The experiences of Muslim women vary widely between and within different societies. At the same time, their adherence to Islam is a shared factor t...

Written in prose but with a verse-like flavour, this is a collection of maxims by Bediüzzaman Said Nursi. Very concisely articulated, these maxims ...

Globalisation and modernisation are the buzzwords of the new millennium. They serve to sharpen the focus on the dynamic nature of political, econom...

"God, Man, and Mortality is a collection of essays written both by seasoned and by up and coming scholars working in the field now known as Nursi s...

This book seeks to develop an appropriate discourse for studying the Gülen Movement and phenomena like it. The established discourse concerns itsel...

Professor Tom Gage portrays eight modern educators and the development of their theories viewed from personal, cultural, and historical perspective...

"The continual rise and influence of Islam throughout the world is foundation for Christians of every nation-state to better equip themselves for t...

"The past several years have seen an extraordinary growth in the practice of Islamic banking and finance which has now been renowned as a practical...

"Intercultural attitudes and, specifically, attitudes towards Muslims societies have attracted considerable attention in recent years. There is wid...

"Muslim art can also have a special significance for the Muslim world of today. The enormous field of Islamic architecture is the subject of, leavi...

Conversations about the role and value of Islamic diversity in Indonesia's Islamic public sphere are becoming more frequent and intense. For some M...

The contributions to this volume address a wide range of fascinating topics: the marital regime in Damascus, narrative strategies in biographies of...

Nakosteen has drawn from German, Persian, Arabic, English, and French sources as well as his own understanding of the Eastern and Western cultures ...

"The tourism industry is considered as one of the largest service sectors; generating significant national income through foreign exchange earnings...

The papers of this volume move from the abstract scheme of an intercultural humanism of the future to concrete cultural expressions of humanism wit...

In a new sociocultural environment, migrant identities are constantly repositioned. Exploration of this experience aids understanding of the fluid ...

In Wineseller's Street is about hope. About a world seen through eyes that don't idolise individualism and separation. It reflects the human potent...

Indonesian Islam in a new era examines the religious practices and identities of Indonesian Muslim women in the post-Suharto era. After 1998 Indone...

"Innocence Lost" examines how the matter of a number of cartoon drawings came to figure prominently on the international agenda. The book provides ...

TV crews and foreign correspondents come and go, but former BBC correspondent Jane Howard made her home in Iran for five years, raising her two you...

Said Nursi (1878-1960) is the most influential figure in twentieth century Muslim scholarship and the author of the Risale-i Nur, a 6000 page comme...

This is a comprehensive textbook for Hadith studies. It provides an academic introduction to Hadith methodology for intermediate level of study. Te...

An Introduction to Koranic and Classical Arabic is an elementary-level grammar of standard classical Arabic, the literary norm of the Arabic langua...

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After finishing his religious education and returning to his hometown of Muhâjirân Haj Sayyah realises that his family has plans for him to marry h...

Islam - Background & Bibliography

The exploration of the contributions is made with regards to the title in hand by the thought and practice of the global movement associated with t...

"The relationship between Islam and democracy in the contemporary world is complex. The compatibility of Islam and democracy has become one of the ...

"However, public as well as private provision of social welfare is not a new phenomenon in the Muslim world. Whereas government and public involvem...

"Islam is more than a religion in the strict theological sense. If we confine ourselves to doctrinal normativity and Islamic law to analyse what Mu...

Islam is the second most common faith in the world with over a billion adherents. Understanding Islam as a twenty-first century faith has potential...

"Current debates in the accounting world, which emphasis on the issues of International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) as a common global fin...

"The rarity of material evidence for the religion of Islam during the first seventy years of the hijra (622-92 CE) has been used to attack the trad...

This book presents an amazing mixture of classical Turkish illumination patterns and their contemporary interpretations. It illustrates how illumin...

"The interest in understanding the relationship between Islam and consumption and marketing practices has been increasing in recent years. Although...

"The capital plays a vital role in shaping the Islamic bank profitability meanwhile operating expensive is strongly but negatively linked to it whi...