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The Principles of Sufism
An exquisite book written by a Maliki legal scholar on the principles of Sufism, being the most impo...
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| Bombing Without Moonlight: The Origins of Suicidal Terrorism |
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In this probing investigation of the origins of suicidal terrorism, Abdal Hakim Murad finds not "Jihad versus MacWorld" but "MacJihad versus MacWorld." In this concise essay, the author contents that today's terrorist movements have their roots in a very western and very relativistic worldview, adopted by self-proclaimed Islamists whose mindset is as westernized as the societies they strike.
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A refreshingly original, historically sensitive account of the origin and nature of Islamist terrorism, this book should be read by all who care about the future of liberal political institutions.
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| Roger Crisp, Uehiro Fellow and Tutor in Philosophy, St. Anne's College, Oxford University |
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No one has written more perceptively about suicide bombers and their bizarre emergence - like an alien infestation in the body of Islam - than Abdal Hakim Murad.
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| Abdallah Schleifer, Former NBC Cairo Bureau Chief |
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| In the face of a sceptical West, how is it possible, in one breath, to affirm and renounce anti-secular Islamic fanaticism? Bombing Without Moonlight is Murad's stunning answer. For him, it is, in one breath, to affirm a classic Sunni orthodoxy and expose the very modern and western character of Qutubism. This book is an uncommon literary event; a Muslim theo-political call not to arms (but to age-old traditions of sober religious wisdom) offered through wry lyric English prose. The author's historical claims |
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| Peter Ochs, Edgar Bronfman Professor of Modern Judaic Studies, University of Virginia |
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The Empire and the Crescent
This critically acclaimed anthology offers a timely perspective on the question of relations between...
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In the Land of the Ayatollahs Tupac Shakur is King: Reflections from Iran and the Arab World
In the Land of the Ayatollahs Tupac Shakur is King is a witty, engaging and intelligent travelogue t...
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Glen Rangwala
Glen Rangwala is a lecturer at the Department of Politics, University of Cambridge, UK, and a fellow...
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