapters interspersed with Qur?anic verses, prophetic sayings, Sufi maxims, and poetry. In conversation with the work of the philosophers Avicenna and al-Ghazali, the book takes readers on a philosophical journey, with lucid expositions of questions including the problem of the eternity of the world; the nature of God's essence and attributes; the concepts of Trade Review"Rustom’s new book is a masterful translation, superb critical edition and comprehensive guide to the thought of one of the most prominent Muslim thinkers." * Islam and Christian-Muslim Relations *"The Essence of Reality is a clear and fluent translation that successfully transfers the literary power of the original text into English." * Nazariyat *"[Rustom’s] translation strikes a delicate balance between faithfulness to the Arabic original and readability for a wide audience… A historical classic brought back to life by Rustom’s able skills as translator and commentator." * Marginalia (Los Angeles Review of Books) *"Like many readers of Arabic Sufi writings, I have always felt that translations of Sufi texts often miss the subtle beauty of the original Arabic. […] Reading The Essence of Reality, I now have a new standard of judgment. […] There is no doubt that The Essence of Reality represents a major feat in the field of Sufi studies." * Journal of Islamic and Muslim Studies *
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New York University Press Fear in Our Hearts
Book SynopsisArgues that anti-Muslim activity reveals how fear is corroding core American valuesIn a 2018 national poll, over ninety percent of respondents reported that treating people equally is an essential American value. Almost eighty percent said accepting people of different racial backgrounds is very important. Yet about half of the general public reported that they doubt whether Muslims can truly dedicate themselves to American values and society. Why do many people who say they believe in equality and acceptance of those of different backgrounds also think that Muslims could be an exception to that rule?In Fear in Our Hearts, Caleb Iyer Elfenbein examines Islamophobia in the United States, positing that rather than simply being an outcome of the 9/11 attacks, anti-Muslim activity grows out of a fear of difference that has always characterized US public life. Elfenbein examines the effects of this fear on American Muslims, as well as describing how it works to Trade ReviewOffers a penetrating and compelling analysis of the causes and consequences of public hate toward American Muslims since 9/11. . . . Marks a significant contribution to the debate on how Islamophobia undermines America’s professed commitments to equality and tolerance. -- Todd Green, author of The Fear of Islam: An Introduction to Islamophobia in the WestBy turns heartbreaking and hopeful, Fear in Our Hearts is a compelling portrait of our polarized present. Caleb Elfenbein explains how anti-Muslim hostility has become increasingly normalized and the toll it takes on individuals and communities. . . . Essential reading for anyone who cares about America. -- Kecia Ali, author of The Lives of MuhammadElfenbein’s book is a distillation of what fear does to American Muslims and, secondarily, to Americans broadly. This is an accessibly-written interpretation of Race, Islamic, American, and Religious studies, with pressing issues carefully and conscientiously discussed. It would fit well on any bookshelf, in and beyond universities. -- Ilyse R. Morgenstein Fuerst, University of VermontElfenbein's work deserves praise for deftly handling a difficult and painful topic, in a way that is balanced, illuminating, and ultimately hopeful. * Journal of Religious History *
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