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Minhaj-ul-Quran Publications Islamic Teachings Series: Fasting and Spiritual
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Minhaj-ul-Quran Publications Islam on Mercy and Compassion
Book SynopsisThe common perception of Islam in the media is one of austerity and rigidity, and in extreme cases, severe cruelty. The situation is not helped by the strict and narrow-minded interpretation of the religion by a number its adherents. However, those who are willing to scratch below the surface and look further will see that nothing is further from the truth; that Islam does not teach anything except universal love, mercy, compassion, peace & benevolence. Dr Muhammad Tahir-ul-Qadri is an eminent and internationally renowned Islamic scholar, orator and author. In this book, he presents numerous quotations from the Qur'an and authentic hadith to help the reader discover the prime position of the qualities of mercy and compassion in the Islamic faith. Dr Tahir-ul-Qadri has meticulously referenced all quotations to ensure accuracy and clarity in order to dispel any doubts about the matter. Through his distinctive solid scholarship and methodology, Dr Tahir-ul-Qadri demonstrates how Islam promotes spiritual endeavour, moderation, ease and tolerance, and is not merely concerned with ritualism and outward forms of piety. For Muslims, this book is essential reading to help reclaim Islam back from those who portray it as merely a socio-political enterprise devoid of compassion for humanity and the rest of creation. Non-Muslims, on the other hand, will be able to appreciate these lesser known aspects of Islam, which in fact form its core philosophy.
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Minhaj-ul-Quran Publications Islamic Teachings Series: Zakah & Charity
Book SynopsisThis book is part of the Islamic Teachings series compiled from the works and lectures of Shaykh-ul-Islam Dr Muhammad Tahir-ul-Qadri. Zakah and Charity book provides readers with both a general overview and where needed, some in depth information and guidance on basics of Islam. All of the primary subjects within the three branches of Shariah, Aqidah (doctrine), Fiqh (jurisprudence), Tasawwuf (spirituality and self purification) are covered and a general basic understanding of Islam in a modern context through an easy way to follow question and answer format. Some of the most common yet unanswered, day to day issues are replied to using juristic methods from sound sources of Qur'an and Hadith. These are not only of benefit for the purpose of self study, for anybody of any age and from every walk of life, it is also a very useful reference source which caters for the needs of academic institutions, libraries and study circles.
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Minhaj-ul-Quran Publications Islam on Love and Non-Violence: 2015
Book SynopsisThe topic of love and non-violence in Islam, in an environment imbued with intolerance, extremism and terrorism, is very significant. This book portrays how loving humanity and eliminating violence are key in all the Islamic teachings and are evident in the conduct of Allah's exalted Messenger.The Holy Quran states that Almighty Allah has raised the Prophet as an epitome of mercy for the entire universe. Despite atrocious afflictions caused by the polytheists of Mecca, the Prophet remained peaceful and always sought dialogue as a means of resolution.Islam is a religion that preaches peace, security, love and regard. According to Islamic teachings, a Muslim is one from whose tongue and hand all people, whether Muslim or Non-Muslim, are safe. The dignity, inviolability and protection of human life is basic to Islamic law. Killing a human unjustly is unlawful and also an act of disbelief in certain cases. Islam states that the sanctity of life is superior to the sanctity of the Ka'ba hence shedding blood unjustly has been condemned in the harshest possible terms.Under Islamic law even in the state of war non-combatants cannot be killed during battle.The only enemies who are allowed to be killed are those actively take part in combat. Other restrictions also include killing animals, damaging crops, destroying buildings, properties and places of worship. Such strict rulings are in place even during times of war therefore it is clear that all acts of terrorism and extremism are in direct contravention of the teachings of the Quran and hadith.Islam eliminated hatred through love, terrorism through peace and ignorance through knowledge. This book portrays how love, peace and knowledge form the very essence of Islam.
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BenBella Books A Sinner in Mecca: A Gay Muslim's Hajj of
Book SynopsisFrom the recipient of a 2018 Guggenheim Fellow Based on the New York Times' Critic Pick documentary "The first book about the Hajj from a gay perspective, written by a man with a deep knowledge of Islamic history. This pilgrimage is the centerpiece of his book, and he recounts it with courage and fierce emotion." —The Guardian This is the Islam you've never been allowed to see. Daringly reported from its frontlines and forbidden to most of humanity for centuries. The Hajj pilgrimage is a journey every Muslim is commanded by God to go on at least once in a lifetime if they are able and, like millions, Parvez Sharma believes his spiritual salvation lies at Islam's ground zero, Mecca. But unlike the journeys of his fellow Muslims, the consequences of his own could be deadly. In A Sinner in Mecca, author, filmmaker, and 2018 Guggenheim Fellow Parvez chronicles his pilgrimage as a very openly gay Muslim to Saudi Arabia, where Islam's heart beats . . . and where being true to himself is punishable by death. Risking his life, Parvez embarks on a Jihad of the self—filming his experience along the way. Already under fire for his documentary A Jihad for Love, which looks at the coexistence of Islam and homosexuality, he would undoubtedly face savage punishment if exposed—from being thrown off a cliff to public beheading. Parvez's odyssey is at once audacious, global, and remarkable. He meets everyone from extremists to explorers of the spiritual kind and the world they open up is frightening . . . yet breathtaking. In Mecca, Parvez comes out to a pilgrim, who then asks him why he would want to be part of something that wants no part of him. This book is his answer to this question and many more. Parvez provides an unflinching look at our troubling unfolding history, including Hizbullah, ISIS, Trump, the race-wars, an embattled Europe, and more. He offers real solutions, borne of his efforts to get his hands dirty to find them. This is a lived history—and its author is no armchair theorist. Following the New York Times Critics' Pick hit documentary of the same title, A Sinner in Mecca unflinchingly showcases parts of the dangerous ideology that governs today's ISIS and how much it has in common with Saudi Arabia's sacred, yet treacherous dogma, Wahhabi Islam. A Sinner in Mecca is simultaneously one man's personal odyssey as well as a groundbreaking, provocative revelation of a clandestine world and its fastest growing and most contested religion.Trade Review"The first book about the Hajj from a gay perspective, written by a man with a deep knowledge of Islamic history. This pilgrimage is the centerpiece of his book, and he recounts it with courage and fierce emotion." —The Guardian "You will never think the same way about Saudi Arabia and Islam after reading this beautifully written book." —Washington Book Review "Sharma's spiritual search is intimate and careful, and ultimately one of understanding." —Foreword Reviews "Sharma's . . . book uses that trip not only to gain perspective on extremists and religion, but as a glass to view the world here in the United States, the challenges felt by the Muslim community, and the oppressive weight of the Trump admisistration."—Towerload "Parvez's heroism is rare and his courage well-documented. Putting his own life at risk, he takes us on a surprising and compelling journey through the frontlines of his much contested faith. A brilliant follow up to his films, A Jihad for Love and A Sinner in Mecca." —Reza Aslan, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Zealot "In our lives, we face a choice of whether to live with judgment or reach deep within ourselves to find an inner moral compass that leads us to a metaphorical Mecca of unconditional love. With his powerful, brave book, A Sinner in Mecca, Parvez Sharma takes us on his hero's pilgrimage, teaching us of an ethereal truth: the qibla, or direction of Mecca, resides within each one of our hearts." —Asra Q. Nomani, author of Standing Alone: An American Woman's Struggle for the Soul of Islam "Parvez Sharma's Hajj pilgrimage is not only a journey to Mecca but to his deepest self. Both a Muslim and an out gay man, Sharma writes bravely and brilliantly. His religion is ancient. His story is timeless." —Kevin Sessums, New York Times bestselling author of Mississippi Sissy and I Left It On the Mountain "Sharma's gripping journey unfolds with cinematic splendor, giving those of us who will never experience the hajj firsthand the next best thing. This book examines modern Islam's beauty and its ugliness with an unflinching gaze and a hopeful vision for its future." —Cole Stryker, author of Hacking the Future and Epic Win for Anonymous "As a gay man and a Muslim, Parvez Sharma's unique personal journey is reflected in this powerful examination of faith, sexuality, and gender. In a divided world, Sharma fearlessly crosses the boundaries and barriers that separate us from each other and finds common ground in the search for love and truth."—Cleve Jones, author of When We Rise
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de Gruyter Deutsch als Predigtsprache des Islam
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Indiana University Press Veils Turbans and Islamic Reform in Northern
Book SynopsisVeils, Turbans, and Islamic Reform in Northern Nigeria tells the story of Islamic reform from the perspective of dress, textile production, trade, and pilgrimage over the past 200 years.Trade ReviewRenne has written an exciting albeit challenging book. Readers unfamiliar with Nigeria and its complex history may feel overwhelmed at times by the sheer multitude of references to historic events and personalities. This notwithstanding, the book has a great many insights to offer to scholars of religious reform, Islamic dress and northern Nigeria. Everyone with an interest in these topics should read it. -- Hannah Hoechner * Islamic Africa *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments1. Introduction: Material Religion and Islamic Reform in Northern Nigeria 2. Islamic Dress, Textile Production, and Trade in the Time of the Sokoto Caliphate 3. Muslim Identity, Islamic Scholarship, and Cloth Connections in Ilorin 4. The Sardauna's Turbans 5. Veiling, Gender, and Fashion 6. Performing Pilgrimage: Worship and Travel, Textiles and Trade 7. Marks of Progress: Islamic Reform and Industrial Textile Production in Kaduna 8. Failures of Modernity and Islamic Reform: Dress and Deception in Northern Nigeria in the 21st Century9. Epilogue. Moral Imagination, Material Things, and Islamic Reform Glossary Bibliography Index
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Indiana University Press Remaking Islam in African Portugal Lisbon Mecca
Book SynopsisTrade ReviewRemaking Islam in African Portugal highlights what being Muslim means in urban Europe and how Guinean migrants' relationships to their ritual practices must change as they remake themselves and their religion. * Portuguese American Journal *Grounded in rich fieldwork in both Guinea-Bissau and Portugal conducted across 20 years, this book is an ethnographer's dream. Oozing with gorgeous ethnographic details, the book at the same time tackles all the issues one could hope to think about concerning West African Muslims' lives in Europe. Challenges of racism. Challenges of Islamophobia. Challenges by mainstream Muslims of heterodox practices. All these big-picture issues frame the stories Michelle Johnson exquisitely tells. -- Alma Gottlieb * AlmaGottlieb.com *Table of Contents1. Faith and Fieldwork in African Lisbon Part 1: Remaking Islam through Life Course Rituals 2. Name-Giving and Hand-Writing: Childhood Rituals and Embodying Islam 3. Making Mandinga, Making Muslims: Initiation, Circumcision, and Ritual Uncertainty 4. Distant Departures: Funerals, Post-Burial Sacrifices, and Rupturing Place and Identity Part 2: Remaking Islam through Rituals Beyond the Life Course 5. Reversals of Fortune: From Healing-Divining to Astrology 6. "Welcome Back from Mecca!": Reimagining the Hajj Epilogue: Faith, Food, and Fashion: Religion in Diaspora BibliographyIndex
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Indiana University Press Remaking Islam in African Portugal Lisbon Mecca
Book SynopsisTrade ReviewRemaking Islam in African Portugal highlights what being Muslim means in urban Europe and how Guinean migrants' relationships to their ritual practices must change as they remake themselves and their religion. * Portuguese American Journal *Grounded in rich fieldwork in both Guinea-Bissau and Portugal conducted across 20 years, this book is an ethnographer's dream. Oozing with gorgeous ethnographic details, the book at the same time tackles all the issues one could hope to think about concerning West African Muslims' lives in Europe. Challenges of racism. Challenges of Islamophobia. Challenges by mainstream Muslims of heterodox practices. All these big-picture issues frame the stories Michelle Johnson exquisitely tells. -- Alma Gottlieb * AlmaGottlieb.com *Table of Contents1. Faith and Fieldwork in African Lisbon Part 1: Remaking Islam through Life Course Rituals 2. Name-Giving and Hand-Writing: Childhood Rituals and Embodying Islam 3. Making Mandinga, Making Muslims: Initiation, Circumcision, and Ritual Uncertainty 4. Distant Departures: Funerals, Post-Burial Sacrifices, and Rupturing Place and Identity Part 2: Remaking Islam through Rituals Beyond the Life Course 5. Reversals of Fortune: From Healing-Divining to Astrology 6. "Welcome Back from Mecca!": Reimagining the Hajj Epilogue: Faith, Food, and Fashion: Religion in Diaspora BibliographyIndex
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Indiana University Press Religious Television and Pious Authority in
Book SynopsisTrade Review"In this penetrating ethnography of religious television in Pakistan, Taha Kazi challenges basic assumptions in the study of the relationship between media and religion. Most importantly, Kazi questions the notion that religious programming in Muslim societies inevitably results in the cultivation of pious Muslim sensibilities, and, instead, brings attention to its contradictory and ambivalent outcomes. Her subtle consideration of the irreverent and critical engagements with Islam that arise from religious programming in Pakistan are based on carefully conducted in-depth fieldwork in Karachi. Religious Television and Pious Authority brings much-needed attention to aspects of Islam's role in Pakistan and the wider world that have been neglected in recent work in the social sciences."—Magnus Marsden, Professor of Social Anthropology, Director of Sussex Asia Centre, University of Sussex"This book is a careful and persuasive account of the way we should be thinking about relations between religion and media. In Taha Kazi's telling, Pakistan demonstrates how the boundaries between these two domains are today blurred, and the substance of contemporary religion emerges somewhere in between them."—Stewart Hoover, Director, Center for Media, Religion and Culture and Professor of Media Studies, University of Colorado Boulder"In this pioneering book Kazi analyses the impact of the religious television shows which have proliferated in Pakistan since 2002 when President Musharraf liberalised the media. She demonstrates how these shows led to a reduction in the authority of the ulama, the rise of the non-madrasa trained scholar of Islam, and an audience, often faced by conflicting opinions, which increasingly came to make its own decisions about religious belief and practice. This is an important example of how technological change is bringing about religious change in the Muslim world."—Francis Robinson, Professor of the History of South Asia, Royal Holloway, University of LondonTable of ContentsAcknowledgementsNote on TransliterationIntroduction1. A Background of Religious Programming in Pakistan2. The Production, Ownership, and Control of Religious Television Shows3. Doctrinal Activism and Religious Television4. Religious Authority and Control over Religious Knowledge5. Self-styled Scholars and Religious Show Hosts: Emerging Sources of Religious Authority6. Changing Viewer Assessments of Religious Authority7. Redefining the Boundaries for Critical Deliberation in Islamic Public DebateConclusionGlossary of Arabic TermsReferences
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Indiana University Press Religious Television and Pious Authority in
Book SynopsisTrade Review"In this penetrating ethnography of religious television in Pakistan, Taha Kazi challenges basic assumptions in the study of the relationship between media and religion. Most importantly, Kazi questions the notion that religious programming in Muslim societies inevitably results in the cultivation of pious Muslim sensibilities, and, instead, brings attention to its contradictory and ambivalent outcomes. Her subtle consideration of the irreverent and critical engagements with Islam that arise from religious programming in Pakistan are based on carefully conducted in-depth fieldwork in Karachi. Religious Television and Pious Authority brings much-needed attention to aspects of Islam's role in Pakistan and the wider world that have been neglected in recent work in the social sciences."—Magnus Marsden, Professor of Social Anthropology, Director of Sussex Asia Centre, University of Sussex"This book is a careful and persuasive account of the way we should be thinking about relations between religion and media. In Taha Kazi's telling, Pakistan demonstrates how the boundaries between these two domains are today blurred, and the substance of contemporary religion emerges somewhere in between them."—Stewart Hoover, Director, Center for Media, Religion and Culture and Professor of Media Studies, University of Colorado Boulder"In this pioneering book Kazi analyses the impact of the religious television shows which have proliferated in Pakistan since 2002 when President Musharraf liberalised the media. She demonstrates how these shows led to a reduction in the authority of the ulama, the rise of the non-madrasa trained scholar of Islam, and an audience, often faced by conflicting opinions, which increasingly came to make its own decisions about religious belief and practice. This is an important example of how technological change is bringing about religious change in the Muslim world."—Francis Robinson, Professor of the History of South Asia, Royal Holloway, University of LondonTable of ContentsAcknowledgementsNote on TransliterationIntroduction1. A Background of Religious Programming in Pakistan2. The Production, Ownership, and Control of Religious Television Shows3. Doctrinal Activism and Religious Television4. Religious Authority and Control over Religious Knowledge5. Self-styled Scholars and Religious Show Hosts: Emerging Sources of Religious Authority6. Changing Viewer Assessments of Religious Authority7. Redefining the Boundaries for Critical Deliberation in Islamic Public DebateConclusionGlossary of Arabic TermsReferences
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Harvard University Press Framing Muslims Stereotyping and Representation
Book SynopsisIn Framing Muslims: Stereotyping and Representation after 9/11, Peter Morey and Amina Yaqin dissect how stereotypes that depict Muslims as an inherently problematic presence in the West are constructed, deployed, and circulated in the public imagination, producing an immense gulf between representation and a considerably more complex reality.Trade ReviewIn this rich and methodical deconstruction of the thick frame that surrounds nearly all discussions about Muslim minorities in British and American culture today, Peter Morey and Amina Yaqin have exposed the dark power of stereotyping Muslims to the light by scrutinizing everything from "terror" television shows to Muslim leaders' own stereotypes. As an example of cultural studies, the book is exemplary. As an intervention into some of the most urgent political debates of our day, it is both compelling and necessary. -- Moustafa Bayoumi, author of How Does It Feel To Be a Problem? Being Young and Arab in AmericaAbsorbing, disquieting, and compelling, Framing Muslims alerts us to the new and alarming ways that, in the aftermath of 9/11, 'Muslims' have come to represent a political problem waiting to be solved. With clarity, urgency and forensic skill, Peter Morey and Amina Yaqin explore and celebrate ways out of 'the frame' while unravelling the regulatory agendas of fanatics and liberal reformers alike that are currently breathing new life into discredited stereotypes. Essential wisdom for all who care and are daring to write about Islam, racism, and the politics of commodified multiculturalism today. -- Gerald MacLean, co-author of Britain and the Islamic WorldFraming Muslims is an enlightening book. It is sure to make us more critical of the power and influence of media in shaping our views on Muslims and Islam. Peter Morey and Amina Yaqin deserve applause for their worthy effort. -- Joseph Richard Preville * Saudi Gazette *Groundbreaking...Drawing on their diverse backgrounds in English and Urdu literary and cultural studies, Morey and Yaqin examine...[how] veils, beards, men at prayer, and minarets stand in for Muslims in all their heterogeneity and complexity...[An] illuminating work. -- Claire Chambers * Times Higher Education *The book makes a notable contribution by going beyond events in the U.S. to examine reactions in Great Britain to the 2005 bombings of the London public transportation system. The authors take a psychoanalytic approach to their examination of the sources of stereotype and negative depiction, thus offering an interesting perspective that had not previously been fully explored. Furthermore, they consider the impact of positive stereotyping. They conclude that both positive and negative depictions of Muslims have revolved around religion, tradition, modernity, and 'clash of civilizations.' -- G. C. David * Choice *
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Harvard University Press Pious Fashion How Muslim Women Dress
Book SynopsisTrade ReviewPious Fashion is a look at contemporary dress and how it can help us see the ‘Muslim community’ as a vast array of individuals rather than an inscrutable monolith… Bucar disabuses readers of any preconceived ideas that women who adhere to an aesthetic of modesty are unfashionable or frumpy. -- Robin Givhan * Washington Post *I defy anyone not to be beguiled by [Bucar's] generous-hearted yet penetrating observation of pious fashion in Indonesia, Turkey and Iran…Outlining how young Muslim women in Tehran, Yogyakarta and Istanbul shape urban cultures of modest dress, Bucar uses interviews with consumers, designers, retailers and journalists alongside ethnographic vignettes of outfits to examine the presumptions that modest dressing can’t be fashionable, and fashion can’t be faithful. -- Reina Lewis * Times Higher Education *The brilliance of Bucar’s book is that she goes beyond the hijab, showing how seamlessly (pun unintended) an entire outfit can carry multiple resonances, simultaneously revealing truths about piety, the body, gender, and politics. She shows how women’s sartorial choices within Islamic norms—and their interpretations of those choices—reflect and shape the values of a faith tradition, create spaces for agency and judgment, indicate or obscure economic status, secure or foreclose access to political power, and allow for individual expression…She blends history, anthropology, personal experience, interviews, and stunning photographs from fashion blogs to present a vivid cross-cultural picture of the complex relationship between clothing, faith, and beauty. -- Elizabeth Palmer * Christian Century *In Pious Fashion Elizabeth Bucar adds her voice to a growing body of literature that seeks to move beyond simplistic and polemical arguments for or against ‘the veil’ towards an exploration of the complex and thriving world of Islamic fashion…[Pious Fashion] manages to be informative, ethnographically rich and highly readable, and to those unfamiliar with the topic, it provides an engaging introduction…[Bucar] brings out both the sensuality and pleasure of sartorial experimentation and also its politics. -- Emma Tarlo * Times Literary Supplement *[Bucar] comes across as warm, engaging and funny. The women she studies trust her and she has an eye for minute details: the book is packed with them, and this is where Bucar comes into her own. Amid the descriptions of fabrics, colors and styles, she really gets under the skin of how [Muslim] women like to dress…There are fascinating insights too. -- Ramita Navai * Literary Review *[A] persuasive case for taking fashion seriously in religious studies…An ethnographic project vast in scope as it introduces the diversity and complexity of pious fashion among Muslim women…Bucar’s expansive understanding of piety is helpful as she applies it to nationalism, cultural fidelity, religious sincerity, and class as the means and expertise to participate in aesthetic-making activities. -- Jeanine Viau * Journal of the American Academy of Religion *At a time when Muslim women’s clothing is discussed in terms of freedom, oppression, and piety, Bucar…explains that modest clothing in Muslim cultures means much more than religious authority and social conformity…Bucar reveals an underexplored segment of the fashion industry and excellently exhibits the ways in which Muslim women engage with their faith and the world of fashion by choosing head coverings, clothing, and accessories that are both reverent and in vogue. Featuring street style photos of fashionable women, this book adds some much-needed frills to debates surrounding the hijab. * Publishers Weekly (starred review) *A smart, eye-opening guide to the creative sartorial practices of young Muslim women who live in Tehran, Istanbul, and Yogyakarta. Bucar’s lively narrative illuminates fashion choices, moral aspirations, and social struggles that will unsettle those who prefer to stereotype rather than inform themselves about women’s everyday lives in the fast-changing, diverse, and historically specific societies that constitute the Muslim world. -- Lila Abu-Lughod, author of Do Muslim Women Need Saving?Islamic dress is in the news. Either as a symbol of female oppression or as a new, colorful statement on the global fashion stage, Islamic dress can be misunderstood because it seems singular and monolithic. This book offers first-person observations from the stores and streets of three cities in Muslim-majority countries. Through vivid descriptions of styles and shoppers, readers realize that Muslim women dress in as many varied ways as non-Muslim women do. -- Carla Jones, University of Colorado Boulder[Bucar] argues in this fascinating read that pious fashion is much more than modest dress standards imposed on women. It is a way that Muslim women claim their identity and express their faith in a world that is rapidly westernizing. * WATER: Women’s Alliance for Theology, Ethics, and Ritual *It's thrilling to learn of the often extraordinarily complex meanings accompanying different varieties of dress…Truly an eye-opening book. -- Megan Volpert * PopMatters *Throughout this informative addition to literature about Muslim women, the author reminds her readers that hijab—as worn on the head or other parts of a woman’s body or called by another name—is open to limitless interpretations and is bound by meanings that are socially constructed and sufficiently fluid for further evolution. -- Debra Majeed * Journal of the American Academy of Religion *
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Princeton University Press Questioning the Veil Open Letters to Muslim
Book SynopsisAcross much of the world today, Muslim women of all ages are increasingly choosing to wear the veil. Is this trend a sign of rising piety or a way of asserting Muslim pride? And does the veil really provide women freedom from sexual harassment? This title examines the inconsistent and inadequate reasons given for the veil.Trade Review"Long or short, sternly pinned or silkily draped, the Islamic veil is the most contentious religious symbol today, in the West as much as in the Muslim world... [Lazreg] feels passionately that Muslim women should not wear the veil, as both her mother and grandmother obediently did... [A] useful and timely counterpoint."--Economist "Marnia Lazreg's discussion of the infamous piece of cloth, however, is different from most other treatises on the issue. It is personal and passionate... As such, it is a highly relevant intervention into the debate on the veil."--Julia Droeber, Times Higher Education "Sociologist Lazreg, an authority on Algeria, has issued a call for frank and unmediated conversation among Muslim women. In a series of four letters that assert the major points of contention--modesty, sexual harassment, cultural identity, conviction, and piety--she lays bare the issues, apologetics, and real lives of veiled Muslim women in an unprecedented fashion... A provocative text that demands a response."--Choice "Questioning the Veil is an excellent examination of an extremely controversial and divisive piece of clothing, written with unimpeachable authority, and a valuable source of information for anyone seeking to achieve an informed perspective on the subject."--Rabbi Dr Charles H Middleburgh, Charles Middleburgh blog "Read as the author declares it to be, not a scholarly treatise, but a very personal inquiry, Marnia Lazreg's book is a rich and committed contribution to the current debate on the veil."--Irina Vainovski-Mihai, Insight Turkey "[Lazreg's] analysis will no doubt frustrate Muslim women who say they choose to wear the veil, but her argument is well worth reading by anyone... This should be required reading in any course discussing gender and Islam."--Daniel Martin Varisco, Contemporary Islam "[Lazreg's] strong, but sensitive, prose rescues the veil debate from theological disputation and overly footnoted treatises."--Daniel Martin Varisco, Contemporary Islam "[I]t is good that such a book exists. Every woman should read it and reflect on it honestly before making up her mind about veiling."--Fanny Le Reste, Suomen AntropologiTable of ContentsAcknowledgments ix Introduction 1 Letter One: Modesty 15 Letter Two: Sexual Harassment 41 Letter Three: Cultural Identity 53 Letter Four: Conviction and Piety 67 Letter Five: Why Women Should Not Wear the Veil 97 Notes 133 References 147 Index 153
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Princeton University Press For Love of the Prophet
Book SynopsisTrade Review"[An] absorbing and important new book."--Jack David Eller, Anthropology Review DatabaseTable of ContentsList of Figures ix Acknowledgments xi A Note on Transliteration and Translation xvii Introduction:In Search of the Islamic State 1 Interventions Chapter One: Of Shaykhs and Kings: The Making of Sudanese Islam 29 Chapter Two: Civilizing Religion: Observations on the Architectureof Late Islamism 56 Itineraries Chapter Three: Rebuilding the Muslim Mind: Epistemological Enlightenmentand Its Discontents 97 Chapter Four: The Country That Prays upon the Prophet the Most: The Aesthetic Formation of the Islamic State 125 Chapter Five: Politics in the Age of Salvation: Reimagining the Islamic State 158 Inquiries Epilogue: Escaping the Islamic State? 199 Bibliography 217 Index 231
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Princeton University Press Longing for the Lost Caliphate A Transregional
Book SynopsisTrade Review"Winner of the 2017 Award for Excellence in Religion Historical Studies, American Academy of Religion""After a brief review of the institution of the caliphate, this exceptional monograph explores how Muslims viewed the caliphate after the Mongol destruction of the Abbasid caliphate. . . . The role of the caliph in the Ottoman Empire has also been underappreciated. Hassan explores this role but focuses her attention on how the dismissal of the caliphate in 1924 with the rise of Ataturk and Kemalism affected Muslims not only in Turkey but also in other parts of the Muslim world. She concludes her book with an examination of current movements that seek to restore the caliphate, such as ISIS and Hizb al-Tahrir." * Choice *"This book is an excellent study that represents a significant contribution to our understanding about the caliphate, and Hassan’s use of memory in the study of religion provides a methodological model of inquiry for scholars to follow."---Susan Gunasti, Critical Research on Religion"Hassan is a gifted writer and does a wonderful job of evoking the melancholy and sadness attendant to loss. . . . In all these and other ways, Hassan’s book is a commendable effort to rescue the caliphate from the crass and often obtuse analysis on offer in the contemporary West and to identify it properly as one of the more significant and consequential cultural symbols in the history of human civilization."---Khurram Hussain, Journal of the American Academy of Religion"Hassan’s specialized work is highly rewarding"---Simon Wolfgang Fuchs, Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African StudiesTable of ContentsList of Illustrations and Maps ix Acknowledgments xi Note on Transliteration and Dates xv Introduction 1 Early History of the Caliphate 5 The Abbasid Caliphate 6 The Ottoman Caliphate 9 Diachronic Reflections on Symbolic Loss, Destruction, and Renegotiation 13 1 Visions of a Lost Caliphal Capital: Baghdad, 1258 CE 20 Mapping an Islamic Cultural Discourse 22 al-Subki's Living History: An Enduring Sense of Loss 27 Channeling Muslim Memory through History 30 Loss of the Abbasids 33 Bodily Desecration 37 Literary Dimensions of Religious Rites 44 An Altered Landscape 46 Eschatological Endings 57 The Consolation of Prophetic Transmissions 64 2 Recapturing Lost Glory and Legitimacy 66 Remembering and Recreating a Glorious Past 67 Going Beyond Baghdad 69 Commemorating the Caliphate 71 Contesting Caliphs 75 Embracing Communal Continuity 83 Enduring Salience 88 3 Conceptualizing the Caliphate, 632-1517 CE 98 Classical Articulation of the Islamic Caliphate as a Legal Necessity and Communal Obligation 99 al-Juwayni's Seminal Fifth/Eleventh-Century Resolution 103 Post-656/1258 Theorists of the Caliphate 108 Ghalabah, the Sultanate, and the Caliphate in Ibn Jama'ah's Tahrir al-Ahkam (1241-1333) 108 Ibn Taymiyyah's Views on the Caliphate (1262-1328) 111 Shams al-Din al-Dhahabi's Polemical Treatise on the Grand Imamate (1274-1348) 115 Taj al-Din al-Subki and the Restoration of Blessings (1327-70) 118 The Inter-School Polemics of Najm al-Din al-Tarsusi (1310-57) 120 Ibn Khaldun's Political Entanglements and Ideals (1332-1406) 123 The Mamluk Chancery Contributions of al-Qalqashandi (1355-1418) 126 al-Shirazi's Metaphysical Exaltation of the Abbasid Caliph in Cairo (1386-1457) 131 Jalal al-Din al-Suyuti's Devotional Love of the Prophet's Family (1445-1505) 136 4 Manifold Meanings of Loss: Ottoman Defeat, Early 1920s 142 Notions from Afar 145 The Turkish Republic 155 The Levant 171 5 In International Pursuit of a Caliphate 184 An Internationalist Era 186 Promoting an International Conference 188 Imagining the Global Community and Its Leadership 192 A Spiritual Body 194 A Caliphal Council 199 A Traditional Caliph 202 A Global Electorate 204 Dampening Hopes 205 Unexpected Continuities 212 6 Debating a Modern Caliphate 218 Ismail Sukru (1876-1950) 218 Mehmed Seyyid Celebizade (1873-1925) 220 'Ali 'Abd al-Raziq (1888-1966) 225 Muhammad al-Khidr husayn (1876-1958) 233 Mustafa Sabri (1869-1954) 236 Said Nursi (1876-1960) 244 Epilogue The Swirl of Religious Hopes and Aspirations 253 Notes 261 Bibliography 341 Index 373
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Princeton University Press Becoming Better Muslims
Book SynopsisTrade Review"Winner of the EuroSEAS Social Science Book Prize, European Association for Southeast Asian Studies""Becoming Better Muslims is an important contribution to the study of state-Islam relations in Indonesia and beyond. It is beautifully written and therefore provides easy access to a complex topic."---Michael Buehler, Politics, Religion & Ideology"Kloos’ and Hew’s beautifully written ethnographies present different faces of Indonesian Islam that are equally complex, contrasting and plural in their own ways."---Charlotte Setijadi, Contemporary Southeast Asia
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Princeton University Press Longing for the Lost Caliphate
Book SynopsisTrade Review"Winner of the 2017 Award for Excellence in Religion Historical Studies, American Academy of Religion""After a brief review of the institution of the caliphate, this exceptional monograph explores how Muslims viewed the caliphate after the Mongol destruction of the Abbasid caliphate. . . . The role of the caliph in the Ottoman Empire has also been underappreciated. Hassan explores this role but focuses her attention on how the dismissal of the caliphate in 1924 with the rise of Ataturk and Kemalism affected Muslims not only in Turkey but also in other parts of the Muslim world. She concludes her book with an examination of current movements that seek to restore the caliphate, such as ISIS and Hizb al-Tahrir." * Choice *"This book is an excellent study that represents a significant contribution to our understanding about the caliphate, and Hassan’s use of memory in the study of religion provides a methodological model of inquiry for scholars to follow."---Susan Gunasti, Critical Research on Religion"Hassan is a gifted writer and does a wonderful job of evoking the melancholy and sadness attendant to loss. . . . In all these and other ways, Hassan’s book is a commendable effort to rescue the caliphate from the crass and often obtuse analysis on offer in the contemporary West and to identify it properly as one of the more significant and consequential cultural symbols in the history of human civilization."---Khurram Hussain, Journal of the American Academy of Religion
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Cornell University Press Russian Hajj
Book SynopsisThe first book in any language on the hajj under tsarist and Soviet rule, Russian Hajj tells the story of how tsarist officials struggled to control and co-opt Russia's mass hajj traffic, seeing it not only as a liability, but also an...Trade ReviewThis is an impressively researched book, and many of the arguments are compelling. [Russian Hajj] makes an important contribution to debates around the reaches and limits of imperial rule in practice. * H-Net: Humanities and Social Sciences Online *Eileen Kane’s account of the Russian Hajj taps into a fascinating story that Daniel Brower had once called 'a blind spot in studies of Russian colonial rule' (Daniel Brower, 'Russian Roads to Mecca,' Slavic Review 55(3) (1996): 568)... Kane does an excellent job providing evidence to support her account of the Russian Hajj as one of 'toleration' and 'sponsorship' in line with the past two decades’ 'imperial turn' in historiography. * Canadian-American Slavic Studies *[F]ascinating details of the organizational efforts behind Russia's sponsorship of the hajj are examined in this concise and informative volume on an often-overlooked chapter in Russian history. * AramcoWorld *Table of ContentsIntroduction: Russia as a Crossroads of the Global Hajj1. Imperialism through Islamic Networks2. Mapping the Hajj, Integrating Muslims3. Forging a Russian Hajj Route4. The Hajj and Religious Politics after 19055. The Hajj and Socialist RevolutionConclusion: Russian Hajj in the Twenty-First Century
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Stanford University Press And Then We Work for God
Book SynopsisThrough a comparative ethnographic study of memory, spiritual cultural heritage, and attitudes towards state power in two villages in western Turkey, this book describes living and evolving Sunni Islam.Trade Review"This is an excellent study about the construction and interpretations of Islam in two different villages if Manisa, a town located in the Aegean region of western Turkey. The study offers a rich and nuanced explanation of how ordinary people interpret and understand Islam as they navigate their daily lives . . . Hart's ethnography challenges some of the core assumptions of modernization theory about rural life as a rigid social sector insulated from the broader socio-economic transformations and ideological debates . . . It is a timely scholarly intervention that deserves to be read and appreciated by specialists and general readers alike" -- Hakan Yavuz * Journal of Islamic Studies *"The book's greatest contribution lies in its approach. Hart refutes the assertion explicitly made by Islamists, and implicitly made by scholars, that rural Turkey is an isolated, backward, and inconsequential space. Rather, she approaches it as dynamic . . . Hart very convincingly proves that the village is also a site of dialogue and engagement through which orthodoxy is created . . . [R]ich in ethnographic detail . . . Overall, this book is a welcome addition to the existing scholarship on modern Turkey and ethnographic literature on pious Islamic practices, The author successfully argues that even though modernization and secularization in Turkey have been urban projects for the most part, these projects have indeed affected how people in the village think about and perform Islam." -- Fadia Bahgat * The Muslim World Book Review *"This ethnography about the religious life of Sunni Muslim women living in two small rural communities in western Turkey is based on research carried out by the author (anthropology, SUNY Buffalo) from 1998 to 2010. The result is a detailed, nuanced presentation of the different ways that the villagers interpret and experience Islam the religion, as they negotiate the competing claims of orthodox Islam and their local spiritual practices and cultural traditions. . . . Recommended." -- A. Rassam * Choice *"Illuminating how people negotiate uncertainty in times of change, And Then We Work for God is a powerful story of village life and local transformation in the midst of shifting national and global concerns." -- Amy Mills * University of South Carolina *"In this poetic and powerfully written ethnography, Kimberly Hart shatters common assumptions about rural Islam in Turkey. And Then We Work for God not only reveals that there is no one traditional Islam, but thoughtfully uncovers how the practice of rural Islam is intimately connected to changing visions of the state and religion in the rest of Turkey and the world." -- Esra Özyürek, University of California * San Diego *"Her style, weaving in her own experiences in the field, draws the reader into the narrative. For anyone who thinks that villagers in Turkey are mired in the past or somehow do not know how to practice 'Islam', this book is a refreshing antidote." -- Daniel Martin Varisco * Contemporary Islam: Dynamics of Muslim Life *"Kimberly Hart's And Then We Work for God is a richly descriptive ethnography that challenges assumptions of clear divisions between the religious and secular, sacred and profane, rural and urban, and modern and traditional . . . [T]he book provides a wealth of detailed and contextualized examples that push the reader to think of rural life as deeply connected to the urban rather than spatially and temporally removed from it . . .And Then We Work for God deserves to be read both for its own numerous successes and as impetus for further scholarship on the rural in a globalized world." -- Timur Hammond * Arab Studies Journal *
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Stanford University Press Pious Practice and Secular Constraints
Book SynopsisAn ethnographic study of the everyday struggles of pious Muslim women in Europe to pursue their pious lifestyle while being active members of an increasingly hostile society.Trade Review"Without doubt, Pious Practice and Secular Constraints is the best ethnographic examination of gender and Islamic practice in Western Europe. Jeanette Jouili offers a thought-provoking, nuanced exploration of Muslim piety and ethics, tackling issues of broad interest to those engaged with debates surrounding Muslims in Europe today."—John Bowen, Washington University in St. Louis, author of Can Islam Be French?"This is an impressive, engaging, and well-written study of ethical practice in a contradictory world. Focusing on pious Muslim women in Europe, Jouili expertly weaves together the voices of these women with a sophisticated theoretical approach that takes the study of ethical practice in a significant new direction. Pious Practice and Secular Constraints is an important contribution to the anthropological study of Islam in the modern world and to anthropology more broadly."—Katherine Pratt Ewing, Columbia University, author of Stolen Honor: Stigmatizing Muslim Men in Berlin"[T]his is an important resource on Muslim women." Rating: Highly Recommended—A. B. Al-Deen, Choice"This book is a welcome contribution to the anthropology of ethics, diasporic Islam, and feminist studies. Jouili takes her place alongside the likes of Saba Mahmood, Nadia Fadil, and Mayanthi Fernando. As a fascinating source of ethnographic and theoretical material, Pious Practices and Secular Constraints can be useful in many disciplines."—Kathleen M. Moore, Journal of Church and State"Pious Practice and Secular Constraints is a well-written analysis that deserves to be on the bookshelf of anyone interested in contemporary Islam in Europe. It is a well-written, timely addition to the scholarly debate on Islamic piety that offers an abundance of theoretical insights, and it is a must-read for graduate students as well as senior researchers in the field of gender and Islam."—Margaretha A. van Es , Nordic Journal of Migration Research"[The author] offers an erudite contribution to the project of breaking down the problematic dichotomies between faith and rationality and between East and West that persistently vex both scholarship and popular thinking about Islam...This is feminist ethnography at its best, showing how decisions made at the most personal level necessarily involve and implicate the political at the level of community and society. Jeanette Jouili's book will be of great interest to scholars working on theories of modernity, orthodoxy, citizenship, gender, space, and ethics. It will be a superlative teaching aid for classes in anthropology, sociology, women's and gender studies, urban studies, philosophy, comparative religion, and more."—Alisa Perkins, American Ethnologist"In the plethora of books currently being published on Islam in Europe and, in particular, the experiences of Muslimahs, Jouili's research stands out for its attention to the ethical subject....The ease and confidence with which the author moves among disciplines and her clear exposition of theoretical frameworks will ensure a wide readership of specialists and lay people alike."—Alaya Forte, American Journal of Islamic Social Sciences"[T]his remarkable and well-written ethnography makes a significant contribution to literatures on Muslim religiosity in Europe and the complexities and governances of secularisms in contemporary Germany and France. Conservative German and French Muslim young women's reflections and daily struggles come alive in Jouili's balanced, compelling, and thought-engaging account."—Jennifer A. Selby, ReOrient: The Journal of Critical Muslim StudiesTable of ContentsContents and Abstracts2'I Want to Instruct Myself to Strengthen my Faith': Learning in Islamic Institutions chapter abstractChapter Two discusses what my interlocutors considered the most pivotal moments in their own process of becoming "committed" or "practicing" Muslims, namely, the phase of studying Islam. For these women, this shift takes place within institutes for Islamic learning that proliferate today in European urban centers. Moving beyond the existing studies of these centers, defined by an interest in institutions and religious authorities, I argue that the significance of these study circles, which employ a quite different pedagogy than traditional Islamic institutions of learning, lies in their role of building new kinds of 'affective' communities and in fashioning new types of Islamic sensibilities and dispositions. Aspiring to live an "authentic" Islam that does not obstruct leading a "modern" and European life-style, these 'new' Islamic communities of young, European-born practitioners situate themselves in sharp contrast to a parental generation, criticized for its traditional and unreflective Islam. 3'Your Nafs Pulls You Down, Your Spirit Up': Struggling for Virtuosity chapter abstractChapter Three studies the many obstacles my interlocutors face in learning and enacting the various embodied Islamic practices that define a virtuous Muslim woman. The ethnographic material looks in particular at ritual prayer (salat) and modesty in dress and conduct. Because adopting these practices occurs in a secular context where the practices' underlying assumptions cannot be taken for granted, this chapter also investigates how the women themselves reason, question, and justify, and rehearse these acts. I link these various and at times conflicting modes of reasoning to the women's effort to find a balance between competing normative claims coming from dominant secular liberal discourses and from the religious tradition as transmitted in the Islamic circles. 4'My Label Is Not a Feminist, It Is Simply Muslim': Beyond Emancipation Versus Submission chapter abstractChapter Four exposes the women's difficulties in finding and internalizing an Islamic language for women's dignity and self-realization that can provide an alternative to dominant languages of equality, individual rights and autonomy. This is complicated by the fact that the book's interlocutors have been shaped by these liberal values as promoted by the mainstream French or German society. While they consider female empowerment intrinsically related to the effort to live an authentic Islam, learning to submit to orthodox Islamic principles becomes equally decisive in the struggle for virtuosity and piety. These principles are justified with their insistence on the primacy of social responsibility, mutuality, and dependency, at the heart of their ethical framework. By linking the study of ethical self-cultivation to an understanding of a broader social ethics, this chapter serves as a hinge between Chapters 2 and 3 and Chapters 5 and 6. 5'Housewife with Diploma?': Educated Women between Family and the Workplace chapter abstractChapter Five continues the discussion of Chapter 2 on the role of knowledge acquisition, but pushes it into the context of secular or academic knowledge. It analyzes the women's understanding of education in its broader societal significance, becoming central to their social ethics. Not only is education conceived as one of the important elements for leading a self-fulfilled life, it is especially significant for defining the (gendered) social roles of Muslim women: motherhood and professional career. This chapter shows how education turns into an ethical practice defined by a devotion to the community's collective improvement, which is complicated by personal ambition, aspiration and desire. Looking at personal trajectories and heated debates in the Islamic centers, this chapter illustrates how the women's understanding of their multiple and at times conflicting social responsibilities exposes the challenges posed to contemporary Islamic discourse to define a coherent image of proper Muslim womanhood. 6Visibly Muslim? Negotiating Appearances in Public Spaces chapter abstractChapter Six extents the ethnographic analysis of Islamic prayer, Islamic dress and embodied modesty codes (began in Chapter 3), but situates these practices in the context of French and German secular public spheres, where they frequently incur hostility. While my interlocutors understand these religious duties first and foremost in terms of self-techniques supposed to fashion and strengthen a pious self, I illustrate how these practices, in hostile contexts, also get intertwined with concerns about representation: The women aspire to secure recognition not only for themselves and their practices but also for the broader Muslim community and Islam in general. Exceeding many current discussions around "identity politics," I expose the complex ethical reasoning that is involved in the women's negotiations of visibilities and invisibilities: They do not merely consider questions regarding personal salvation, but they also constantly take into account their multiple obligations toward the broader community. 7Pious Citizens? chapter abstractChapter Seven, the conclusion, undertakes a reflection about the theoretical consequences of my interlocutors' modes of ethical practice and reasoning for our understanding of citizenship and civic virtues. Even contemporary thinkers of pluralism and multiculturalism still define civic virtues mainly as "secular," considering them as the main condition for enabling a space that transcends (divisive) difference. I use this final chapter to make a case for taking seriously non-secular civic virtues when theorizing accounts of citizenship intended to account for pluralist and 'post-secular' societies. This kind of theorizing is crucial for critiquing the transformations of citizenship in contemporary European political discourse and practice, which prove to be more and more exclusionary for (religious) minorities. 1Practicing Islam in Inhospitable Environments chapter abstract This chapter gives an overview of the book's argument, organization and overarching theoretical contributions. It examines the challenges faced by scholars studying Islamic practices within contexts in which Islam has become increasingly stigmatized. The chapter further introduces the book's understanding of ethical practice in its twofold dimension, as non-linear and always emergent and never completed self-cultivation and as a deeply relational and situational moral reasoning. Finally, it describes the interlocutors and the empirical setting of a multi-sited ethnography in two different national contexts.
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University of Pennsylvania Press A Common Justice
Book SynopsisFocusing on the late seventh to early eleventh centuries in the region between Iraq in the east and present-day Tunisia in the west, this study explores the multiplicity of judicial systems that coexisted under early Islam to reveal a complex array of social obligations that connected individuals across confessional boundaries.Trade Review"This is a very welcome book. It offers a theoretically informed and up-to-date analysis of the workings of social power within communities that lived side by side, even if they are said to have lived separate lives." * Arietta Papaconstantinou, Université Paris I *"An important and much-needed contribution to ongoing debates about minorities in the Middle Ages and about minorities under Islam as well as their relative freedoms and disabilities. The book is built on solid research and an impressive mastery of a wide variety of source materials in numerous languages. The arguments it puts forward are entirely convincing and have the potential to help move forward a remarkably stubborn and ideologically laden historiographic consensus." * Marina Rustow, Johns Hopkins University *"A complex and detailed picture of judicial attitudes and practices of the Christian and Jewish leaderships and communities under Muslim rule in the early Islamic period, throwing light on the lives of these communities from a particularly interesting point of view. The presentation of the ample evidence, as well as the discussion, is clear and coherent and the conclusions are convincing and thought-provoking." * The Medieval Review *Table of ContentsNote on Transliteration Introduction PART I. LEGAL PLURALISM IN LATE ANTIQUITY AND CLASSICAL ISLAM: SURVEY AND ANALYSIS Chapter 1. A Late Antique Legacy of Legal Pluralism Chapter 2. Islam's Judicial Bazaar PART II. THE JUDICIAL CHOICES OF CHRISTIANS AND JEWS IN THE EARLY ISLAMIC PERIOD: A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS Chapter 3. Eastern Christian Judicial Authorities in the Early Islamic Period Chapter 4. Rabbanite Judicial Authorities in the Late Geonic Period Chapter 5. Christian Recourse to Nonecclesiastical Judicial Institutions Chapter 6. Jewish Recourse to Islamic Courts Conclusion List of Abbreviations Notes Bibliography Index Acknowledgments
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University of Pittsburgh Press Islam Society and Politics in Central Asia Central Eurasia in Context
Book SynopsisWe are still struggling to fully understand the transformation of Islam in a region that's evolved through a complex and dynamic processTrade Review“Islam, Society, and Politics in Central Asia tackles a topic of crucial concern for scholars and policymakers alike. Moving well beyond the punditry that characterizes most discussions, this truly interdisciplinary endeavor provides muchneeded scholarship about Islam built upon wellconsidered fieldwork. In doing so, it makes a powerful case for grounding our knowledge in the realities of the region.” —Edward Schatz, University of Toronto
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Fordham University Press Morality at the Margins
Book SynopsisWhat does it mean to be young, modern, and Muslim? Documenting everyday life in Lamu (Kenya), this book explores the mundane practices of behavior and speech that create moral personhood. In elaborating everyday practices of Islamic pluralism, the book shows how Muslim societies critically engage with change while sustaining a sense of integrity and morality.Table of ContentsPreface | ix Introduction | 1 Interlude 1: Mila Yetu Hufujika (Our Traditions Are Being Destroyed), by Mahmoud Ahmed Abdulkadir | 41 1. “This Is Lamu”: Belonging, Morality, and Materiality | 46 2. Dialects of Morality | 76 Interlude 2: kiSwahili, by Mahmoud Ahmed Abdulkadir | 114 3. “Youth” as a Discursive Construct | 121 4. Reframing Morality through Youthful Voices | 153 Interlude 3: Tupijeni Makamama (Let’s Embrace), by Mahmoud Ahmed Abdulkadir | 187 5. Senses of Morality and Morality of the Senses | 191 Epilogue | 233 Appendix: Note on Language | 247 Acknowledgments | 257 Notes | 261 Bibliography | 271 Index | 293
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Fordham University Press Channeling Moroccanness
Book SynopsisThis book explores how Moroccans engage communicative failure as they seek to shape social and political relations in urban Fez.Table of ContentsNote on Transcription and Translation | ix Introduction: Moroccan Channels, Channeling Moroccanness | 1 1 A Fassi Linguascape | 37 2 Literate Listening: Broadcast News and Ideologies of Reasoning | 43 3 Reregistering Media and Remediating a Register: Moroccan Morality Tales | 73 4 Scripting Sounds and Sounding Scripts: Senses, Channels, and Their Discontents | 102 5 Mediating Moroccan Muslims | 137 Conclusion: Opening and Closing the Channels | 169 Appendixes | 175 Acknowledgments | 189 Notes | 191 Bibliography | 203 Index | 219
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Fordham University Press Channeling Moroccanness Language and the Media
Book SynopsisThis book explores how Moroccans engage communicative failure as they seek to shape social and political relations in urban Fez.Table of ContentsNote on Transcription and Translation | ix Introduction: Moroccan Channels, Channeling Moroccanness | 1 1 A Fassi Linguascape | 37 2 Literate Listening: Broadcast News and Ideologies of Reasoning | 43 3 Reregistering Media and Remediating a Register: Moroccan Morality Tales | 73 4 Scripting Sounds and Sounding Scripts: Senses, Channels, and Their Discontents | 102 5 Mediating Moroccan Muslims | 137 Conclusion: Opening and Closing the Channels | 169 Appendixes | 175 Acknowledgments | 189 Notes | 191 Bibliography | 203 Index | 219
£25.19
University of Texas Press Borícua Muslims
£75.60
Duke University Press Queer Companions
Book SynopsisOmar Kasmani theorizes the construction of queer social relations at Pakistan’s most important Sufi site by examining the affective and intimate relationship between the site’s pilgrims and its patron saint.Trade Review“A lyrical and moving meditation on Islamic saints, Sufi intimacies, and affective histories of contemporary Pakistan. Through encounters with fakir life stories, Omar Kasmani offers us an exquisitely written ethnography on the queerness of religion, region, and belonging. Queer Companions pulls us in, moving us toward more radical modes of the social life of the intimate.” -- Anjali Arondekar, author of * For the Record: On Sexuality and the Colonial Archive in India *“Queer Companions presents the reader with perceptive observations that illustrate how desire not only works, but worlds. How striving for saintly companionship puts certain futures within your reach, while this orientation alienates you from other normative ways of life.” -- Max Schnepf * Hypotheses *“By engaging with the ways in which fakirs in Sehwan encounter and experience affective bonds with the more-than-human and more-than-living, Kasmani ingeniously illustrates a form of queer world-making in unexpected places. For those who ruminate on questions pertaining to queerness, Islam, affective encounters with more-than-human entities, and/or religion-state relations, Queer Companions is an essential book and it will truly bloom as a companion in the time to come.” -- Febi R. Ramadhan * Reading Religion *Table of ContentsNote on Orthography ix Acknowledgments xi Introduction. On Coming Close 1 1. Infrastructures of the Imaginal 36 2. Her Stories in His Durbar 60 3. In Other Guises, Other Futures 84 4. Love in a Time of Celibacy 107 5. Worlding Fakirs, Fairies and the Dead 130 Coda. Queer Forward Slash Religion 152 Notes 165 Glossary 181 References 185 Index 201
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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 *
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University of Toronto Press Sharia and Life
Book SynopsisShari?a and Life examines the degree of individual discretion and flexibility Muslims apply when reconciling the challenges of everyday life with their religious beliefs.Table of ContentsList of Illustrations and Tables Acknowledgments Note on Transliteration Introduction 1. The Religious Law of Muslim Minorities 2. Across a Wasati-Salafi Spectrum 3. The Mustafti is the Mufti 4. There’s Shariʿa, and There’s Life 5. A Mission with Few Missionaries Conclusion Notes Bibliography Index
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University of Toronto Press Sharia and Life
Book SynopsisDrawing on five years of field studies in pragmatic- and dogmatic-inclined mosques across Europe, Shari?a and Life explores how Muslims engage with shari?a norms in general, and specifically with the challenges they face as Muslims living in majority non-Muslim societies. The book examines how fatwas (advice on shari?a-related matters) are quested, negotiated, paraphrased, contested, or ignored in mosques, on the internet, and elsewhere. It also analyses individual strategies, external to religio-legal discourse, through which Muslims mitigate conflicts between interpretations of shari?a and everyday life. Among the issues discussed in the book are financial transactions, education, the workplace, sports, electoral participation, Christmas greetings, proselytizing, and the legitimacy of choosing to live in a non-Muslim country. Shifting the focus from the authors and texts of fatwas to their recipients, Shari?a and Life gives voice to those often left voiTable of ContentsList of Illustrations and Tables Acknowledgments Note on Transliteration Introduction 1. The Religious Law of Muslim Minorities 2. Across a Wasati-Salafi Spectrum 3. The Mustafti is the Mufti 4. There’s Shariʿa, and There’s Life 5. A Mission with Few Missionaries Conclusion Notes Bibliography Index
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Cornell University Press Improvisational Islam
Book SynopsisIn this landmark account, Nur Amali Ibrahim paints a nuanced, detailed portrait of students seeking to reconcile some of the major social forces that inflect everyday life across the Muslim world—Islam, liberalism, radicalism, and secularism—as they strive to both find and define their place in a fast-changing, democratizing nation. Ibrahim demonstrates the critical importance of scholarly attention in both anthropology and religious studies to this vibrant country—the world’s largest Muslim nation.?Daromir Rudnyckyj, Associate Professor, University of Victoria, and author of the award-winning Spiritual EconomiesImprovisational Islam is about novel and unexpected ways of being Muslim, where religious dispositions are achieved through techniques that have little or no precedent in classical Islamic texts or concepts.Nur Amali Ibrahim foregrounds two distinct autodidactic university student organizations, each Trade ReviewSituated in the body of work on Islam in Indonesia, Nur Amali's approach in Improvisational Islam is refreshing. Nur Amali uses a strong anthropological research method, conducting in-depth interviews with youths, participant observation and lengthy field research. * SOJOURN - Journal of Social Issues in Southeast Asia *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Prologue Introduction 1. The Tremblingness of Youths 2. Religion Unleashed 3. Accounting for the Soul 4. Playing with Scriptures 5. From Moderate Indonesia to Indonistan Epilogue Notes Bibliography Index
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Cornell University Press Improvisational Islam
Book SynopsisIn this landmark account, Nur Amali Ibrahim paints a nuanced, detailed portrait of students seeking to reconcile some of the major social forces that inflect everyday life across the Muslim world—Islam, liberalism, radicalism, and secularism—as they strive to both find and define their place in a fast-changing, democratizing nation. Ibrahim demonstrates the critical importance of scholarly attention in both anthropology and religious studies to this vibrant country—the world’s largest Muslim nation.?Daromir Rudnyckyj, Associate Professor, University of Victoria, and author of the award-winning Spiritual EconomiesImprovisational Islam is about novel and unexpected ways of being Muslim, where religious dispositions are achieved through techniques that have little or no precedent in classical Islamic texts or concepts.Nur Amali Ibrahim foregrounds two distinct autodidactic university student organizations, each Trade ReviewSituated in the body of work on Islam in Indonesia, Nur Amali's approach in Improvisational Islam is refreshing. Nur Amali uses a strong anthropological research method, conducting in-depth interviews with youths, participant observation and lengthy field research. * SOJOURN - Journal of Social Issues in Southeast Asia *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Prologue Introduction 1. The Tremblingness of Youths 2. Religion Unleashed 3. Accounting for the Soul 4. Playing with Scriptures 5. From Moderate Indonesia to Indonistan Epilogue Notes Bibliography Index
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Stanford University Press Say What Your Longing Heart Desires: Women,
Book SynopsisFollowing the 1979 revolution, the Iranian government set out to Islamize society. Muslim piety had to be visible, in personal appearance and in action. Iranians were told to pray, fast, and attend mosques to be true Muslims. The revolution turned questions of what it means to be a true Muslim into a matter of public debate, taken up widely outside the exclusive realm of male clerics and intellectuals. Say What Your Longing Heart Desires offers an elegant ethnography of these debates among a group of educated, middle-class women whose voices are often muted in studies of Islam. Niloofar Haeri follows them in their daily lives as they engage with the classical poetry of Rumi, Hafez, and Saadi, illuminating a long-standing mutual inspiration between prayer and poetry. She recounts how different forms of prayer may transform into dialogues with God, and, in turn, Haeri illuminates the ways in which believers draw on prayer and ritual acts as the emotional and intellectual material through which they think, deliberate, and debate.Trade Review"This is one of the best books on prayer in all of anthropology. Niloofar Haeri shows that prayer is not an empty ritual, but that it becomes a relationship that changes people—and allows the secular reader to understand how poetry enables women to feel spiritual presence. A beautifully written work."—Tanya Luhrmann, Stanford University, author of When God Talks Back: Understanding the American Evangelical Relationship with God"Say What Your Longing Heart Desires is a work that deserves to be widely read by all who are interested in understanding the different approaches to 'authentic' religion that exist in the Muslim world. A rich and detailed account, and a valuable contribution to our knowledge of religious practice."—Talal Asad, author of Genealogies of Religion: Discipline and Reasons of Power in Christianity and Islam"Say What Your Longing Heart Desires establishes itself immediately as an essential work in the anthropology of prayer and a major contribution to the study of religious practice and experience. A subtle and compelling work."—Robert A. Orsi, Northwestern University, author of Between Heaven and Earth: The Religious Worlds People Make and the Scholars Who Study Them"Say What Your Longing Heart Desires will change common perceptions about women's experiences in Iran. Niloofar Haeri examines competing claims of Muslimhood and offers novel readings of theological conversations on spirituality and religious conviction in the Islamic Republic. An empirically rich and theoretically nuanced book."—Behrooz Ghamari-Tabrizi, Princeton University, author of Foucault in Iran: Islamic Revolution after the Enlightenment"Niloofar Haeri's deeply researched and elegantly written book brings readers into the most intimate and exigent spaces of a religious world. Haeri examines the everyday prayer practices of Iranian women as the basis for reflecting on the relationship between prayer and poetry and on how ideas about religiosity debated in classical Persian poetry inform the world of prayer. Haeri's ethnographic study of Muslim women at prayer, a practice that is at once deeply personal and utterly social, underscores the diversity of Muslim religious practices and challenges conceptions of what constitutes 'authentic' religion, complicating the distinction between ritual and non-ritual forms of worship. This beautiful book is a signal contribution to the study of women and Islam, with implications for the study of religion itself."—Jury for the American Academy of Religion Award for Excellence in the Study of Religion: Constructive-Reflective Studies"Using beautiful, limpid prose, Haeri weaves together poetry, religion, and ethnography to show how a group of middle-class, educated Iranian women counter the state's version of Islam. They regularly revisit and reconsider Islamic theology by drawing on the vast body of mystic poetry that is so central to Iranian culture. In the process, Haeri blurs lines thrown up between the secular and the religious in recent scholarship and invites us to consider the deeper, political, and public meaning of ritualistic religious practices."—Committee for the Fatema Mernissi Book Award, sponsored by the Middle East Studies Association"As one of the best examples of works on 'lived Islam,' [Say What Your Longing Heart Desires] showcases how much analysis, critical thinking, and self-reflection is involved in the construction and performance of 'religious' acts and will be helpful to both students and experts in the fields of religion, ritual, and literature."—Ahoo Najafian, International Journal of Middle East Studies"Students and teachers of comparative religion will appreciate this fresh and unusual way to learn about how Iranians practice Islam... Readers get the rare gift of hearing the women's words and reading about events in their lives. As Haeri points out, we in the West don't often get that intimacy with Muslims in general or Iranians in particular."—Karie Firoozmand, Friends JournalTable of ContentsIntroduction Chapter 1: Where Do Ideas Come from? An Education in Classical Poetry Chapter 2: Fixed Forms and the Play of Imagination: Everyday Ritual Prayers Chapter 3: What Are We up to When We Pray? Spontaneous Conversations with God Chapter 4: Movable Mosques: Prayer Books, Women, and Youth Conclusion
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Stanford University Press Between Muslims: Religious Difference in Iraqi
Book SynopsisWithin the broad contours of Islamic traditions, Muslims are enjoined to fast during the month of Ramadan, they are invited to a disciplined practice of prayer, and they are offered the Quran as the divine revelation in the most beautiful verbal form. But what happens if Muslims choose not to fast, or give up prayer, or if the Quran's beauty seems inaccessible? When Muslims do not take up the path of piety, what happens to their relationships with more devout Muslims who are neighbors, friends, and kin? Between Muslims provides an ethnographic account of Iraqi Kurdish Muslims who turn away from devotional piety yet remain intimately engaged with Islamic traditions and with other Muslims. Andrew Bush offers a new way to understand religious difference in Islam, rejecting simple stereotypes about ethnic or sectarian identities. Integrating textual analysis of poetry, sermons, and Islamic history into accounts of everyday life in Iraqi Kurdistan, Between Muslims illuminates the interplay of attraction and aversion to Islam among ordinary Muslims.Trade Review"A finely nuanced study about the impossibility of sequestering what is religious from what is not. In exemplary fashion, Andrew Bush shows us how the categories with which we work—religion, atheism, or secularism—are insufficient to understand the simultaneously sacred and profane world of everyday life."—Faisal Devji, Oxford University"Andrew Bush has written a remarkable book that makes highly original contributions to the anthropology of religion as well as Kurdish studies. There is no other book quite like this. Approaching Kurdish society through its poetics, he has grasped important insights into the ambiguities of everyday ethics underlying the social reality of contemporary Kurdistan."—Martin van Bruinessen, Utrecht University"Written with a scholar's rigor and a poet's grace, Between Muslims depicts textures of Islamic tradition rarely discussed in the literature. Fiercely independent in its approach to theorizing Muslim life, this deeply-layered monograph is a must-read for scholars in anthropology, religious studies, and beyond."—Noah Salomon, Carleton College"A refreshing departure from the focus on nationalist identity in studies of Iraqi Kurdistan, Between Muslims is a beautifully written and original work on the dynamics of Islamic traditions. Andrew Bush subtly explores how 'fractures of difference' are lived in everyday intimate relationships."—Sara Pursley, New York University"[G]roundbreaking and innovative... Between Muslims holds up as an accessible and eloquent account of social dynamics in contemporary Iraqi Kurdistan."—Edith Szanto, Journal of the American Academy of Religion"A nuanced reflection on how Muslims inhabit lukewarm attitudes toward piety in contexts suffused with piety. [Between Muslims] is also an elegant exploration of Kurdish poetry and the ways it animates contemporary Kurds' self-expression."—Susan MacDougall, Ethnos"Between Muslims is a major contribution to scholarshipon the importance of multiple ways of being Islamic."—Jeremy F. Walton, Journal of the Ottoman and Turkish Studies Association"This beautifully written book explores a number of contradictions among those who have 'turned away from piety' and yet do not renounce Islam, but seek to know the 'beloved' in Iraqi Kurdistan. Through an insightful analysis of mystical poetry, Bush additionally demonstrates how the pious and those who have turned away from piety negotiate desire, understand apostasy, and relate to each other across different ranges of piety through patience and acts of 'holding back.'"—The Association of Middle East Anthropology Book Award Committee"The unique positionality of his subjects allows Bush to offer a valuable modus vivendi to the great 'text vs. lived experience' debate in the academy: his approach necessarily requires an engagement with text, but not as objects which naturally unfold according to their own purposes (as is often the case in our deliberations about Islam) but rather as objects continuously transformed in the process of being made meaningful to an individual's experience of the world, which itself cannot be extricated from its relationship with others. This refreshinglyunmodern emphasis on relationality (instead of isolated self-determining subjects) permeates the entirety of his study, focused as it is on the life-worlds that emergebetweenMuslims."—Rushain Abbasi, MarginaliaTable of ContentsIntroduction: Fieldwork in Kurdistan: Islamic Traditions, Ordinary Relationships, and a Paradox 1. Quran and Zoroaster: Attraction and Authority in Muslim Ethics 2. Christians, Kafirs, and Nationalists in Kurdish Poetry 3. Mystical Desire, Ordinary Desire: Love, Friendship, and Kinship 4. Separating Faith and Kufir in an Islamic Society 5. Pleasure Beyond Piety: Religious Difference in Domestic Space Epilogue: "Dear Reader!"
£75.20
Stanford University Press Between Muslims: Religious Difference in Iraqi
Book SynopsisWithin the broad contours of Islamic traditions, Muslims are enjoined to fast during the month of Ramadan, they are invited to a disciplined practice of prayer, and they are offered the Quran as the divine revelation in the most beautiful verbal form. But what happens if Muslims choose not to fast, or give up prayer, or if the Quran's beauty seems inaccessible? When Muslims do not take up the path of piety, what happens to their relationships with more devout Muslims who are neighbors, friends, and kin? Between Muslims provides an ethnographic account of Iraqi Kurdish Muslims who turn away from devotional piety yet remain intimately engaged with Islamic traditions and with other Muslims. Andrew Bush offers a new way to understand religious difference in Islam, rejecting simple stereotypes about ethnic or sectarian identities. Integrating textual analysis of poetry, sermons, and Islamic history into accounts of everyday life in Iraqi Kurdistan, Between Muslims illuminates the interplay of attraction and aversion to Islam among ordinary Muslims.Trade Review"A finely nuanced study about the impossibility of sequestering what is religious from what is not. In exemplary fashion, Andrew Bush shows us how the categories with which we work—religion, atheism, or secularism—are insufficient to understand the simultaneously sacred and profane world of everyday life."—Faisal Devji, Oxford University"Andrew Bush has written a remarkable book that makes highly original contributions to the anthropology of religion as well as Kurdish studies. There is no other book quite like this. Approaching Kurdish society through its poetics, he has grasped important insights into the ambiguities of everyday ethics underlying the social reality of contemporary Kurdistan."—Martin van Bruinessen, Utrecht University"Written with a scholar's rigor and a poet's grace, Between Muslims depicts textures of Islamic tradition rarely discussed in the literature. Fiercely independent in its approach to theorizing Muslim life, this deeply-layered monograph is a must-read for scholars in anthropology, religious studies, and beyond."—Noah Salomon, Carleton College"A refreshing departure from the focus on nationalist identity in studies of Iraqi Kurdistan, Between Muslims is a beautifully written and original work on the dynamics of Islamic traditions. Andrew Bush subtly explores how 'fractures of difference' are lived in everyday intimate relationships."—Sara Pursley, New York University"[G]roundbreaking and innovative... Between Muslims holds up as an accessible and eloquent account of social dynamics in contemporary Iraqi Kurdistan."—Edith Szanto, Journal of the American Academy of Religion"A nuanced reflection on how Muslims inhabit lukewarm attitudes toward piety in contexts suffused with piety. [Between Muslims] is also an elegant exploration of Kurdish poetry and the ways it animates contemporary Kurds' self-expression."—Susan MacDougall, Ethnos"Between Muslims is a major contribution to scholarshipon the importance of multiple ways of being Islamic."—Jeremy F. Walton, Journal of the Ottoman and Turkish Studies Association"This beautifully written book explores a number of contradictions among those who have 'turned away from piety' and yet do not renounce Islam, but seek to know the 'beloved' in Iraqi Kurdistan. Through an insightful analysis of mystical poetry, Bush additionally demonstrates how the pious and those who have turned away from piety negotiate desire, understand apostasy, and relate to each other across different ranges of piety through patience and acts of 'holding back.'"—The Association of Middle East Anthropology Book Award Committee"The unique positionality of his subjects allows Bush to offer a valuable modus vivendi to the great 'text vs. lived experience' debate in the academy: his approach necessarily requires an engagement with text, but not as objects which naturally unfold according to their own purposes (as is often the case in our deliberations about Islam) but rather as objects continuously transformed in the process of being made meaningful to an individual's experience of the world, which itself cannot be extricated from its relationship with others. This refreshinglyunmodern emphasis on relationality (instead of isolated self-determining subjects) permeates the entirety of his study, focused as it is on the life-worlds that emergebetweenMuslims."—Rushain Abbasi, MarginaliaTable of ContentsIntroduction: Fieldwork in Kurdistan: Islamic Traditions, Ordinary Relationships, and a Paradox 1. Quran and Zoroaster: Attraction and Authority in Muslim Ethics 2. Christians, Kafirs, and Nationalists in Kurdish Poetry 3. Mystical Desire, Ordinary Desire: Love, Friendship, and Kinship 4. Separating Faith and Kufir in an Islamic Society 5. Pleasure Beyond Piety: Religious Difference in Domestic Space Epilogue: "Dear Reader!"
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Stanford University Press On Salafism: Concepts and Contexts
Book SynopsisOn Salafism offers a compelling new understanding of this phenomenon, both its development and contemporary manifestations. Salafism became associated with fundamentalism when the 9/11 Commission used it to explain the terror attacks and has since been connected with the violence of the so-called Islamic State. With this book, Azmi Bishara critically deconstructs claims of continuity between early Islam and modern militancy and makes a counterargument: Salafism is a wholly modern construct informed by specific sociopolitical contexts. Bishara offers a sophisticated account of various movements—such as Wahabbism and Hanbalism—frequently collapsed into simplistic understandings of Salafism. He distinguishes reformist from regressive Salafism, and examines patterns of modernization in the development of contemporary Islamic political movements and associations. In deconstructing the assumptions of linear continuity between traditional and contemporary movements, Bishara details various divergences in both doctrine and context of modern Salafisms, plural. On Salafism is a crucial read for those interested in Islamism, jihadism, and Middle East politics and history.Trade Review"On Salafism is a timely, erudite account of the genealogy of Salafism, covering a broad chronological and geographical scope. Azmi Bishara provides important correctives to recent scholarly approaches to Salafism, and forcefully demonstrates that modern articulations of Salafism are facets of ideological projects, not natural culminations of classical Islamic traditions." —Ahmad Dallal, American University in Cairo"On Salafism covers a subject too often the source of deep misunderstanding. Drawing on comprehensive social science research, Azmi Bishara develops a fully documented history that stuns."—François Burgat, French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS)"On Salafism unpacks the histories and meanings attributed to the term Salafism as invoked today.... This is a book for those interested in Islamic history, political movements, and theological debate. Recommended."—J. Alkorani, CHOICETable of ContentsChapter 1: What Is Salafism? Chapter 2: On Apostasy Chapter 3: Religious Associations and Political Movements Chapter 4: Wahhabism in Context Conclusion
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Fordham University Press The Niqab in France: Between Piety and Subversion
Book SynopsisThis original new work is the fascinating result of sociologist and documentary filmmaker Agnès De Féo’s ten-year exploration of the phenomenon of niqab wearing. It is at once a groundbreaking study and a series of compelling first-person accounts from French and Francophone women who wear or have worn the niqab in France’s Salafi communities. With the backdrop of the French government’s 2010 ban on full facial veiling in public spaces, which itself has shaped the phenomenon, De Féo draws on her subjects’ own words to show their agency, working against the clichés that often underlie public views of the niqab—that it is purely the result of masculine pressure, for example, or extreme religiosity or nationalism, or the submissive desire to disappear. Instead, she shows, the niqab is multivalent: women wear it for reasons that range from religious piety to the desire to rebel against mainstream society, family, or the rule of law. The reasons are complex, overdetermined, contradictory, or even inconsistent, but they are the women’s own. Despite being worn only by a small minority of Muslim women, the Islamic garment has nonetheless been a major source of intense political, religious, and cultural debate in France. Searching to understand, rather than speculate, De Féo chose to approach the people who wear the niqab, and to make them, rather the veil itself, the subject of her research. Her unprecedented study, based on more than 200 interviews, reveals the many factors—social, political, geopolitical, and psychological—underpinning a personal choice that is not always as religious as it seems. The book ends with sixteen captivating interviews giving voice to stories rarely heard. With finesse and discernment, the author debunks the myths surrounding the wearing of the niqab, and sheds light on a practice subject to misunderstanding and prejudice, offering the reader unique insight. Challenging our preconceived notions and stereotypes about women who wear any form of Islamic apparel, but particularly the niqab, The Niqab in France introduces a group of women each with her own life story, her own share of personal struggles, aspirations, and desires, and her own claim to a certain place in society. This work received support for excellence in publication and translation from Albertine Translation, a program created by Villa Albertine.Table of ContentsPreface to the English-Language Edition | vii A Note on Terminology | xi PART I Introduction | 3 The Sociology of Niqab Wearers | 17 The Niqab and the Other | 35 A Reaction to the Ban | 49 Conclusion | 65 PART II 16 Portraits of Women Wearing the Niqab | 71 Earlier Wearers (Before 2009), | 71 Neo-Niqab Wearers (After 2009), | 101 The Niqab: Refuting Common Ideas | 155 Acknowledgments | 163 Notes | 165 Selected Bibliography and Filmography | 171
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Irwin Law Inc In Your Face: Law, Justice, and Niqab-Wearing
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Templeton Foundation Press,U.S. Mantle of Mercy: Islamic Chaplaincy in North
Book SynopsisThis engaging collection presents thirty essays by Muslim chaplains reflecting on their experiences as spiritual caregivers. Through their first-hand accounts, they impart how they skillfully apply the mercy and compassion of the Prophet Muhammad to the people in their care. They also share how their faith informs their service, how they navigate the obstacles of a predominantly Christian profession, and how they administer to the spiritual needs of people of different faiths or of no faith at all. Working in a variety of settings—including hospitals, prisons, universities, and the armed forces—Muslim chaplains encounter unique challenges on a daily basis, requiring them to call upon the resources of their Islamic faith with wisdom and tenderness. The contributors to this volume explore these circumstances vividly and honestly. Their personal stories are instructive of how Islamic principles can be employed with spiritual insight to bring strength and comfort to the sick and suffering. Trade Review“Applause for Mantle of Mercy. This extraordinary compilation of personal essays provides insight into Muslim chaplains’ experiences and contributions to the field of chaplaincy in the United States. Readers gain a glimpse of the foundational Islamic principles and values that undergird the writers’ ministry and leadership within the diverse institutions they serve. Mantle of Mercy is a must-have resource for theological schools, Clinical Pastoral Education (CPE) Centers, and students pursuing a career in chaplaincy.” —Chaplain Tahara Akmal, MA, BCC, ACPE Certified Educator “Mantle of Mercy fills an important void within the emerging body of research and writing about the field of chaplaincy. While chaplaincy may be unfamiliar to many Muslims, the writers in this volume generously engage with both the educational formation processes and spiritual practices of chaplaincy while thoroughly and authentically integrating them with the Islamic faith. Careful, scholarly attention is paid throughout the text to the core principles of Islam, demonstrating through story and reflection how a chaplaincy is an ideal form of practice for the faithful Muslim leader. The result is a beautiful witness to the many ways that Islamic chaplaincy embodies the kind of compassion that is at the heart of professional spiritual care. This text is an incredible resource to chaplaincy educators, professional chaplains, and those Muslims seeking to serve as professional spiritual care providers.” —Trace Haythorn, PhD, executive director CEO, Association for Clinical Pastoral Education (ACPE) “Islamic chaplaincy, a relatively new field of inquiry and practice, has been skillfully outlined in this first volume of its kind, Mantle of Mercy. The editors have done a wonderful job in assembling a chorus of diverse voices of practitioners from the field. Critical perspectives from chaplains serving in universities, the healthcare sector, the military, and underrepresented communities provide fascinating insight into the world of fostering human souls. In a world where cynicism, distrust, and division have impaired our collective ability to engage with one another, this volume offers a reprieve, and perhaps even a way forward to reacquaint ourselves with our inherent humanity.” —Shaykh Dr. Walead Mosaad, Chair and Resident Scholar, Sabeel Community “In this superbly curated collection of essays, trailblazing Muslim chaplains provide intimate portraits of their professional lives and how they arrived at their vocational calling; how they create healing spaces through the Prophetic example; and how they provide pastoral care by drawing upon Islamic theology. As readers amble into this garden of stories, they will surely feel the hearts of these chaplains speaking to their own. And by taking in the vista, they will come to recognize the value Islamic chaplaincy adds within hospitals, prisons, college campuses, the armed forces, and, indeed, even within mosques and third spaces.” —Aasim I. Padela, MD, MSc, chairperson and director of the Initiative on Islam Medicine, and professor of emergency medicine, Bioethics, and the Medical Humanities at the Medical College of Wisconsin “I really loved this book. Muslim chaplains do amazing work for religious identity, pastoral care, and civic pluralism. This volume captures the complexity and range of such work remarkably well.” —Eboo Patel, author of Acts of Faith and president of Interfaith Youth Core “In the last few decades, Muslim chaplains have emerged as a profoundly important model of spiritual accompaniment. Mantle of Mercy brings together most of the leading Muslim chaplains in North America who bring a tradition-centered approach to healing in their various settings. The chapters are as spiritually rich as they are accessible. It is lovely to see how they advance the concept of healing and care beyond the Western obsession with ‘self’-care to the heart-community-Divine level. Particularly poignant and bittersweet are the chapter and the farewell from the departed and much beloved Imam Sohaib N. Sultan. I commend Ali, Bajwa, Kholaki, and Starr for this urgently needed volume and enthusiastically recommend this book to all who work with the Muslim community and in pastoral care in the context of universities, hospitals, and beyond.” —Omid Safi, PhD, professor of Islamic Studies at Duke and director of Illuminated Courses and Tours “Ali, Bajwa, Kholaki, and Starr have created a watershed moment with the publication of Mantle of Mercy. By assembling North America’s leading lights in Islamic chaplaincy, the editorial team has provided an essential resource not just for Muslim chaplains but for all spiritual care providers who are rightly attentive to contemporary spiritual and religious diversity. Students, educators, and chaplains in the field will benefit from Mantle of Mercy. This essential addition to the literature makes it definitely clear that North American spiritual care cannot develop further without taking Islamic chaplaincy into much greater account.” —Michael Skaggs, PhD, director of programs, Chaplaincy Innovation Lab “This is an important and much-needed scholarly contribution to the literature on chaplaincy in general and, more specifically, Islamic chaplaincy. It gives insight into how far the field has come and how Islam is establishing itself into the fabric of North American life in such a beautiful way. The contributors and the topics they write beautifully demonstrate how diverse the Islamic tradition is and how interesting and wonderful such diversity can be. This compilation is a moving and inspiring book and a must-have for anyone interested in chaplaincy, pastoral care, the healing arts, Islam, Islam in North America, and many other related fields.” —Carrie M. York, PhD, president, The Alkaram Institute “Mantle of Mercy provides a unique discussion on how Muslim Americans face life’s challenges, how they have much to offer many Americans, and how their religion can fit into American society. The writers’ enthusiasm and security in their faith will inspire many readers to consider a vocation in chaplaincy. For those already in chaplaincy, it provides essential information on the complexities and challenges that are unique to Islam.” -Journal of Pastoral Care and Counseling “This collection of personal stories, theological reflections, and case studies conveys the joys and challenges Muslim chaplains face in the various settings in which they serve….An excellent reference for many interested in pastoral care and related fields, this volume will be especially useful to those who are considering chaplaincy as a career, graduate students of chaplaincy about to begin Field Education, or Clinical Pastoral Education (CPE) students and supervisors.”–Journal of Interreligious StudiesTable of ContentsTable of Contents and Contributors: ForewordIngrid Mattson IntroductionMuhammad A. Ali,Omer Bajwa, Sondos Kholaki, and Jaye Starr A Source of Strength A CPE student finds his place in a medical team.Ibrahim J. Long The Jihad of Self-Realization and Human Growth in Clinical Pastoral Education A CPE educator shares how Islam informs his pedagogy and theory of personality.Jawad A. Bayat Finding My Path A university chaplain shares his discernment process. Kaiser Aslam Pastoral Care as an Islamic Tradition & Practice The director of a chaplaincy degree program shares his journey and educational philosophy.Bilal W. Ansari A Theology of Spiritual Care Inspired by Allah’s Attributes A pastoral theology informed by God as The Compassionate, the Merciful, and the Kind.Ali R. Candir Bridging the Interfaith Divide A corrections chaplain shares experiences navigating the challenges of sectarianism and explores the role of chaplains in building informed and inclusive communities.Muhammad A. Ali Navigating Identity Politics and Recentering in the Divine Campus chaplains share their efforts to redirect students from identity politics toward knowing oneself.Amira Quraishi & Ailya Vajid From Banana Leaves A healthcare chaplain shares her journey as a female Muslim chaplain.Samsiah Abdul-Majid Mapping the Landscape of Education Chaplaincy A campus chaplain presents a framework for understanding the different functions of the role.Khalil Abdur-RashidOpen Door, Open Heart A college chaplain reflects on his various roles through the theme of the days of the week.Omer BajwaIslam at ‘Alcatraz of the Rockies’ A corrections chaplain shares his experience serving in an American supermax security facility.Fiazuddin Shuayb Creating Space Drawing from his own journey and work, an imam addresses spiritual care for queer Muslims.El-Farouk KhakiA Call for Pastoral Care in The Mosque A chaplain describes the potential for chaplaincy and a pastoral care mindset in mosques.Joshua Salaam “Hurt People Hurt People” A third-space director shares the development of a restorative justice model for community violations.Lauren Schreiber An Immigrant’s Journey to Chaplaincy A Turkish-trained imam shares his path confronting his own racism in a corrections setting. Mustafa Boz Chaplains: A Voice for the Alienated A military chaplain explains microaggressions and their impact and the need for chaplains to be proactive in addressing them.Ryan Carter Chaplaincy and Black Muslim Students A college chaplain presents research about Black Muslim students’ experiences and her recommendations for support.Nisa Muhammad And Then We Were One Before The One An oncology chaplain explores use of self as a ministry tool relating to her practice of Islam.Taqwa Surapati Drawing from the Five Pillars A healthcare chaplain explores how the fundamental practices of Islam inform her caregiving.Sondos Kholaki Dua: The Heart of Chaplaincy A chaplain shares his approach to crafting prayer as an act of pastoral care.Khalid LatifSister Padres Canada’s first female Muslim military chaplains share their journey to chaplaincy and what they bring to the profession.Barbara Lois Helms & Serap Bulsen Paradise Beneath Her Feet: Chaplaincy in Birthing Spaces A healthcare chaplain shares how her faith informs her care amidst birthing hardship.Jaye Starr Thank You For Your Service A military chaplain speaks to the isolation he has experienced as a Muslim service member.Jamal BeyThe Kinder Garden: Circles of Remembrance A healthcare chaplain shares the words of meditation from programs he leads in hospital.Kamau M. AyubbiMercy to Self: Preserving the Gift of Empathy in Life's Winters A corrections chaplain shares her recovery journey following professional burnout.Tricia PethicWhat I Learn From the Prophet A dying chaplain reflects on the guidance his faith provides for the journey. Sohaib N. Sultan Lasting Grief A hospice chaplain looks to how Shiʿa teachings inform his understanding of grief.Sameer Ali An Islamic Theology of Pastoral Care A pastoral caregiver examines her theology of suffering and the work necessary to uncover one’s inner Light.Rabia Terri Harris Skipping Stones A hospital chaplain wrestles with conflicting medical advice while accompanying a young international patient.Azleena Salleh Azhar Ziyara Spiritual Care Healthcare chaplains share how they are taking palliative care education to Muslims around the world.Kamal Abu-Shamsieh Afterword A farewell letter to colleagues.Sohaib N. Sultan
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Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Handbook of Empirical Research on Islam and
Book SynopsisIslamic economics and finance has recently enjoyed a spike in interest and a rise in status from theology-tinged discussion fodder for Muslim intellectuals to a fully fledged academic discipline knocking on the doors of university social science departments. The Handbook of Empirical Research on Islam and Economic Life provides a solid background and overview of current empirical research, evaluating how well Islamic institutions have performed in pursuing their objectives. With contributions from leading scholars, this unique Handbook provides chapters examining a range of phenomena in Islamic finance, focusing on five main research areas: religion and growth, Islamic social finance, Islamic banking and finance, Islamic capital market and Sukuk (Islamic bonds). This selection of research literature provides:- a socio-economic profile of Muslim countries- an outline of Islamic systems of accounting and governance- an analysis of the religion-development link- a consideration of the role of the state under Islam.Scholars of finance and Islam in Muslim and in Western universities, students in graduate and post-graduate courses in Islamic studies, and Islamic research institutes and libraries in Western, Middle Eastern and Asian universities will all find great value in this vital resource and its exploration of a compelling approach to finance.Contributors include: A.U.F. Ahmad, M.S. Akhtar, E. Aksak, M.A.M. Al JanabiIhsan Isik, N. Alam, F. Alqahtani, S.O. Alhabshi, C. Aloui, S.B. Anceaur, D. Ashraf, M. Asutay, A.F. Aysan, O. Bacha, A. Barajas, M. Bekri, C. De Anca, G. Dewandaru, M. Disli, A.O. El Aloui, M. Farooq, K. Gazdar, R. Grassa, H.B. Hamida, M.K. Hassan, R. Hayat, C.M. Henry, J. Howe, M.H. Ibrahim, M. Jahrom, K. Jouaber-Snoussi, F. Kamarudin, M. Khawaja, H. Khan, K. Khan, O. Krasicka, M.T. Majeed, N.A.K. Malim, M. Masih, A. Massara, D.G. Mayes, A.K.M. Meera, M. Mehri, C. Mertzanis, H.S. Min, M.A. Mobin, Y.A. Nainggolan, M. Naseri, A.M. Nassir, A. Ng, S. Nowak, M.S. Nurzaman, M. Omran, H. Ozturk, M. Rashid, M.E.S.M. Rashid, R.M. Shafi, A. Shah, N.S. Shirazi, F. Sufian, G.M.W. Ullah, P. Verhoeven, L. Weill, S. Zaheer, S.R.S.M. Zain, A. ZarkaTrade Review'Kabir Hassan presents an impressive collection of more than 30 empirical studies on a wide spectrum of Islamic finance issues. The authors apply state-of-the-art methods of quantitative research and produce a wealth of fresh and often surprising results. Finance practitioners, policy makers and regulators can benefit from the findings, and Islamic as well as conventional researchers can get references and inspiration for further studies.' --Volker Nienhaus, University of Bochum, Germany'The Handbook of Empirical Research on Islam and Economic Life presents the reader with the fruits of research in a new area in the RF (Riba Free) Islamic economics, banking and finance. This book is a great addition to the library of the field. I enjoyed reading many of the empirical findings contributed by the book. The research papers included in the book are masterfully assembled by Professor Kabir Hassan: a recognized pioneering and prolific author, teacher and researcher in economics in general and in RF (Riba Free) Islamic economics, banking and finance. Most published books in the field focus on the theory and/or application of Islamic life, economics and finance. The reader of this great new book will enjoy getting introduced to a new dimension of research dealing with empirical findings. These findings can be used by theoreticians to ponder on and practitioners to apply in their business.' --Yahia Abdul Rahman, Founder of the LARIBA System - LARIBA Finance and LARIBA Bank of WhittierTable of ContentsContents: 1. Introduction Part I: Religion and Growth: 1. Social Preferences and Values: An Experimental Analysis for Religiosity Anwar Shah, Karim Khan and Hayat Khan 2. Openness, Culture, Legal Environment and Islamic Finance Kaouthar Gazdar, Rihab Grassa and M. Kabir Hassan 3. Islamic Finance in Movement: Public Opinion in the Arab Region Clement Henry Part II: Islamic Social Finance: 4. Evaluating The Impact of Zakat by Indicator of Disaggregated Human Development Index: An Empirical Finding Mohamad Soleh Nurzaman 5. Poverty, Finance and Institutions: Evidence from OIC Countries Muhammad Tariq Majeed 6. The Social and Cultural Impact on Firms’ Access to Finance in an Islamic Environment Charilaos Mertzanis 7. Reporting of Zakat and Charitable Activities in Islamic Banks: Theory and Practice in a Multi-cultural Setting Mamunur Rashid, M. Kabir Hassan, How Shi Min and G.M. Wali Ullah 8. Achieving Sustainable Economic Development through Islamic Microfinance and Potential of proposed Two Tier Mudarabah Waqf Business Model Mohammad Ashraf Mobin and Abu Umar Faruq Ahmad 9. Can Islamic Banking Increase Financial Inclusion? Sami Ben Naceur, Adolfo Barajas and Alexander Massara 10. Social tax and transfers for poverty alleviation: A case for low and middle income countries Nasim Shah Shirazi and Anas Zarka Part III: Islamic Banking and finance 11. The Impact of the Global Financial Crisis on Islamic Banking Faisal Alqahtani and David G. Mayes 12. Country Governance and the Performance of Islamic and Conventional Banks: International Evidence Fadzlan Sufian, M. Kabir Hassan, Fakarudin Kamarudin and Annuar Md. Nassir 13. How Institutions Shape the Gap in Efficiency between Islamic and Conventional Banks Laurent Weill 14. Differences between Islamic and Conventional Finance in Malaysia Olga Krasicka and Sylwia Nowak 15. On the Co-existence of Conventional and Islamic Banks: Do These Banks Differ in Business Structure Sajjad Zaheer and Moazzam Farooq 16. Macroeconomic Shocks and Islamic Bank Behavior in Turkey Ahmet Faruk Aysan, Mustafa Disli, Adam Ng and Huseyin Ozturk 17. Explaining Intermediation Costs of Islamic Banks in OIC Countries Nurhafiza Abdul Kader Malim, Mansor H. Ibrahim and Mohamed Eskandar Shah Mohd Rasid 18. Liquidity Risk Management in Emerging and Islamic Markets in Post Financial Crisis in Gulf Cooperation Council Mazin A.M. Al Janabi 19. How Efficient are the Commercial, Investment and Islamic Bank Managers in Jordan Ihsan Isik, Mohammed Omran and M. Kabir Hassan Part IV: Islamic Capital Market 20. Does Islamic investment accrue hedging benefits? Dawood Ashraf and Mohsin Khawaja 21. Volatility forecasting, value-at-risk and expected shortfall estimations under Basel II accord in GCC Sharia stocks Chaker Aloui, M. Kabir Hassan and Hela ben Hamida, 22. Do stock returns react to an Islamic label Raphie Hayat and Celia de Anca 23. Taking a Leap of Faith: Are Investors Left Short Changed? Yunieta A. Nainggolan, Janice C.Y. How and Peter Verhoeven 24. Quantitative Studies of Islamic and Conventional Assets Shumi Akhtar and Maria Jahromi 25. Profit-Sharing Ratio as a Screening Device in Venture Capital Meryem Mehri, Kaouther Jouaber-Snoussi and M. Kabir Hassan 26. On the dependency structure of Islamic assets Mahmoud Bekri, M. Kabir Hassan and Nafis Alam 27. Malaysian Investors’ perspectives on the integration and Co-movement of Islamic Stock Markets in Developed and Developing Countries Marjan Naseri, Syed Othman Alhabshi and Mansur Masih 28. A Wavelet approach to time-scale relationships among the Islamic and conventional stock markets and LIBOR AbdelKader O. el Alaoui, Ginanjar Dewandaru, Obiyathulla Bacha and Mansur Masih Part V: Sukuk (Islamic Bonds) 29. Testing the Financial Distress Prediction Model for Sukuk-Issuing Companies In Malaysia Roslina Mohamad Shafi, Sharifah Raihan Syed Mohd Zain, Mohamed Eskandar Shah Mohd Rasid and Ahamed Kameel Mydin Meera 30. The Economic and Political Determinants of Depth and Strength in Sukuk Markets Mehmet Asutay and Ercument Aksak Index
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CABI Publishing Islamic Tourism: Management of Travel
Book SynopsisIslamic tourism is not purely motivated by religion; it also includes participants pursuing similar leisure experiences to non-Muslims, within the parameters set by Islam. Destinations are therefore not necessarily locations where Shari'a or full Islamic law is enforced. Demand for Islamic tourism destinations is increasing as the Muslim population expands, with the market forecast to be worth around US$238 billion. This book explores the ever-widening gap between the religious, tourism, management and education sectors. It provides practical applications, models and illustrations of religious tourism and pilgrimage management from a variety of international perspectives, and introduces theories and models in an accessible structure. The book: - Includes a range of contemporary case studies of religious and pilgrimage activities. - Covers ancient, sacred and emerging tourist destinations. - Reviews new forms of pilgrimage, faith systems and quasi-religious activities. This book offers an engaging assessment of the linkages and interconnections between Muslim consumers and the places they visit. It provides an important analysis for researchers of religious tourism, pilgrimage and related subjects.Table of ContentsPart 1: Theoretical Framework and Development of Islamic Tourism 1: Introduction to Islamic Tourism 2: Islamic Tourism: The Role of Culture and Religiosity 3: Religion and Islamic Tourism Destinations 4: Marketing Approaches and Problems of Islamic Destinations Part 2: Management and Development of Destinations 5: The Impact of Hajj Satisfaction on Islamic Religious Commitment: A Theoretical Framework 6: Islamic Tourism and Use of Social Media 7: Islamic Customer Relationship Marketing (ICRM) and Inspirations for Religious Tourism 8: The Impact of Umrah Quality Attributes on Religious Tourist Loyalty in Saudi Arabia 9: Sufi Tourism: The Impact of Sufi Heritage on Islamic Religious Tourism Part 3: Challenges and Issues – Global Case Studies 10: Religious Tourism in the Sultanate of Oman: The Potential for Mosque Tourism to Thrive 11: An Opportunity Unexploited: A Pilgrim’s Observations on the Potential of Muslim Pilgrimage (Hajj) 12: Halal Tourism: Insights from Experts in the Field 13: Battlefield Tourism: The Potential of Badr, Uhud, and the Trench (Khandaq) Battles for Islamic Tourism 14: Holy Foods and Religious Tourism: Konya and Mevlevi Cuisine 15: The Halal Tourism: A Business Model Opportunity 16: Religious Practices and Performance in Syrian Shi’ite Religious Tourism 17: Constructs of Foot Pilgrimage in Islam: The Case of Arbaeen Ziyara 18: Tablighi Jamaat: A Multidimensional Movement of Religious Travellers
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James Currey Islamic Scholarship in Africa: New Directions and
Book SynopsisCutting-edge research in the study of Islamic scholarship and its impact on the religious, political, economic and cultural history of Africa; bridges the "europhone"/"non-europhone" knowledge divides to significantly advance decolonial thinking, and extend the frontiers of social science research in Africa. The study of Islamic erudition in Africa is growing rapidly, transforming not just Islamic studies, but also African Studies. This interdisciplinary volume from leading international scholars fills a lacuna in presenting not only the history and spread of Islamic scholarship in Africa, but its current state and future concerns. Challenging the notion that Muslim societies in black Africa were essentially oral prior to the European colonial conquest at the turn of the 20th century, and countering the largely Western division of sub-Saharan Africa and North Africa, the authors take an inclusive approach to advance our knowledge of the contribution of people of African descent to the life of Mecca. This book explores in depth the intellectual and spiritual exchanges between populations in the Maghreb, the Sahara and West Africa. A key theme is Islamic learning. The authors examine the madrasa as asite of knowledge and learning, the relationship between "diasporas" and Islamic education systems, female learning circles, and the use of ICT. Diversifying the study of Islamic erudition, the contributors look at the interactions between textuality and orality, female learning circles, the vernacular study of poetry and cosmological texts, and the role of Ajami - the use of Arabic script to transcribe 80 African languages. Africa: CerdisTrade ReviewIslamic Scholarship in Africa is a multifaceted, fascinating collection of essays alike indispensable for its empirical findings and for its theoretical framing. -- Journal of Islamic StudiesThis book is a collection of essays that not only presents existing works and new findings, but also opens up new directions in the field of Islamic scholarship in Africa. -- IslamochristianaIslamic Scholarship in Africa: New Directions and Global Contexts is an excellent contribution to an emerging discipline of Africana Muslim Studies. * Journal of Education in Muslim Societies *Table of ContentsIntroduction: Where have we been and where are we going in the Study of Islamic Scholarship in Africa? - Ousmane Oumar Kane PART I: HISTORY, MOVEMENT, & ISLAMIC SCHOLARSHIP Introduction - Zachary V. Wright The African Roots of a Global Eighteenth-Century Islamic Scholarly Renewal - Zachary V. Wright Muhammad al-Kashnawi and the Everyday Life of the Occult - Dahlia E.M. Gubara African Community and African 'ulama in Mecca: Al-Jami and Muhammad Surar al-Sabban (Twentieth Century) - Chanfi Ahmed The Transfomation of the Pilgrimage Tradition in West Africa - Ousmane Oumar Kane PART II TEXTUALITY, ORALITY, AND ISLAMIC SCHOLARSHIP Introduction - Oludamini Ogunnaike 'Those Who Represent the Sovereign in his Absence': Muslim Scholarship and the Question of Legal Authority in the pPre-Modern Sahara (Southern Algeria, Mauritania, Mali), 1750-1850 - Ismail Warscheid Philosophical Sufism in the Sokoto Caliphate: The Case of Shaykh Dan Tafa - Oludamini Ogunnaike "If all the Legal Schools were to Disappear": Umar Tal's Approach to Jurisprudence in Kitab al-Rimah - Farah el-Sharif A New African Orality? Tijani Sufism, Sacred Knowledge and the ICTs in Post-Truth Times - Antonio de Diego González The Sacred Text in Egypt's Popular Culture: Qur'anic Sounds, Meanings and Formation of Sakina-Sacred Space in Traditions of Poverty and Fear - Yunus Kumek PART III ISLAMIC EDUCATION Introduction - Britta Frede Modernizing the Madrasa: Islamic Education, Development and Tradition in Zanzibar - Caitlyn Bolton A New Daara: Integrating Qur'anic, Agricultural and Trade Education in a Community Setting - Laura L. Cochrane Islamic Education and the 'Diaspora': Religious Schooling for Senegalese Migrants' Children - Hannah Hoechner What does Traditional Islamic Education Mean? Examples from Nouakchott's Contemporary Female Learning Circles - Britta Frede PART IV AJAMI, KNOWLEDGE TRANSMISSION, & SPIRITUALITY Introduction - Jeremy Dell Bringing 'Ilm to the Common People: Sufi Vernacular Poetry and Islamic Education in Brava, c.1890-1959 - Alessandra Vianello Bringing 'Ilm to the Common People: Sufi Vernacular Poetry and Islamic Education in Brava, c.1890-1959 - Lidwien Kapteijns A Senegalese Sufi Saint and Ajami Poet: Sëriñ Moor Kayre (1874-1951) - Khadim Ndiaye Praise and Prestige: The Significance of Elegiac Poetry among Muslim Intellectuals on the Late Twentieth-Century Kenya Coast - Abdulkadir Hashim CONCLUSION: The Study of Islamic Scholarship and the Social Sciences in Africa: Bridging Knowledge Divides, Reframing Narratives - Ebrima Sall
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Rutgers University Press Islamic Divorce in the Twenty-First Century: A
Book SynopsisIslamic Divorce in the 21st Century shows the wide range of Muslim experiences in marital disputes and in seeking Islamic divorces. For Muslims, having the ability to divorce in accordance with Islamic law is of paramount importance. However, Muslim experiences of divorce practice differ tremendously. The chapters in this volume discuss Islamic divorce from West Africa to Southeast Asia, and each story explores aspects of the everyday realities of disputing and divorcing Muslim couples face in the twenty-first century. The book’s cross-cultural and comparative look at Islamic divorce indicates that Muslim divorces are impacted by global religious discourses on Islamic authority, authenticity, and gender; by global patterns of and approaches to secularity; and by global economic inequalities and attendant patterns of urbanization and migration. Studying divorce as a mode of Islamic law in practice shows us that the Islamic legal tradition is flexible, malleable, and context-dependent.Trade Review"Islamic Divorce in the 21st Century is a wonderful book in which we travel geographically and intellectually. Its importance draws on the variety of national experiences it documents in a truly comparative perspective, as well as on the scholarship of both coeditors and contributors. It is a compulsory read for everybody interested in understanding how Islam is a global phenomenon with a huge array of local declensions." -- Baudouin Dupret * author of Positive Law from the Muslim World: Jurisprudence, History, Practices *"Islamic Divorce in the 21st Century provides rich empirical data and sophisticated theoretical perspectives on the gendered complexities of kinship and marriage, divorce, inequality, and Islamic law and normativity in nine nations in Africa, Asia, and the Middle East. This engagingly written and compelling volume will be welcomed by scholars in various fields and has great potential for use in both undergraduate and graduate courses." -- Michael G. Peletz * author of Sharia Transformations: Cultural Politics and the Rebranding of an Islamic Judiciary *"Islamic Divorce in the 21st Century is a tour de force, offering both breadth and depth on Muslim divorce practices. In addition to presenting scholarship from rarely documented countries, this volume provides a perspective on global connections and the transformations that ensue. It is a must-read for scholars of Muslim family law." -- Arzoo Osanloo * author of The Politics of Women's Rights in Iran *"Islamic Divorce in the 21st Century is a wonderful book in which we travel geographically and intellectually. Its importance draws on the variety of national experiences it documents in a truly comparative perspective, as well as on the scholarship of both coeditors and contributors. It is a compulsory read for everybody interested in understanding how Islam is a global phenomenon with a huge array of local declensions." -- Baudouin Dupret * author of Positive Law from the Muslim World: Jurisprudence, History, Practices *"Islamic Divorce in the 21st Century provides rich empirical data and sophisticated theoretical perspectives on the gendered complexities of kinship and marriage, divorce, inequality, and Islamic law and normativity in nine nations in Africa, Asia, and the Middle East. This engagingly written and compelling volume will be welcomed by scholars in various fields and has great potential for use in both undergraduate and graduate courses." -- Michael G. Peletz * author of Sharia Transformations: Cultural Politics and the Rebranding of an Islamic Judiciary *"Islamic Divorce in the 21st Century is a tour de force, offering both breadth and depth on Muslim divorce practices. In addition to presenting scholarship from rarely documented countries, this volume provides a perspective on global connections and the transformations that ensue. It is a must-read for scholars of Muslim family law." -- Arzoo Osanloo * author of The Politics of Women's Rights in Iran *Table of ContentsNote on TransliterationList of AbbreviationsSeries Foreword by Péter BertaPreface (Acknowledgment)Chapter 1: Muslim Marital Disputes and Islamic Divorce Law in Twenty-First Century Practice by Erin E. Stiles and Ayang Utriza Yakin Part I : State Politics and Divorce Law: Reform and RecommendationsChapter 2: Divorce by Khul‘ in Pakistani Courts: Expanding Women’s Rights through Reconfiguring Religious Authority by Elisa Giunchi Chapter 3: Male-Initiated Divorce before the Egyptian Judiciary by Nathalie Bernard-Maugiron Chapter 4: Problems of and Possibilities for Islamic Divorce in South Africa by Fatima Essop Part II: Gendered Strategies and Judicial Responses in Marital DisputingChapter 5: Women in the Search of Sexual Pleasure: The Judicial Practices of Divorce on the Ground of Sexual Dissatisfaction within Indonesian Religious Courts by Ayang Utriza YakinChapter 6: “I Divorced Him but He Said He Has Not Divorced Me”: Gendered Perspectives on Muslim Divorce In Accra, Ghana by Fulera Issaka-Toure Chapter 7: Undoing Marriage in Lebanon. Divorce within and beyond Family Courts by Jean-Michel LandryPart III: Islamic Divorce in the Context of Global Patterns of Mobility, Upheaval, and Changing Household EconomiesChapter 8: Islamic Renewal, Muslim Divorce and Gender Relations in Mali by Dorothea Schulz and Souleymane DialloChapter 9: A ‘Much-Married Woman’ Revisited: Kinship Perspectives on the High Frequency of Divorce among Uyghurs in Southern Xinjiang, China by Rune SteenbergChapter 10: The Ends of Divorce: Marital Dispute as a Locus of Social Change in India by Katherine Lemons with Nadia HusseinAfterword: Islamic Divorce in Context and in Action: Notes from the Field and Concluding Thoughts by Erin E. Stiles with Ayang Utriza Yakin Notes on ContributorsIndex
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De Gruyter Towards A Voice in The Public Sphere?:
Book SynopsisDie Reihe MAECENATA SCHRIFTEN ist eine interdisziplinäre wissenschaftliche Buchreihe zur Zivilgesellschaftsforschung. Von 2007–2015 erschien sie im Verlag Lucius & Lucius, Stuttgart; seit 2016 erscheint sie im Verlag De Gruyter Oldenbourg, Berlin. Sie wird von Rupert Graf Strachwitz, Eckhard Priller und Siri Hummel herausgegeben. Für eine Aufnahme in die Reihe kommen Monographien und Sammelbände in Betracht, die einen thematischen Bezug zu den Themenfeldern Zivilgesellschaft, Bürgerschaftliches Engagement, Philanthropie und Stiftungswesen aufweisen. In die Reihe können Qualifikationsarbeiten ebenso aufgenommen werden wie Studien, Ergebnisse von Forschungsprojekten, Tagungsbände oder Gutachten. Die Reihe steht grundsätzlich jeder Autorin und jedem Autor offen; ein unmittelbarer Arbeitsbezug zum Maecenata Institut für Philanthropie und Zivilgesellschaft ist nicht erforderlich. Veröffentlichungen sind in deutscher und englischer Sprache möglich. In der Regel ist für eine Veröffentlichung ein Druckkostenzuschuss erforderlich. Zuschussgeber können auf dem Umschlag mit Namen, auf der Innenseite auch mit Logo genannt werden. Texte zur Veröffentlichung können jederzeit eingereicht werden. Sie werden in der Regel durch die Herausgeber begutachtet, diese behalten sich die Einholung externer Gutachten vor. Diese kann auch auf Wunsch der Autorinnen und Autoren erfolgen. Bei Qualifikationsarbeiten sind auch die entsprechenden Gutachten für die Entscheidung über die Aufnahme maßgeblich. Zielgruppe Die Reihe richtet sich vornehmlich an die wissenschaftliche Fachwelt und an Publizisten, Praktiker und Entscheidungsträger. Manuskripteinreichungen Informationen zur Einreichung von Proposals erhalten Sie direkt beim Maecenata Institut für Philanthropie und Zivilgesellschaft, Berlin, Tel.: +49 30 2838 7909, E-Mail: mi@maecenata.eu, Website: www.maecenata.eu Die Herausgeber Dr. phil. Rupert Graf Strachwitz studierte Politikwissenschaft, Geschichte und Kunstgeschichte in den USA und in München, ist seit über 30 Jahren ehren- und hauptamtlich, beratend, forschend und lehrend mit Zivilgesellschaft, bürgerschaftlichem Engagement, Philanthropie und Stiftungswesen befasst. Er war Mitglied der Enquete-Kommission „Zukunft des bürgerschaftlichen Engagements" des Deutschen Bundestags. Er ist Direktor des Maecenata-Instituts für Philanthropie und Zivilgesellschaft, Berlin. Dr. sc. Eckhard Priller studierte Soziologie und Ökonomie an der Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin und war seit 1992 wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter am Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin für Sozialforschung (WZB). Von 2008 bis 2014 leitete er dort die Projektgruppe Zivilengagement, die u.a. 2009 den „Bericht zur Lage und zu den Perspektiven des bürgerschaftlichen Engagements in Deutschland" erstellt hat. Eckhard Priller ist wissenschaftlicher Co-Direktor des Maecenata Instituts für Philanthropie und Zivilgesellschaft. Dr. Siri Hummel ist stv. Direktorin des Maecenata Instituts für Philanthropie und Zivilgesellschaft und ist Politik- und Kommunikationswissenschaftlerin. Ihre Forschungsschwerpunkte sind Demokratie und Zivilgesellschaft, sowie Gleichstellung in der Zivilgesellschaft und Stiftungsforschung. Zusätzlich ist sie Lehrbeauftragte im Studiengang Nonprofit Management and Public Governance an der Hochschule für Wirtschaft und Recht. Vor ihrer Arbeit bei Maecenata war Siri von 2011-2017 wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin am Alfried Krupp Wissenschaftskolleg Greifswald. 2018 promovierte sie an der Universität Greifswald zum Thema Demokratieförderung durch Stiftungen.
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NIAS Press Salafism and the State: Islamic Activism and
Book SynopsisRecent studies of Indonesian Islam have pointed to the growing prominence of ‘conservative’ and globally expansive Islamic doctrines. Salafism is one such doctrine, and it has gained increasing popularity in Indonesia over the past several decades. Aiming to propagate a ‘literalist’ interpretation of Islam, Salafi activists argue that many local Islamic traditions, histories and cultures are unIslamic. This has led to significant controversy, and accusations by many Indonesians that Salafism is foreign to country, an intolerant religion, and should have no part in the religious life of the nation. This book offers an ethnographic study of this often misunderstood and controversial movement. It explains why Salafism is growing in numbers, especially amongst young people, and how Salafi activists promote their faith within the wider public. It explores the range of propagational activities and products Salafis use in their public outreach, including literature, mosque sermons, social media ventures, and even fashion, and describes how these activities are tailored to a young Indonesian audience. Salafis may have global roots, but as this book outlines, its success in Indonesia is best understood as an intrinsically local phenomenon entangled within Indonesian ideas of Islamic praxis, consumerism, modernity, political action and citizenship. Salafi activists do not see themselves as foreign religious agents or detached from Indonesian life, but increasingly as part of a religiously conservative moral vanguard. Salafism is, consequently, part of the broader re-orientation of social, cultural and political life we are seeing in contemporary Indonesia.Trade Review‘Chris Chaplin’s carefully argued and sophisticated analysis of Salafism in Indonesia not only shows its appeal as a mix of social movement and individualizing force; it leverages rich ethnographic detail to reveal Salafism’s internal tensions and paradoxes as a defining trait, a necessary condition for the movement’s growth as it continues to inspire an increasingly conservative and politicized religious landscape. Relevant well beyond the Indonesian context, this book is an important contribution to the study of Islam. It will be widely read.’ (Dr David Kloos, KITLV - Royal Netherlands Institute of Southeast Asian and Caribbean Studies)
£21.80
Leiden University Press Being Muslim in Indonesia: Religiosity, Politics
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ISEAS Between Social Services and Tolerance: Explaining
Book SynopsisMuhammadiyah, together with the Nahdlatul Ulama (NU), are seen as the two pillars of moderate Islam in Indonesia. Muhammadiyah is currently often perceived to be the more conservative of the two and to have more affinity with Islamist groups. On political issues, for instance, it is steered by Islamist imagery. On cultural issues, Muhammadiyah is often guided by old enmity towards what is called the TBC (takhayul, bid’ah dan churafat; delusions, religious innovation without precedence in the Prophetic traditions and the Qur’an, and superstitions or irrational belief). This position has placed Muhammadiyah in an uneasy relationship with both local cultures and traditionalist Islam. Three issues that were raised in 2017—the banning of Hizbut Tahrir Indonesia (HTI), the recurrent controversy on the Indonesian Communist Party (PKI), and the ruling of the Constitutional Court on Penghayat Kepercayaan—are issues where Muhammadiyah has been easily drawn towards Islamist and conservative tendencies. Be that as it may, Muhammadiyah remains a social movement guided by its long-held theology of al-M?`?n (kindness) and with a strong emphasis on social services. It is this doctrine that has prevented Muhammadiyah from dwelling on mythical or abstract issues and neutralized it against Islamism, making its members more realistic in viewing the world, more prone to distancing themselves from the utopian vision of a caliphate, from the dream of shariah as the Messiah that will solve every problem, and from the temptation to create an Islamic state. The “pragmatic Islamism” that Muhammadiyah has adopted allows it to handle social dynamics well.
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