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This collection of articles by artists, philosophers, psychologists, and social scientists explores the Sufi tradition and its best-known teacher, Rumi, a 13th-century poet, jurist, and philosopher. Setting aside the standard account of Rumi as a poet of mystic love, these contributors view his writings in a historical context, investigating Sufism's ties to Islam and the teachings of the Prophet Mohammad and tracing Rumi's influence on Persian and...
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Islam a religion a way and a message of peace, had its origin in 610 A.D. The magical appeal of Prophet Muhammad on behalf of the Almighty Allah made the world spell bound and Islamic wave spread everywhere within a very short time. The uniqueness of Islam, its monolithic base, it easy for the people to accept. Our attempt in bringing out this Encycopeadic Survey of Islamic culture under various themes viz, society, economy, institutions, law, religion,...
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Islam a religion a way and a message of peace, had its origin in 610 A.D. The magical appeal of Prophet Muhammad on behalf of the Almighty Allah made the world spell bound and Islamic wave spread everywhere within a very short time. The uniqueness of Islam, its monolithic base, it easy for the people to accept. Our attempt in bringing out this Encyclopedic Survey of Islamic culture under various themes viz, society, economy, institutions, law, religion,...
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Islam a religion a way and a message of peace, had its origin in 610 A.D. The magical appeal of Prophet Muhammad on behalf of the Almighty Allah made the world spell bound and Islamic wave spread everywhere within a very short time. The uniqueness of Islam, its monolithic base, it easy for the people to accept. Our attempt in bringing out this Encycopeadic Survey of Islamic culture under various themes viz, society, economy, institutions, law, religion,...
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Addressing the sociological, cultural, and religious aspects of the Glen movement, this insider's look also explores the failure experienced by many other Islamic movements that attempted to combine traditional values with the modern world. The influence Fethullah Glen has had on secularist Turkey is also examined.
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Exploring the response and contributions of Muslims and Turkish Muslims to globalization, including areas such as, democratization, scientific revolution, changing gender roles, and religious diversity, this study identifies the common values and visions of peace Muslims share. This study places specific analysis on the Glen movement, a growing approach to the reunification of faith and reason with hopes for a peaceful coexistence between liberal...
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Islam a religion a way and a message of peace, had its origin in 610 A.D. The magical appeal of Prophet Muhammad on behalf of the Almighty Allah made the world spell bound and Islamic wave spread everywhere within a very short time. The uniqueness of Islam, its monolithic base, it easy for the people to accept. Our attempt in bringing out this Encycopeadic Survey of Islamic culture under various themes viz, society, economy, institutions, law, religion,...
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Respected human rights activist Nonie Darwish assesses the potential for freedom to succeed following the recent revolutions in the Middle East.
The recent powerful wave of Middle East uprisings has fueled both hope and trepidation in the region and around the world as the ultimate fate-and fallout-of the Arab Spring continue to hang in the balance. Born and raised as a Muslim in Egypt and now living in the United States, Nonie Darwish brings an informed...
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For years, many have debated the relationship between religion and politics. In Secularism in Afghanistan, author Shukoor Zardushtian directs the discussion to Afghanistan, examining the role of religion in society in general and in Afghanistan in particular and analyzing the conflicts that arise from the mix of government and religion.Gleaned from research and his personal experiences of living in Afghanistan, Secularism in Afghanistan studies the...
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Islam a religion a way and a message of peace, had its origin in 610 A.D. The magical appeal of Prophet Muhammad on behalf of the Almighty Allah made the world spell bound and Islamic wave spread everywhere within a very short time. The uniqueness of Islam, its monolithic base, it easy for the people to accept. Our attempt in bringing out this Encyclopedic Survey of Islamic culture under various themes viz, society, economy, institutions, law, religion,...
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Western perceptions of Islam and global terrorism is an analysis of the pathology of extremist behavior that has taken the modern world awry. Although, the word "terrorism" dates back to a couple of centuries, its modern manifestations are most disturbing in that it is paradoxically associated with the pristine tradition of Islam whose etymology as well as goal is none other than the establishment of comprehensive peace - with oneself, with one's...
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Islam a religion a way and a message of peace, had its origin in 610 A.D. The magical appeal of Prophet Muhammad on behalf of the Almighty Allah made the world spell bound and Islamic wave spread everywhere within a very short time. The uniqueness of Islam, its monolithic base, it easy for the people to accept. Our attempt in bringing out this Encyclopedic Survey of Islamic culture under various themes viz, society, economy, institutions, law, religion,...
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En conclusión, diremos con convencimiento que Wolfgang Vogt y Celina Vázquez, en este libro, operan mediante presentación, explicación, argumentación y análisis valorativo, una especie de actualización a nivel altamente investigativo-científico, de la evolución de los temas de islam, las culturas islámicas (consideradas en Occidente como periféricas), la relación bilateral entre Occidente europeo y Oriente islámico, la mujer en el islam,...
14) Being Muslim
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Being Muslim presents an up-front and readable explanation of the most complex and emotion-laden issues of our troubled times. The varying branches of Islam are analyzed and their history outlined -- but the focus is on the present. In speaking about and crossing political, cultural and religious divisions, this book offers a unique perspective, forged in Canada, a country where people from everywhere on earth have found a way to live in peace. Terrorism....
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Turkey's contemporary struggles with Islam are often interpreted as a conflict between religion and secularism played out most obviously in the split between rural and urban populations. The reality, of course, is more complicated than the assumptions. Exploring religious expression in two villages, this book considers rural spiritual practices and describes a living, evolving Sunni Islam, influenced and transformed by local and national sources of...
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Islam a religion a way and a message of peace, had its origin in 610 A.D. The magical appeal of Prophet Muhammad on behalf of the Almighty Allah made the world spell bound and Islamic wave spread everywhere within a very short time. The uniqueness of Islam, its monolithic base, it easy for the people to accept. Our attempt in bringing out this Encyclopeadic Survey of Islamic culture under various themes viz, society, economy, institutions, law, religion,...
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Islam a religion a way and a message of peace, had its origin in 610 A.D. The magical appeal of Prophet Muhammad on behalf of the Almighty Allah made the world spell bound and Islamic wave spread everywhere within a very short time. The uniqueness of Islam, its monolithic base, it easy for the people to accept. Our attempt in bringing out this Encyclopedic Survey of Islamic culture under various themes viz, society, economy, institutions, law, religion,...
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Islam a religion a way and a message of peace, had its origin in 610 A.D. The magical appeal of Prophet Muhammad on behalf of the Almighty Allah made the world spell bound and Islamic wave spread everywhere within a very short time. The uniqueness of Islam, its monolithic base, it easy for the people to accept. Our attempt in bringing out this Encycopeadic Survey of Islamic culture under various themes viz, society, economy, institutions, law, religion,...
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The Turkish Republic was founded simultaneously on the ideal of universal citizenship and on acts of extraordinary exclusionary violence. Today, nearly a century later, the claims of minority communities and the politics of pluralism continue to ignite explosive debate. The Reckoning of Pluralism centers on the case of Turkey's Alevi community, a sizeable Muslim minority in a Sunni majority state. Alevis have seen their loyalty to the state questioned...
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Before the discovery of oil in the late 1960s, Oman was one of the poorest countries in the world, with only six kilometers of paved roads and one hospital. By the late 1970s, all that had changed as Oman used its new oil wealth to build a modern infrastructure. In the Time of Oil describes how people in Bahla, an oasis town in the interior of Oman, experienced this dramatic transformation following the discovery of oil, and how they now grapple with...
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