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Taylor & Francis Ltd The Independent State of Croatia 194145
Book SynopsisThis special issue provides important new scholarship from a variety of perspectives on the structure, ideology and political history of the central fascist group in interwar and Second World War Yugoslavia, the Croatian Ustasha. It is the first volume in English to closely explore the Ustasha's Independent State of Croatia between 1941 and 1945, a period when it was an active collaborator with Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy, and largely responsible for Yugoslavia suffering the highest proportion of national casualties in the Second World War. By using the top scholars in the field to explore the nature of the NDH, The Independent State of Croatia 1941-45 contributes to scholarly understandings of Croatian nationalism, Balkan politics, European fascism, and genocide in the Second World War.Table of Contents1. The NDH: An Introduction Sabrina Ramet 2. The NDH State in Comparative Perspective Stanley Payne 3. The Independent State of Croatia in 1941: On the Road to Catastrophe Ivo Goldstein 4. Controversies Surrounding the Catholic Church in Wartime Croatia 1941-45 Mark Biondich 5. The NDH’s Relationship with Italy and Germany, Mario Jareb 6. The NDH’s Relations with Southeast European Countries, Turkey and Japan Nada Kisic Kolanovic. Glossary: Principally of Croatian terms Who’s Who in the NDH (Short Biography)
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Taylor & Francis Ltd The Jews as a Chosen People
Book SynopsisThe concept of the Jews as a chosen people is a key element of the Jewish faith and identity. This book explores the idea of chosenness from the ancient world, through modernity and into the Post-Holocaust era.Analysing a vast corpus of biblical, ancient, rabbinic and modern Jewish literature, the author seeks to give a better understanding of this central doctrine of the Jewish religion. She shows that although the idea of chosenness has been central to Judaism and Jewish self-definition, it has not been carried to the present day in the same form. Instead it has gone through constant change, depending on who is employing it, against what sort of background, and for what purpose. Surveying the different and sometimes conflicting interpretations of the doctrine of chosenness that appear in Ancient, Modern, and Post-Holocaust periods, the dominant themes of Holiness', Mission', and Survival' are identified in each respective period. The theological, philosophical, and sTrade Review"The concept of the Jews as a chosen people is a key element of the Jewish faith and identity. This book explores the idea of chosenness from the ancient world, through modernity and into the Post-Holocaust era. Analyzing a vast corpus of biblical, ancient, rabbinic, and modern Jewish literature, the author seeks to give a better understanding of this central doctrine of the Jewish religion. She shows that although the idea of chosenness has been central to Judaism and Jewish self-definition, it has not been carried to the present day in the same form. Instead it has gone through constant change, depending on who is employing it, against what sort of background, and for what purpose."-- Joseph Haberer, The Spring 2010 issue of ShofarTable of ContentsIntroduction Part 1. Chosenness as ‘Holiness’ 1. The Biblical Language of Chosenness 2. Ancient Jewish Literature 3. Rabbinic Literature Part 2. Chosenness as ‘Mission’ 4. Universalistic Jewish Philosophies: Spinoza and Mendelssohn 5. Jewish Emancipation and Modern Jewish Movements in Germany 6. Modern Jewish Congregations in America 7. Zionist Understanding Part 3. Chosenness as ‘Survival’ 8. Discourse of ‘Holocaust and Redemption’ 9. The American Experience 10. The Israeli Experience. Conclusion
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Jewish Law Annual Volume 21
Book SynopsisVolume 21 of The Jewish Law Annual adds to the growing list of articles on Jewish law that have been published in volumes 1- 20 of this series, providing English-speaking readers with scholarly articles presenting jurisprudential, historical, textual and comparative analysis of issues in Jewish law.Table of ContentsA selection of articles featuring jurisprudential, historical, textual and comparative analysis of issues in Jewish law.
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Penguin Publishing Group The Meaning of the Glorious Koran
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University of California Press Jews in the Los Angeles Mosaic
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Taylor & Francis Ltd From Falashas to Ethiopian Jews
Book SynopsisIn the light of the Israeli government's plan to halt Ethiopian immigration, this book provides original research into the transformation of the Falashas to Ethiopian Jews during the twentieth century which made them eligible for immigration into Israel, adding a new dimension to the question of 'Who is a Jew', namely the case of the 'manufactured Jew'.Table of Contents1. Introduction - The Discovery of the Falashas 2. The Era of the Missionaries 3. The Arrival of Jacques Faitlovitch 4. Faitlovitch's Programmes for the Falashas 5. The Impact of Faitlovitch's Programmes for and on Behalf of the Falashas 6. The Impact of the Italian Occupation of Ethiopia on the Falashas 7. The Campaign for Change 8. Conclusion - A Century of Gross Interference Bibliography Archival Sources Oral Sources
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Service of the Synagogue
Book SynopsisFirst published in 2004. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
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British Museum Press Islamic Art CloseUp
Book SynopsisThis stunning book offers an introduction to and an exceptional view of an imposing collection of arts from across the Islamic world, highlighting outstanding examples of design, workmanship and craft in paintings and manuscripts, calligraphy, metalwork, ceramics, jade, glass, wood and ivory.
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John Murray Press People of the Book
Book SynopsisA fascinating and surprising history, revealing the peaceful tradition that has existed between Islam and the WestTrade Review'This is an intelligent and continuously interesting book test' * Allan Massie, Daily Telegraph *'Excellent ... in its considered and balanced way, this book is an impassioned plea not to leave the field to the demagogues who believe in a showdown of warring cultures' * Waterstone's Books Quarterly *'A stimulating book with burning contemporary relevance' * Metro *
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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Jews in Britain 734 Shire Library
Book SynopsisThis book tells the epic thousand-year story of Britain's Jewish community, the country's oldest minority group, replete with the dark episodes of persecution and expulsion, but also with positive periods of acceptance and toleration. Some Jews came as wealthy traders, others as desperate refugees; some had to lead secret lives, and others in different times stood shoulder to shoulder with the rest of the nation against threats to the British way of life, which included the Nazis. The impact of Jewish culture on daily life on language, on food, on religion, art and business has been inestimable, and this book is a fully illustrated introduction and fitting tribute.Table of Contents?Introduction / The Earliest Jewish Communities in England / Readmission to England / Immigration and London’s East End / Becoming British: The New Jewish Identity / Further reading / Places to Visit / Index
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Edinburgh University Press An Introduction to the Hadith
Book SynopsisThe Hadith are believed to be the words of the Prophet, memorised by his followers and written down in the first or second centuries AH. This is a clear introduction to the arguments surrounding both the Hadith and the documents themselves. Comparing the views put forward in the Hadith with those of the Qur'an, it takes the student through all aspects of the Hadith in clear and accessible terms.Trade ReviewHighly recommended to academic and public libraries seriously collecting works on Islam. John Burton demonstrates once again his penetrating insight into Islamic tradition. -- Uri Rubin The text is well-written and presented in a fairly lucid and simple style. -- Dr. Muhammed Haron, University of the Western Cape Presents comprehensively and critically the present state of Hadith studies. Glossary, bibliography and index as well as the other well-established high standards of production of volumes published in the Islamic Surveys series make the book a basic tool for the study of Islam in past and present. Highly recommended to academic and public libraries seriously collecting works on Islam. John Burton demonstrates once again his penetrating insight into Islamic tradition. The text is well-written and presented in a fairly lucid and simple style. Presents comprehensively and critically the present state of Hadith studies. Glossary, bibliography and index as well as the other well-established high standards of production of volumes published in the Islamic Surveys series make the book a basic tool for the study of Islam in past and present.
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Edinburgh University Press Islamic Science and Engineering
Book SynopsisThis introduction to the physical sciences and engineering of the Islamic world is the first to trace the full extent of the Muslim scientific achievement in the period 750-1500. It describes how Muslim scientists and engineers contributed enormously to the technology of medieval Europe.Trade ReviewA concise and masterly survey. A concise and masterly survey.
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Edinburgh University Press Introduction to the Quran
Book SynopsisSurveying the life, aims, character and inspiration of Muhammad, this classic introduction explains the history, form and chronology of the Qur''an, and gives the views of Muslim and Occidental scholars.Table of ContentsThe historical context - Muhammad's prophetic experience; the history of the text; the external form of the Qur'an; features of the Qur'anic style; the shaping of the Qur'an; the chronology of the Qur'an; the names of the revealed message; Muslin scholarship and the Qur'an; the Qur'an and Occidental scholarship.
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Edinburgh University Press The Politics of Islamic Finance
Book SynopsisCan the contemporary Islamic finance movement be shown to meet the requirements of modern commerce? In the wake of the terrorist attacks on America the UN Security Council passed a resolution targeting transnational sources of terrorist funds. The United States and the International Monetary Fund are encouraging the governments of the Middle East to adopt policies of economic liberalism and a new type of capitalism, based on Islamic values and beliefs, is emerging.The aims of the book are:* to explore the political implications of the slow but steady accumulation of Islamic capital* to analyse the connections between Islamic finance and Islamic political movements in Middle Eastern and North African countries* to show that the commonly-perceived connection between Islamic finance and money laundering and terrorism is by no means the complete picture.Readers will learn to appreciate the various political contexts in which Islamic finance operates in the Middle East and North Africa and will acquireTrade ReviewDivided between a number of balanced thematic essays and a series of sound case studies, examining the experiences of Islamic banking in countries such as Sudan, Turkey, Kuwait and Egypt. Valuable reading for anyone who wants to understand Islamic banking and its formal and informal societal and political relationships. This timely book demonstrates how in-depth academic scholarship can make a signal contribution to a major topical issue of public policy. -- Robert Springborg London Middle East Institute -- They are the leading experts on the political economy of Islamic banking, and the book will attract the interest of all who wish to understand this phenomenon. Divided between a number of balanced thematic essays and a series of sound case studies, examining the experiences of Islamic banking in countries such as Sudan, Turkey, Kuwait and Egypt. Valuable reading for anyone who wants to understand Islamic banking and its formal and informal societal and political relationships. This timely book demonstrates how in-depth academic scholarship can make a signal contribution to a major topical issue of public policy. London Middle East InstituteTable of ContentsTable of Contents; Introduction; Clement Henry and Rodney Wilson; Part I - Thematic Essays; 1. Islamic Banks: The Rise of A New Power Alliance of Wealth and Shari'ah Scholarship; Monzer Kahf (formerly Islamic Development Bank, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia); 2. Global Politics, Islamic Finance and Islamist Politics Before and After September 11, 2001; Ibrahim Warde (Centre for Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies, Harvard); 3. The Murabaha Syndrome in Islamic Finance: Laws, Institutions and Politics; Tarik Yousef (Centre for Contemporary Arab Studies, Georgetown University); 4. Marketing Commodities Does Not Happen on Commodity Markets: The Egyptian Bursat al-'Uqud and Oil Futures Markets; Ellis Goldberg (Department of Political Science, University of Washington); 5. Financial Performances of Islamic versus Conventional Banks; Clement Henry (Department of Government, University of Texas at Austin); 6. Capital Flight through Islamic Managed Funds; Rodney Wilson (Institute for Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies, University of Durham); Part II - Case Studies; 7. Interest Politics: Islamic Finance in the Sudan 1977-2001; Endre Stiansen (Centre for Development and the Environment, University of Oslo); 8. The Kuwait Finance House and the Islamization of Public Life in Kuwait; Kristin Smith (Department of Government, Harvard); 9. Jordan: A Case Study of the Relationship between Islamic Finance and Islamist Politics; Mohammed Malley (Department of Government, University of Texas at Austin); 10. The Political Economy of Islamic Finance in Turkey: The Role of Fethullah Gulen and Asya Finans; Filiz Baskan (Faculty of Communications, Baskent University, Turkey); 11. Aiyyu Bank Islami? The Marginalization of Tunisia's BEST Bank; Robert Parks (Department of Government, University of Texas at Austin); 12. The Rise and Decline of the Islamic Banking Model in Egypt; Samir Soliman (Department of Social and Political Science, University of Lausanne, Switzerland); Conclusion; Clement Henry and Rodney Wilson.
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Edinburgh University Press The New Islamic Dynasties
Book SynopsisThis book provides a comprehensive and reliable reference source for all students of history and culture. It lists by name the rulers of all the principal Islamic dynasties with Hijri and Common Era dates. Each dynastic list is followed by a brief assessment of its historical significance, and by a short bibliography.Trade ReviewAn invaluable reference point to explore varied facets of Muslim rule, from issues such as that of the caliphal mandate, the basis for selecting successors - not always driven by family ties, the emergence of Muslim queens, the circumstances of dynastic ruptures and even less weighty matters such as the predilection for titles and honorifics! Bosworth's compendium is the perfect antidote to simplistic readings of Muslim history, It serves as a starting point for forays into the rich landscape of Muslim political history in order to focus on the real issues. There can be few works more deserving of such positive accentuation than the one under review here! The emergence in paperback of Edmund Bosworth's magisterial New Islamic Dynasties is a cause for celebration for numerous reasons! it is always good to embrace an old and trusted friend - and especially one such as this, transformed as it is is by a stunning makeover! Bosworth's all-seeing eye roves effortlessly across the Muslim world from Senegal to Borneo, producing an inventory that is now probably as inclusive as it could be! The book is as elegant, eloquent and economic in its treatment of the dynastic complexities of Muslim civilisation as ever. Indeed, in its updated, expanded form, the new Islamic Dynasties will if anything prove to be of even greater worth and utility, if such a thing is possible, than its earlier manifestation - truly a vade mecum for all seasons. This indispensable reference work ! is clearly set out and easy to use and all students and scholars of Islamic studies, not just numismatists and historians, will need to keep it handy, no matter what their precise specialty. It will be the genealogical and chronological reference work of Islam par excellence for many, many years to come. A reference work which will be even more useful for coming generations of scholars than was its predecessor. This manual answers the needs of students and scholars of the entire Muslim world. -- Richard W. Bulliet, Professor of History, Columbia University An invaluable reference point to explore varied facets of Muslim rule, from issues such as that of the caliphal mandate, the basis for selecting successors - not always driven by family ties, the emergence of Muslim queens, the circumstances of dynastic ruptures and even less weighty matters such as the predilection for titles and honorifics! Bosworth's compendium is the perfect antidote to simplistic readings of Muslim history, It serves as a starting point for forays into the rich landscape of Muslim political history in order to focus on the real issues. There can be few works more deserving of such positive accentuation than the one under review here! The emergence in paperback of Edmund Bosworth's magisterial New Islamic Dynasties is a cause for celebration for numerous reasons! it is always good to embrace an old and trusted friend - and especially one such as this, transformed as it is is by a stunning makeover! Bosworth's all-seeing eye roves effortlessly across the Muslim world from Senegal to Borneo, producing an inventory that is now probably as inclusive as it could be! The book is as elegant, eloquent and economic in its treatment of the dynastic complexities of Muslim civilisation as ever. Indeed, in its updated, expanded form, the new Islamic Dynasties will if anything prove to be of even greater worth and utility, if such a thing is possible, than its earlier manifestation - truly a vade mecum for all seasons. This indispensable reference work ! is clearly set out and easy to use and all students and scholars of Islamic studies, not just numismatists and historians, will need to keep it handy, no matter what their precise specialty. It will be the genealogical and chronological reference work of Islam par excellence for many, many years to come. A reference work which will be even more useful for coming generations of scholars than was its predecessor. This manual answers the needs of students and scholars of the entire Muslim world.Table of ContentsAbbreviations; Introduction; 1. The Caliphs; 2. Spain; 3. North Africa; 4. Egypt and Syria; 5. Iraq and Jazira before the Seljuks; 6. The Arabian Peninsula; 7. West Africa; 8. East Africa and the Horn of Africa; 9. The Caucasus and the West Persian Lands before the Seljuks; 10. The Eastern Persian Lands, Transoxania and Khwarazm before the Seljuks; 11. The Seljuks, their Dependents and the Atabegs; 12. The Turks in Anatolia; 13. The Mongols and their Central Asian Eastern European Successors; 14. Persia after the Mongols; 15. Central Asia after the Mongols; 16. Afghanistan and the Indian Subcontinent; 17. South-East Asia and Indonesia; Indexes: (a) Personal Names; (b) Dynasties, Peoples, Tribes, etc.; (c) Places.
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Edinburgh University Press Islamic Political Radicalism
Book SynopsisIslamic political radicalism in Europe has seen dramatic growth in recent times. This book offers a sociological, anthropological, psychological and political science analysis of the causes and consequences of this phenomenon.Authors explore the motivations behind such radicalism, focusing on an array of different factors. These include economic and social alienation, political and cultural marginalisation, gender and masculinity, and psychological issues, both at an individual and community level.Other issues discussed are the state responses, national and international, to the ''War on Terror'' which came about after the attacks on America in September 2001; and the role of Islamic political organisations and their impact on changing ethno-religious identities. This is considered particularly in relation to concept of the Ummah and its influence on the position of Islam and Muslims in places such as Iraq, Afghanistan, and Palestine, as well as Bosnia, Chechnya, and Kashmir.The authors provide an aTrade ReviewThis topical collection of articles by leading scholars confronts us with a complex and diverse post-modern phenomenon in the European context ! it helps make sense of both the debates around the role of the media, Islamophobia, social and economic exclusion, crises of Muslim masculinity, gender and intergenerational conflicts, the impact of global political developments, and questions of identity in fuelling radical 'Islamism', and of the more urgent reflections on terrorism and violence post-7/7. Readers will be left in little doubt about the challenge that Islamic political radicalism poses in twenty-first century Europe to both Muslims and non-Muslims. -- Humayun Ansari, author of 'The Infidel Within': Muslims in Britain Since 1800 Tahir Abbas has put together a comprehensive examination of the roots -- political, social, cultural, and international -- of Islamic radicalism in Europe today. After the bombings in Madrid and London, there is an urgent need for an informed and probing account of why extremism has taken hold in certain quarters and how the vast majority of law-abiding Muslims are caught up in efforts to contain it. This work speaks directly to the concerns of scholars, journalists and policymakers and provides instructive and timely answers. -- James Piscatori, Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies This topical collection of articles by leading scholars confronts us with a complex and diverse post-modern phenomenon in the European context ! it helps make sense of both the debates around the role of the media, Islamophobia, social and economic exclusion, crises of Muslim masculinity, gender and intergenerational conflicts, the impact of global political developments, and questions of identity in fuelling radical 'Islamism', and of the more urgent reflections on terrorism and violence post-7/7. Readers will be left in little doubt about the challenge that Islamic political radicalism poses in twenty-first century Europe to both Muslims and non-Muslims. Tahir Abbas has put together a comprehensive examination of the roots -- political, social, cultural, and international -- of Islamic radicalism in Europe today. After the bombings in Madrid and London, there is an urgent need for an informed and probing account of why extremism has taken hold in certain quarters and how the vast majority of law-abiding Muslims are caught up in efforts to contain it. This work speaks directly to the concerns of scholars, journalists and policymakers and provides instructive and timely answers.Table of ContentsPart I -- definitions 1. Tahir Abbas, Introduction - Islamic political radicalism in Western Europe 2. Jorgen Nielsen, The discourse of 'terrorism' between violence, justice and international order 3. Edward J. Lifton, A clinical psychology perspective on radical Islamic youth 4. Ismail Adam Patel, The Scales for Defining Islamic Political Radicalism Part II -- Islamic Political Radicalism in Europe 5. Sara Silvestri, Europe and Political Islam: Encounters of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries 6. Haris Aziz, Anti-Semitism amongst Muslims 7. Galina Yemelianova, The growth of Islamic radicalism in Muslim Eurasia 8. Alok Mukhopadhyay, Radical Islam in Europe: misperceptions and misconceptions Part III -- The British Context 9. Daud Abdullah, How the Zionist colonization of Palestine has radicalized British Muslims 10. Gabriele Marranci, From the ethos of justice to the ideology of justice: Understanding the radical view of Scottish muslims 11. Sadek Hamid, Islamic political radicalism in Britain: the case of Hizb ut Tahrir 12. Marie Macey, Islamic political radicalism in Britain: Muslim men in Bradford 13. Gurchathen Sanghera and Dr Suruchi Thapar-Bjorkert, 'Because I am Pakistani!and I am Muslim!I am Political' - Gendering Political Radicalism: Young Femininities in Bradford 14. Basia Spalek, Disconnection and exclusion: pathways to radicalisation 15. Akil N Awan, Transitional religiosity experiences: Contextual disjuncture and Islamic political radicalism 16. Ron Geaves, An assessment of colonial strategies of resistance, liminality and Herberg's thesis in the rise of radicalism and the phenomenon of the 'suicide bomber' in British South Asian Youth Part IV -- After 7/7 17. Hisham Hellyer, Tackling extremism and radicalisation: reflections and ruminations on 7/7 18. Mike Nellis, Electronic monitoring and the creation of control orders for terrorist suspects in England and Wales 19. Salma Yaqoob, British Islamic political radicalism 20. Sayyed Nadeem Kazmi, Disengaging with terrorism: The internal Muslim challenge in deligitimising radicalism as a means of tackling extremism
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Edinburgh University Press Muslims in Britain
Book SynopsisAn innovative insight to the everyday lives of Muslims in Britain, focusing on the intersection of race, place and identities. It gathers a range of reflections on how Muslims in Britain negotiate their everyday lives, manage experiences of racism and exclusion, and develop local networks and global connections.Table of Contents1. Introduction: Muslims in Britain, Peter Hopkins (University of Lancaster) and Richard Gale (University of Birmingham); Section 1: Gender, Place and Culture; 2. Creating Home-Spaces: Young British Muslim Women's Identity and Conceptualisation of Home, Deborah Phillips (University of Leeds); 3. 'You Seem Very Westernised to Me': Place, Identity and Othering of Muslim Workers in the UK Labour Market, Sophie Bowlby and Sally Lloyd-Evans (University of Reading); 4. Rethinking the Identities of Young British Pakistani Muslim Women: Educational Experiences and Aspirations, Claire Dwyer and Bindi Shah (University College London); 5. Race, 'Face' and Masculinity: The Identities and Local Geographies of Muslim Boys, Louise Archer (Kings College London); Section 2: Landscapes, Communities and Networks; 6. British Arab Perspectives on Religion, Politics and 'the Public', Caroline Nagel (University of South Carolina) and Lynn Staeheli (University of Edinburgh); 7. The Multicultural City and the Politics of Religious Architecture: Urban Planning, Mosques and Meaning-Making in Birmingham, Richard Gale (University of Birmingham); 8. Holy Places, Contested Spaces: British-Pakistani Accounts of Pilgrimage to Makkah and Medinah, Sean McLoughlin (University of Leeds); 9. Excess Baggage or Precious Gems? The Migration of Cultural Commodoties, Anjoom Mukadam and Sharmina Mawani (Ismaili Studies Institute, London); Section 3: Religion, Race and Difference; 10. Situating Muslim Geographies: Theory and Praxis, Lily Kong (National University of Singapore); 11. Muslims and the Politics of Difference, Tariq Modood (University of Bristol); 12. Islamophobia in the Construction of British Muslim Identity Politics, Jonathan Birt (Islamic Foundation, UK); Afterword, Peter Hopkins and Richard Gale.
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Edinburgh University Press Modern Arab Journalism
Book SynopsisAn introduction to the subject of Arab journalism, drawing on Arabic as well as English language sources.Table of ContentsIntroduction; 1: Media: The Bridge to Globalization; 2: The Arab Journalistic Field; 3: Journalism as a Beacon for Democracy; 4: The Dichotomy of the Public/ Private Sphere; 5: Global Media, Global Public Sphere?; 6: Truth Martyrs; 7: Arab Journalism as an Academic Discipline; Conclusion.
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Edinburgh University Press Modern Arab Journalism
Book SynopsisAn introduction to the subject of Arab journalism, drawing on Arabic as well as English language sources.Table of ContentsIntroduction; 1: Media: The Bridge to Globalization; 2: The Arab Journalistic Field; 3: Journalism as a Beacon for Democracy; 4: The Dichotomy of the Public/ Private Sphere; 5: Global Media, Global Public Sphere?; 6: Truth Martyrs; 7: Arab Journalism as an Academic Discipline; Conclusion.
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Edinburgh University Press Contemporary Arab Broadcast Media
Book SynopsisThis book presents a detailed study of the three dominant Arab media channels - Al-Jazeera, Al-Hurra and Al-Arabia - and their role post-9/11.Table of Contents1. Overview of Arabic audio-visual media; 2. New Arab media, New discourse; 3. Al-Jazeera, Al-Hurra and Al-Arabia: different channels, or a face of the same coin; 4. Globalisation, Democracy and Arab media; 5. Arabic Media post 9/11.
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Edinburgh University Press Contemporary Arab Broadcast Media
Book SynopsisThis book presents a detailed study of the three dominant Arab media channels - Al-Jazeera, Al-Hurra and Al-Arabia - and their role post-9/11.Table of Contents1. Overview of Arabic audio-visual media; 2. New Arab media, New discourse; 3. Al-Jazeera, Al-Hurra and Al-Arabia: different channels, or a face of the same coin; 4. Globalisation, Democracy and Arab media; 5. Arabic Media post 9/11.
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Edinburgh University Press Muslims of Europe
Book SynopsisThe interchange between Muslims and Europe has a long and complicated history, dating back to before the idea of ''Europe'' was born, and the earliest years of Islam. There has been a Muslim presence on the European continent before, but never has it been so significant, particularly in Western Europe. With more Muslims in Europe than in many countries of the Muslim world, they have found themselves in the position of challenging what it means to be a European in a secular society of the 21st century. At the same time, the European context has caused many Muslims to re-think what is essential to them in religious terms in their new reality.In this work, H.A. Hellyer analyses the prospects for a European future where pluralism is accepted within unified societies, and the presence of a Muslim community that is of Europe, not simply in it.Trade ReviewWhile many today think we need to go beyond multiculturalism, Hellyer argues that the success of what he calls stage one multiculturalism means neither the end of common citizenship and national identity, nor their re-imposition, but rather their re-making. He draws on theory but is focused on real-world problems and the book is informed by his good sense and a search for the middle ground. -- Professor Tariq Modood, University of Bristol I can think of few books that are more timely and important. H. A. Hellyer's Muslims of Europe: The 'Other' Europeans is must reading for scholars, students and policymakers. -- John L. Esposito, University Professor and Professor of Religion & International Affairs, Georgetown University and co-author of Who Speaks for Islam? What a Billion Muslims Really Think I am impressed, indeed astounded, by the comprehensiveness of Dr Hellyer's remarkable book. It deals with the history of Islam, particulary in Europe, has total familiarity with issues of Muslim theology, deals thoroughly with the questions of discrimination, and, by extension, the so-called "clash of civilisations" thesis. This will prove to be the best available text and source-book on the subject of Muslim Europeans for undergraduate and postgraduate students alike. -- John Rex, Professor Emeritus, University of Warwick 'The book provides the most comprehensive and reliable picture of Muslims in Europe. It deals with the issues of Islam and Muslims historically as well as in contemporary Europe. It is essential reading for students, scholars, policy makers and for those who wish to understand the complex relationship between European Muslims and their societies.' -- Muhammad Anwar OBE, Research Professor, Centre for Research in Ethnic Relations, University of Warwick Dr. Hellyer provides an examination of the situation of the Muslims of Europe that transcends the usual "Islam-in-Europe" paradigm of scholarship. HellyerA's analysis does not just provide a description of the diversity of Muslim experiences in European societies nor is the analysis simply a restatement of various theories of multiculturalism. Instead, this book is a thought-provoking synthesis of theory and case study analysis that provides a new inclusive conceptual framework that reframes the concepts of assimilation, multiculturalism, and pluralism in the dynamic reconceptualization of "intregralisation". Both specialists and the general reader will find this book a valuable aid in understanding the dynamics of diversity in the contemporary world. -- John O. Voll, Professor of Islamic History and Associate Director, Prince Alwaleed bin Talal Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding, Georgetown University Muslims of Europe: The 'Other Europeans' is a thoughtful and ambitious reflection on the place of Islam and Muslims in Europe. Hellyer skillfully unpacks commonly used vocabulary to analyse anew the intersection of history, institutions, religious traditions and the movement of peoples and ideas. This book is a sweeping and useful introduction to key concepts that help understand the process of Muslims' integration in European countries. -- Jonathan Laurence, Assistant Professor of Political Science, Boston College While many today think we need to go beyond multiculturalism, Hellyer argues that the success of what he calls stage one multiculturalism means neither the end of common citizenship and national identity, nor their re-imposition, but rather their re-making. He draws on theory but is focused on real-world problems and the book is informed by his good sense and a search for the middle ground. I can think of few books that are more timely and important. H. A. Hellyer's Muslims of Europe: The 'Other' Europeans is must reading for scholars, students and policymakers. I am impressed, indeed astounded, by the comprehensiveness of Dr Hellyer's remarkable book. It deals with the history of Islam, particulary in Europe, has total familiarity with issues of Muslim theology, deals thoroughly with the questions of discrimination, and, by extension, the so-called "clash of civilisations" thesis. This will prove to be the best available text and source-book on the subject of Muslim Europeans for undergraduate and postgraduate students alike. 'The book provides the most comprehensive and reliable picture of Muslims in Europe. It deals with the issues of Islam and Muslims historically as well as in contemporary Europe. It is essential reading for students, scholars, policy makers and for those who wish to understand the complex relationship between European Muslims and their societies.' Dr. Hellyer provides an examination of the situation of the Muslims of Europe that transcends the usual "Islam-in-Europe" paradigm of scholarship. HellyerA's analysis does not just provide a description of the diversity of Muslim experiences in European societies nor is the analysis simply a restatement of various theories of multiculturalism. Instead, this book is a thought-provoking synthesis of theory and case study analysis that provides a new inclusive conceptual framework that reframes the concepts of assimilation, multiculturalism, and pluralism in the dynamic reconceptualization of "intregralisation". Both specialists and the general reader will find this book a valuable aid in understanding the dynamics of diversity in the contemporary world. Muslims of Europe: The 'Other Europeans' is a thoughtful and ambitious reflection on the place of Islam and Muslims in Europe. Hellyer skillfully unpacks commonly used vocabulary to analyse anew the intersection of history, institutions, religious traditions and the movement of peoples and ideas. This book is a sweeping and useful introduction to key concepts that help understand the process of Muslims' integration in European countries.Table of ContentsIntroduction; Part I: Background and Precedent; 1. Religious Diversity and Multiculturalism; 2. Muslims as Minorities in Fiqh; Part II: Present and Current Situations; 3. Fiqh in Modern Europe; 4. Muslims in Europe; 5. Muslims and Religious Descrimination; Part III: A Case Study and Conclusions; 6. Muslims in the United Kingdom; 7. Conclusions; Notes; Bibliography; Glossary.
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Edinburgh University Press Islamic Financial Services in the United Kingdom
Book SynopsisThis book emphasises the ways in which UK examples of Islamic financial provision illustrate both the main characteristics of Islamic financial teaching and some key issues in the situation of British Muslims.Table of ContentsForeword; 1. Introduction; 2. History of Islamic Financial Services in the UK; 3. Personal Accounts; 4. Personal Finance; 5. Home Finance; 6. Takaful; 7. Investments and Wealth Management; 8. Sukuk; 9. Business Finance; Conclusion; Glossary and Abbreviations; Index.
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Edinburgh University Press Islamic Financial Services in the United Kingdom
Book SynopsisThis book emphasises the ways in which UK examples of Islamic financial provision illustrate both the main characteristics of Islamic financial teaching and some key issues in the situation of British Muslims.Table of ContentsForeword; 1. Introduction; 2. History of Islamic Financial Services in the UK; 3. Personal Accounts; 4. Personal Finance; 5. Home Finance; 6. Takaful; 7. Investments and Wealth Management; 8. Sukuk; 9. Business Finance; Conclusion; Glossary and Abbreviations; Index.
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Edinburgh University Press The Written Word in the Medieval Arabic Lands A
Book SynopsisThis book discusses the history of reading in the high and late medieval period in the Middle East in depth. It offers a detailed and wide-ranging analysis of the period, exploring the key themes of literacy, orality and aurality.Table of Contents1 Reading and writerly culture - Literacy, orality and aurality - The written word in the Middle Period - 'Popular' practices of reading 2 A city is reading: Popular and learned reading sessions - Methodological considerations - Reading Communities between scholarly sessions and popular sessions - The order of seating: Social and cultural differences - Motivations to participate in popular readings - Changes over time: Reading certificates and 'popular' culture 3 Learning to read: Popularisation and the written word in children's schools - Textualisation and curricular changes - Methods to teach reading and writing - The spread of the endowed school and social changes 4 Local endowed libraries and their readers - The central ruler library and the 'decline' of post-classical libraries - The development of the local endowed library - Profiles of holdings in private and local endowed libraries 5 Popular reading practices - The popular epic - Popular epics and the written word - Textualisation and challenges to scholarly authority - Writing for a popular readership 6 Conclusion
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Edinburgh University Press Ethnographies of Islam
Book SynopsisExplores the impact of the ethnographic method on the representation of Islam in anthropology.
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Edinburgh University Press Shariah Governance in Islamic Banks
Book SynopsisAn in-depth and insightful study of Shari''ah governance from a theoretical and practical perspectivesTopics covered* The theory behind corporate and Shari''ah governance* The regulatory framework for Shari''ah governance* Shari''ah governance approaches* The Shari''ah Board''s role and how it retains its independence, transparency and competence* The operational procedures of Shari''ah governance* The effectiveness of the Shari''ah Board and how it could be improvedShari''ah governance has a profound influence on the day-to-day practice of Islamic Financial Institutions (IFIs). Each jurisdiction has adopted a different approach to developing a governance framework. This book reviews these pluralistic approaches and identifies best practice. With examples, case studies and practical discussions based on IFIs in:* Malaysia* Bahrain* UAE* Qatar* Kuwait * Saudi Arabia* The UK
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Edinburgh University Press The Edinburgh Companion to Modern Jewish Fiction
Book SynopsisProvides overviews of the main writers and key themes of Anglophone Jewish fiction. This title highlights the wealth of diversity in this field, identifying and exploring key themes including immigration, Diaspora, the Holocaust, Judaism, assimilation, anti Semitism and Zionism. It is discussed in relation to theoretical frameworks.Table of ContentsPart I: American Jewish Fiction; 1. Pioneering Women Writers and the Deghettoisation of Early American Jewish Fiction; Lori Harrison-Kahan; 2. Sensibilities of Estrangement: Delmore Schwartz, Isaac Rosenfeld and Saul Bellow; Catherine Morley; 3. The Making of American Jewish Identities in Postwar American Fiction; Victoria Aarons; 4. 'Are you kidding me?': Black Humour in the Work of Joseph Heller, Stanley Elkin, Wallace Markfield, and Bruce Jay Friedman; David Gooblar; 5. American Jewish Life Writing, Illness, and the Ethics of Innovation; Aimee Pozorski; 6. From Feminist to Housewife and Back Again: Orthodoxy and Modernity in American Jewish Women's Writing; Rachel Harris; 7. Soviet Jews, Re-Imagined: Anglophone Emigre Jewish Writers from the USSR; Sasha Senderovich; 8. History on a Personal Note: Postwar American Jewish Short Stories; David Brauner; 9. Disappointed Believers? The Jewish Question Mark in Eisner's 'A Contract with God'; Sarah Lightman; 10. The Holocaust in American Jewish Fiction; Jennifer Lemberg; 11. Representing the Holocaust in Third-Generation American Jewish Writers; Monica Osborne; 12. Marginal Writers; or, Jews Who Aren't; Debra Shostak; Part II: British Jewish Fiction; 13. The Postwar 'New Wave' of British Jewish Writing; Efraim Sicher; 14. Jewish Emigre and Refugee Writers in Britain; David Herman; 15. Jewish Exile in Englishness: Eva Tucker and Natasha Solomons; Phyllis Lassner; 16. Jewish, Half-Jewish, Jew-ish: Negotiating Identities in Contemporary British Jewish Literature; Ruth Gilbert; 17. Life Writing and the East End; Devorah Baum; 18. 'Almost too good to be true': Israel in British Jewish Fiction, Pre-Lebanon; Axel Stahler; 19. The Writing on the Wall: Israel in British Jewish Fiction, Post-Lebanon; Axel Stahler; 20. British Jewish Holocaust Fiction; Sue Vice; 21. Reading Matters: 'Marginal' British Jewish Writers; Beate Neumeier; Part III: International and Transnational Anglophone Jewish Fiction; 22. Jewish Writing in Canada; Ira Nadel; 23. South African Jewish Writers; Linda Weinhouse; 24. Repairing Cracked Heirlooms: South African Jewish Literary Memory of Lithuania and Latvia; Claudia B. Braude; 25. Australian Jewish Fiction: A Bibliographical Survey; Serge Liberman; 26. 'Migrant' Jewish Writers in the Anglophone Diaspora; Sandra Singer; 27. Jewish Novels of the Spanish Civil War; Emily Robins Sharpe; 28. Mooristan and Palimpstine: Jews, Moors, and Christians in Amitav Ghosh and Salman Rushdie; Shaul Bassi.
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Edinburgh University Press Muslim Political Participation in Europe
Book SynopsisMuslims are making themselves noticed in the political process of Europe. But what is happening behind the sensational headlines? This title analyses European Muslim communities' developing involvement in their political environment.
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Edinburgh University Press Islamic and Ethical Finance in the United Kingdom
Book SynopsisWhat exactly is ethical finance? Is Islamic finance ethical? Is ethical finance Islamic? This title examines a range of financial institutions in Britain within the ethical sector, considering the nature of their principles and practices, and how they relate to Islamic models and to Muslim communities.
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Edinburgh University Press Sovereignty After Empire
Book SynopsisHow does empire affect the route to successor sovereign state systems and the features of the sovereignty of these systems? This unique systematic comparison of empires and of their consequences for sovereignty in the Middle East and Central Asia brings theory on empire and sovereignty to bear on empirical variation across the two regions. The novel approach to understanding the political structures of states in two significant areas of the non-European world offers an important comparative discussion of post-imperial development and sovereignty. It raises a clear set of research questions about variations of imperial practice and puts forward an attractive and persuasive case that imperial legacy has been an important variable in the post-independence period.Table of Contents1. Introduction (Sally N. Cummings, University of St Andrews and Raymond Hinnebusch, University of St Andrews); Section One: Histories of Empire and After; 2. Russian Empires (Dominic Lieven, Bradford University); 3. The British and French empires in the Arab world: Some problems of colonial state-formation and its legacy (James McDougall, Trinity College, University of Oxford); 4. Ottoman Legacies and Economic Sovereignty in Post-Imperial Anatolia, Syria and Iraq (Fred Lawson, Mills College); Section Two: Paths to Sovereignty - Views from the Core and Periphery; 5. Sovereignty in the Ottoman Empire and After (Ben Fortna, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London); 6. Mandated Sovereignty? The Role of International Law in the Construction of Arab Statehood during and after Empire (Michelle Burgis, University of St Andrews); 7. Reluctant sovereigns? Central Asian states' path to independence (Mohira Suyarkulova, University of St Andrews); Section Three: Empire and Domestic Sovereignty; 8. The Middle East after Empire: Sovereignty and Institutions (Louise Fawcett, St Catherine's College, Oxford University); 9. Sovereignty after empire: the colonial roots of Central Asian authoritarianism (David Lewis, Bradford University); Section Four: Empire and Popular Sovereignty; 10. Culture, Colonialism and Sovereignty in Central Asia (Laura L. Adams, Harvard University); 11. Culture in the Middle East: the 'Western Question' and the sovereignty of post-imperial states in the Middle East (Morten Valbjorn, University of Aarhus); 12. Pathways of Islamist mobilisation against the state in the Middle East and Central Asia (Frederic Volpi, University of St Andrews); Section Five: Empire and External Sovereignty; 13. Empire and State Formation: Contrary tangents in Jordan and Syria (Raymond Hinnebusch); 14. Rentierism, Dependency and Sovereignty in Central Asia (Wojciech Ostrowski, Dundee University); 15. Tajikistan: from de facto colony to sovereign dependency (Muriel Atkin, The George Washington University); Conclusions (Sally N. Cummings and Raymond Hinnebusch).
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Edinburgh University Press Contemporary Ijtihad
Book SynopsisExamines the usefulness, challenges and limits of ijtihad for Muslims. This title explores the limits and controversies of this development in the context of the diverse needs of Muslim cultures and communities living in Muslim and non-Muslim nations and continents including Europe and North America.
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Edinburgh University Press The Seljuqs
Book SynopsisA unique collaborative exploration of this pivotal yet understudied Muslim dynasty. What were the ideological foundations and ritual expressions of Seljuq power? How did the learned classes and the state feel about each other? How was social space organised? What was the relationship between nomads and settled peoples? Split into three parts, this collection of essays addresses questions like these about life during the Seljuq period. Part 1 follows the gradual transformation of the Seljuqs into a powerful dynasty and their concepts of political legitimisation. Part 2 examines social history, particularly with regard to the ''ulama'' and the urban populations. Part 3 explores how religious thought, jurisprudence, belles-lettres and architecture developed under the Seljuqs.
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Edinburgh University Press Calligraphy and Architecture in the Muslim World
Book SynopsisFocuses on architectural inscriptions throughout the Muslim world, some going back to the Middle Ages, others dating from our own lifetime. This book features 28 case studies that explain different aspects and contexts of calligraphy in Islamic architecture. It covers North Africa, the Middle East, South Asia, China and Spain.Table of ContentsIntroduction; Part A: Sites; 1. Inscribing the Square: The Inscriptions on the Maidan-i Shah in Isfahan, Sheila S. Blair; 2. Speaking Architecture: Poetry and Aesthetics in the Alhambra Palace, Jose Miguel Puerta Vilchez; 3. The Arabic Calligraphy on the Ceiling of the Twelfth-Century Cappella Palatina in Palermo, Sicily: Function and Identity, Hashim Al-Tawil; 4. Wall-Less Walls: The Calligraphy at the Hadzi Sinanova Tekija in Sarajevo, Snjezana Buzov; 5. Survey - The Qur'anic Inscriptions Monument From Jam, Afghanistan, Ulrike-Christiane Lintz; Part B: Style vs. Content; 6. Multi-Sensorial Messages of the Divine and the Personal: Qur'an Inscriptions and Recitation in Sixteenth-Century Ottoman Mosques in Istanbul, Nina Ergin; 7. The Revival of Kufi Script During the Reign of Sultan Abdulhamid II, Irvin Cemil Schick; 8. Calligraphy in Chinese Mosques: At the Intersection of Arabic and Chinese Calligraphy, Barbara Stocker-Parnian; 9. Qur'anic Verses on Works of Architecture: The Ottoman Case, Murat Sulun; 10. Reading Qajar Epigraphs: Case Studies from Shiraz and Isfahan, Bavand Behpoor; Part C: Patronage; 11. 'The Pen Has Extolled Her Virtues': Gender and Power within the Visual Legacy of Shajar al-Durr in Cairo, Caroline Olivia M. Wolf; 12. Sovereign Epigraphy in Location: Politics, Devotion and Legitimisation around the Qusb Minar, Delhi, Johanna Blayac; 13. Archival Evidence on the Commissioning of Architectural Calligraphy in the Ottoman Empire, Talip Mert; 14. On the Renewal of the Calligraphy at the Mosque of the Prophet (al-Masjid al-Nabawi) under the Reign of Sultan Abdulmecid, Hilal Kazan; 15. Fasimid Kufi Epigraphy on the Gates of Cairo: Between Royal Patronage and Civil Utility, Bahia Shehab; Part D: Artists; 16. An Art Ambassador: The Inscriptions of 'Ali Reza' Abbasi, Saeid Khaghani; 17. Mustafa Rakim Efendi's Architectural Calligraphy, Suleyman Berk; 18. Yesarizade Mustafa Izzet Efendi and his Contributions to Ottoman Architectural Calligraphy, M. Ugur Derman; 19. The Visual Interpretation of Nasta'liq in Architecture: Mirza Gholam Reza's Monumental Inscriptions for the Sepahsalar Mosque in Tehran, Sina Goudarzi; Part E: Regional; 20. Ma'qili Inscriptions on the Great Mosque of Mardin: Stylistic and Epigraphic Contexts, Tehnyat Majeed; 21. The Composition of Kufi Inscriptions in Transitional and Early-Islamic Architecture of North Khurasan, Nasiba S. Baimatowa; 22. Space and Calligraphy in the Chinese Mosque, Sadiq Javer; 23. Medium and Message in the Monumental Epigraphy of Medieval Cairo, Bernard O'Kane; 24. Allegiance, Praise and Space: Monumental Inscriptions in Thirteenth-Century Anatolia as Architectural Guides, Patricia Blessing; 25. Symmetrical Compositions in Pre-Ottoman and Ottoman Architectural Inscriptions in Asia Minor, Abdulhamit Tufekcioglu; Part F: Modernity; 26. Writing Less, Saying More: Calligraphy and Modernisation in the Last Ottoman Century, Edhem Eldem; 27. The Absence and Emergence of Calligraphy in Najd: Calligraphy as a Modernist Component of Architecture in Riyadh, Sumayah Al-Solaiman; 28. Cairo to Canton and Back: Tradition in the Islamic Vernacular, Ann Shafer; Bibliography; List of Figures; About the Contributors.
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Edinburgh University Press Maqasid Foundations of Market Economics
Book SynopsisExplains the exchange economics behind the Shari''ah compliance conditions of Islamic financeDrawing on received sources of ''maqasid'' (Shari''ah''s practical objectives), this book demonstrates how the principles of market economics affect how markets and financial instititions actually operate under Shari''ah law. It shows where Islamic economics converges with and differs from conventional economics through the banning of usury and other Shari''ah-prohibited trade practices.Islamic finance rests on the principles of free market exchange of Islamic economics. But the latter has failed to keep pace with the rapid developments of the former. Much work published about Islamic economics is at least idealistic if not radically ideological, with little relevance to the Islamic financial industry. This book provides the coherent body of economic theory that students and practitioners of Islamic finance need in order to understand how the maqasid gives a sense of direction to developments in the industry.Table of ContentsIntroduction; Part I. Methodology of economics from the maqasid perspective; 1. Economics of maqasid; 2. Economic exchange and utility theory; 3. Non-market economics and maqasid equitable public policy; Part II. Legitimate economic exchange and productive organisation; 4. Trade versus usury; 5. Principles of economic exchange and the nature of money; 6. Economic organisation and factor productivity; Part III. Market imperfections; 7. Sources and treatment of market imperfection; 8. Lessons from sales usury on market imperfection; Bibliography; Index.
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Edinburgh University Press Risk Management for Islamic Banks
Book SynopsisAn integrated risk management framework for Islamic banks. It shows students and professionals how to identify, measure and mitigate risk in Shari'ah-compliant banks. It provides a risk coding system that facilitates risk management and reporting systems.Table of Contents1. Introduction; 2. Integrated risk management framework; 2.1. Risk management framework; 2.2. Risk management challenges in Islamic banks; 2.3. Integrated risk management in Islamic banks; 3. Risk Identification; 3.1. Overall bank risks; 3.2. Specific risks to Islamic bank; 3.3. Risks in Islamic financial contracts; 4. Risk assessment; 4.1. Widely practised models; 4.2. Current practices in Islamic banks; 4.3. Developing risk assessment in Islamic banks; 5. Risk mitigation; 5.1. Mitigating overall risks; 5.2. Mitigating risks in contracts; 5.3. Other risk mitigation methods; 6. An Application of risk management to Islamic banks; 6.1. The Islamic bank model; 6.2. Risk analysis; 6.3. Scenario analysis; 6.4. Risk mitigation; 7. Prospects for risk regulation in Islamic banks; 7.1. Risk management regulation; 7.2. Risk management regulation status quo; 8. Conclusion; Glossary of Arabic terms; List of abbreviations.
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Edinburgh University Press Risk Management for Islamic Banks
Book SynopsisAn integrated risk management framework for Islamic banks. It shows students and professionals how to identify, measure and mitigate risk in Shari'ah-compliant banks. It provides a risk coding system that facilitates risk management and reporting systems.Table of Contents1. Introduction; 2. Integrated risk management framework; 2.1. Risk management framework; 2.2. Risk management challenges in Islamic banks; 2.3. Integrated risk management in Islamic banks; 3. Risk Identification; 3.1. Overall bank risks; 3.2. Specific risks to Islamic bank; 3.3. Risks in Islamic financial contracts; 4. Risk assessment; 4.1. Widely practised models; 4.2. Current practices in Islamic banks; 4.3. Developing risk assessment in Islamic banks; 5. Risk mitigation; 5.1. Mitigating overall risks; 5.2. Mitigating risks in contracts; 5.3. Other risk mitigation methods; 6. An Application of risk management to Islamic banks; 6.1. The Islamic bank model; 6.2. Risk analysis; 6.3. Scenario analysis; 6.4. Risk mitigation; 7. Prospects for risk regulation in Islamic banks; 7.1. Risk management regulation; 7.2. Risk management regulation status quo; 8. Conclusion; Glossary of Arabic terms; List of abbreviations.
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Edinburgh University Press Ethnographies of Islam
Book SynopsisIslam is stereotypically presented as a monolithic civilisation that has stifled the emergence of cultural pluralism and individual freedom. In contrast, this volume showcases the diversity and plurality of Muslim societies. It includes case studies on rituals and symbols in Syria, Tunisia, Damascus, Algeria, Britain, Pakistan, Brazil and Lebanon.Table of ContentsIntroduction, Baudouin Dupret, Thomas Pierret, Paulo G. Pinto and Kathryn Spellman-Poots; Part One: Rituals and Symbols:; 1. Black Magic, Divination and Remedial Reproductive Agency in Northern Pakistan, Emma Varley; 2. Preparing for the Hajj in Contemporary Tunisia: Between Religious and Administrative Ritual, Katia Boissevain; 3. 'There Used To Be Terrible Disbelief': Mourning and Social Change in Northern Syria, Katharina Lange; 4. Manifestations of Ashura among Young British Shi'is, Kathryn Spellman-Poots; 5. The Ma'ruf: An Ethnography of Ritual (South Algeria), Yazid Ben Hounet; 6. The Sufi Ritual of the Darb al-Shish and the Ethnography of Religious Experience, Paulo G. Pinto; 7. Preaching for Converts: Knowledge and Power in the Sunni Community in Rio de Janeiro, Gisele Fonseca Chagas; 8. Worshipping the Martyr President: The Darih of Rafiq Hariri in Beirut, Ward Vloerberghs; 9. Staging the Authority of the Ulama: The Celebration of the Mawlid in Urban Syria, Thomas Pierret; Part Two: Practices and Actions, Cedric Baylocq and Akila Drici-Bechikh; 10. The Salafi and the Others: An Ethnography of Intracommunal Relations in French Islam, Cedric Baylocq and Akila Drici-Bechiki; 11. Describing Religious Practices among University Students: A Case Study from the University of Jordan, Amman, Daniele Cantini; 12. Referring to Islam in Mutual Teasing: Notes on an Encounter between Two Tanzanian Revivalists, Sigurd D'hondt; 13. Salafis as Shaykhs: Othering the Pious in Cairo, Aymon Kreil; 14. Ethics of Care, Politics of Solidarity: Islamic Charitable Organisations in Turkey, Hilal Alkan-Zeybek; 15. Making Shari'a Alive: Court Practice under an Ethnographic Lens, Susanne Dahlgren; 16. Referring to Islam as a Practice: Audiences, Relevancies and Language Games within the Egyptian Parliament, Enrique Klaus and Baudouin Dupret; 17. Contesting Public Images of 'Abd al-Halim Mahmud (1910-78): Who is an Authentic Scholar?, Hatsuki Aishima; Part Three: The Ethnography of History; 18. Possessed of Documents: Hybrid Laws and Translated Texts in the Hadhrami Diaspora, Michael Gilsenan; About the Contributors; Index.
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Edinburgh University Press Cosmopolitanisms in Muslim Contexts
Book SynopsisThis collection of 9 essays focuses on instances in world history when cosmopolitan ideas and actions pervaded specific Muslim societies and cultures. The contributors explore the tensions between regional cultures, isolated enclaves and modern nation-states.Cosmopolitanism is a key concept in social and political thought, standing in opposition to closed human group ideologies such as tribalism, nationalism and fundamentalism. Recent discussions of it have been situated within Western self-perceptions. Now, this volume explores it from Muslim perspectives.
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Edinburgh University Press Obligation in Exile
Book SynopsisCombining political theory and sociological interviews spanning four countries, Ilan Zvi Baron explores the Jewish Diaspora/Israel relationship and suggests that instead of looking at Diaspora Jews'' relationship with Israel as a matter of loyalty, it is one of obligation. Baron develops an outline for a theory of transnational political obligation and, in the process, provides an alternative way to understand and explore the Diaspora/Israel relationship than one mired in partisan debates about whether or not being a good Jew means supporting Israel. He concludes by arguing that critique of Israel is not just about Israeli policy, but about what it means to be a Diaspora Jew.Trade Review"The book presents an impressive multidisciplinary approach which includes, among others, a critical reading of the philosophical literature on political obligation, an analysis of Arendt and Foucault on power and identity, an engagement with the burgeoning transnationalism literature in international relations (IR) and ethnographic interviews with Jews in North America, Europe and Israel." --Lior Erez, University of Cambridge, Political Studies Review
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