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Paperback. With a new afterword. "Compelling, meticulously researched. Should be required reading."-Washington Post Num Pages: 448 pages, 20 illustrations. BIC Classification: HRH; JFSR2; JPFR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 140 x 210 x 23. Weight in Grams: 354.
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393350258
- ISBN
- 9780393350258
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Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 17.13
€ 18.99
€ 17.13
Paperback. Many Westerners view Islam as a religion that restricts and subordinates women in both private and public life. Yet, a surprising number of women in Western Europe and America convert to Islam. This book investigates why non-Muslim women in the United States, several European countries, and South Africa are converting to Islam. Num Pages: 320 pages, 6 halftones. BIC Classification: HRH; JFSJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 428.
- Publisher
- University of Texas Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780292713024
- ISBN
- 9780292713024
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Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 28.95
€ 31.99
€ 28.95
Hardback. Num Pages: 296 pages, 2 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 3H; HBLC1; HRH. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 239 x 163 x 23. Weight in Grams: 532.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231136129
- ISBN
- 9780231136129
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Condition: New
€ 71.27€ 55.54
€ 71.27
€ 55.54
Paperback. Kecia Ali delves into the many ways the Prophet's life story has been told from the earliest days of Islam to the present, by both Muslims and non-Muslims. Emphasizing the major transformations since the nineteenth century, she shows that far from being mutually opposed, these various perspectives have become increasingly interdependent. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: BGX; HRH; JFSR2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140. .
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674659889
- ISBN
- 9780674659889
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 30.14
€ 34.99
€ 30.14
Paperback. An updated edition of feminist academic Kecia Ali's assessment of whether a just system of sexual ethics is possible within an Islamic framework Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: HRAM1; HRH; JFFK; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 135 x 22. .
- Publisher
- Oneworld Publications United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Expanded, Revised
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781780743813
- ISBN
- 9781780743813
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Condition: New
€ 20.17
€ 20.17
Hardcover. Muhammad ibn Idris al-Shafi'i (767-820) was one of Islam's foundational legal thinkers. Shafi'i considered law vital to social and cosmic order: the key obligation of each Muslim was to obey God. This study sketches his life in his intellectual and social context. Series: Makers of the Muslim World. Num Pages: 160 pages, ill. BIC Classification: HRH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 143 x 217 x 18. Weight in Grams: 326.
- Publisher
- Oneworld Publications United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 160
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781851684380
- ISBN
- 9781851684380
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Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 31.93
€ 32.99
€ 31.93
Hardback. Jurists of the nascent Maliki, Hanafi, and Shafi'i legal schools frequently compared marriage to purchase and divorce to manumission. This title presents an analysis of how these jurists conceptualized marriage - its rights and obligations - using the same rhetoric of ownership used to describe slavery. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1FB; HBJF1; HRAX; HRH; JFSJ; LAFS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 243 x 166 x 22. Weight in Grams: 548.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674050594
- ISBN
- 9780674050594
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.82€ 49.08
€ 52.82
€ 49.08
Paperback. This book provides a unique visual history of the Qur'an using fifty-five rare, beautiful and significant Qur'an manuscripts, providing a lavishly illustrated historical overview of one of the most influential, most memorized and enduring sacred books in our world. Num Pages: 176 pages, 58 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: HRHS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 192 x 192 x 17. Weight in Grams: 538.
- Publisher
- Bodleian Library, University of Oxford
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781851242566
- ISBN
- 9781851242566
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Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 15.82
€ 19.99
€ 15.82
Paperback. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: HRH. Category: (Y) Teenage / Young Adult. Dimension: 194 x 126 x 12. Weight in Grams: 158.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Tughra Books United States
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781597842631
- ISBN
- 9781597842631
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Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.31
€ 10.99
€ 9.31
Paperback. The Number 1 international bestseller updated and reissued. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: HRAM2; HRAM6; HRH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 28. Weight in Grams: 336.
- Publisher
- Atlantic Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781786491046
- ISBN
- 9781786491046
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Condition: New
€ 15.00€ 12.60
€ 15.00
€ 12.60
Paperback. Num Pages: 560 pages. BIC Classification: HRHX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 251 x 179 x 37. Weight in Grams: 984.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Fons Vitae,US United States
- Number of pages
- 560
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781891785870
- ISBN
- 9781891785870
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Condition: New
€ 37.83
€ 37.83
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- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press United Kingdom
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781474413725
- ISBN
- 9781474413725
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Condition: New
€ 143.13
€ 143.13
Hardcover. The title of this work is taken from Surah 73.5 of the Qur'an, where Muhammad understands that he is to undergo the onset of a "weighty word". It attempts to explore an alignment of Prophethood in the Bible and in Islam in one denominator, against the odds of mutual alienation. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: HRCG; HRCM; HRH; HRLC; JFSR2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 238 x 160 x 22. Weight in Grams: 502.
- Publisher
- Sussex Academic Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 204
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781903900260
- ISBN
- 9781903900260
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Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 32.73
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€ 32.73
Paperback. The crucial sequence of the Scriptures - alike in the Bible and the Qur'an - is through a cosmos created, for a creaturehood entrusted, by virtue of revelatory direction, mediated by prophet-hoods. This book explores the issues that unify Christianity and Islam. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: HRCG; HRH; HRLC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 9. Weight in Grams: 242.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 144
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845190125
- ISBN
- 9781845190125
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Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 24.62
€ 26.99
€ 24.62
Hardcover. A courageous attempt to compare and contrast Islamic ideals of prophecy, as found in Muhammad, with the prophetic traditions of the Hebrew Bible. It challenges Muslims, Jews and Christians to understand their own traditions better and to be open to learn from one another. Num Pages: 204 pages. BIC Classification: HRCG; HRCS; HRH; HRJ; HRLC; HRLK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 161 x 22. Weight in Grams: 506.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Sussex Academic Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 204
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781902210278
- ISBN
- 9781902210278
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Condition: New
€ 124.22
€ 124.22
Paperback. A guide to the Qur'an for non-Muslims. The text is arranged into themes: God and his praise; man in creation; prophethood in human guidance prior to Muhammad; Muhammad in his Meccan environment; Muhammad in his Medinan locale; religious law and devotion; social law and society; and the Last Things. Translator(s): Cragg, Kenneth. Num Pages: 389 pages. BIC Classification: HRH; HRLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 143 x 22. Weight in Grams: 502.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Sussex Academic Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- New Ed
- Number of pages
- 389
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781902210315
- ISBN
- 9781902210315
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Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 19.00
€ 19.99
€ 19.00
Hardback. Indonesian painter Abdul Djalil Pirous's pioneering explorations in abstract modernism, Qur'anic calligraphy, and modern Islamic aesthetics have established him as one of the leading figures in postcolonial Asian art. Num Pages: 184 pages, Illustrations,. BIC Classification: AGB; AGR; HRH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 249 x 174 x 17. Weight in Grams: 528.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 184
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405129589
- ISBN
- 9781405129589
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Condition: New
€ 97.71
€ 97.71
Hardcover. This book presents a critical edition of the twelfth/eighteenth century manuscript on the subject of legal maxims 'Umdat al-Nazir 'ala al-Ashbah wa'l-Naza'ir'. Series: Monographs in Arabic and Islamic Texts. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: HRH. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156. Weight in Grams: 821.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2018
- Publisher
- Equinox Publishing Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Critical
- SKU
- V9781781793992
- ISBN
- 9781781793992
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Condition: New
€ 135.12
€ 135.12
Paperback. The events of September 11 and the subsequent war on terrorism have provoked widespread discussion about the possibility of democracy in the Islamic world. This work aims to engage the reader in a discourse on the challenges of democracy in contemporary Islam. Editor(s): Cohen, Joshua; Chasman, Deborah. Num Pages: 144 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HRH; JFSR2; JPF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 217 x 143 x 9. Weight in Grams: 186.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 136
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691119380
- ISBN
- 9780691119380
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Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 26.81
€ 36.99
€ 26.81
Hardback. Num Pages: 432 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HRA; HRH. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 261 x 185 x 31. Weight in Grams: 917.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 432
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742550933
- ISBN
- 9780742550933
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Condition: New
€ 179.15
€ 179.15
Paperback. "A lucid and riveting account of the recent violent upheaval in Algeria."-Publishers Weekly Translator(s): Vila, Anne C. Series: Critical Authors and Issues. Num Pages: 168 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HBA; HRH; JFSJ1; JFSR2. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 10. Weight in Grams: 300.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812216578
- ISBN
- 9780812216578
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Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 31.10
€ 33.99
€ 31.10
Paperback. Considered in Islam to be the infallible word of God, The Qur'an was revealed to the prophet Muhammad by the archangel Gabriel in a series of divine revelations. This title features Adam, Moses, Abraham, Jesus and John the Baptist, among others, who are regarded, like Muhammad, to be prophets of the Muslim faith. Translator(s): Khalidi, Tarif. Num Pages: 560 pages. BIC Classification: HRHS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 25. Weight in Grams: 382.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 560
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140455441
- ISBN
- 9780140455441
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.83
€ 13.99
€ 10.83
Paperback. Presents the rules of conduct that remain fundamental to Muslims - the key Islamic values of prayer, fasting, pilgrimage and absolute faith in God, with spiritual guidance on matters of kinship, marriage and family, crime and punishment, rituals, food, warfare and charity. Num Pages: 560 pages. BIC Classification: HRHS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 139 x 38. Weight in Grams: 598.
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Number of pages
- 560
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780143105886
- ISBN
- 9780143105886
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.66
€ 19.99
€ 14.66
Hardcover. Num Pages: 622 pages, frontispiece. BIC Classification: G; HRHX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 242 x 168 x 41. Weight in Grams: 1142.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Publisher
- East-West Publications Netherlands
- Number of pages
- 622
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789053400074
- ISBN
- 9789053400074
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.99€ 34.03
€ 52.99
€ 34.03