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Islamic History: A New Interpretation 2 A.D. 750-1055, (A.H. 132-448) by M. A. Shaban Publisher Comments This book is a sequel to the author's Islamic History A.D. 600-750 (A.H. 132). A New Interpretation. It presents for the first time a clear narrative analysis of the central events in the Islamic domains between the rise of the 'Abbasids and the Saljuq... (read more) Your price: $58.95 New - Trade Paper 
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We Are All Moors (09 Edition) by Anouar Majid Synopsis In 1609 King Philip III ordered the expulsion of all Moriscos—Spaniards of Muslim descent—from Spain in an ongoing attempt to establish a homogeneous state and remove the last vestiges of Islam from his nation. Four centuries later, Spain and... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price: $13.00 Used - Hardcover
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Islam: A Short Guide to the Faith by Roger M. A. Allen Publisher Comments In this straightforward and authoritative collection of fifteen essays - each by a different, specialized expert in the field - readers will encounter all the major elements of Islam, including its history, its beliefs, its practices, and its... (read more) List Price $20.00 Your price: $17.75 Google eBooks - Electronic
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In the Footsteps of the Prophet: Lessons from the Life of Muhammad by Tariq Ramadan Publisher Comments Named by Time magazine as one of the 100 most important innovators of the century, Tariq Ramadan is a leading Muslim scholar, with a large following especially among young European and American Muslims. Now, in his first book written for a wide audience,... (read more) List Price $15.95 Your price: $10.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The Immense Ocean: Al-Bahr Al-Madid: A Thirteenth Century Quranic Commentary on the Chapters of the All-Merciful, the Event, and Iron (Fons Vitae Quranic Commentaries) by Ahmad Ibn Ajiba Publisher Comments Providing commentary on three oft-recited chapters of the Holy Qur'an, this excerpt of the monumental discourse by 18th-century mystic and scholar Ahmad ibn 'Ajiba presents both an example of Islamic erudition based on traditional sources as well as... (read more) List Price $28.95 Your price: $15.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Oxford History of Islam (99 Edition) by John L. (ed.) Esposito Publisher Comments Lavishly illustrated with over 300 pictures, including more than 200 in full color, The Oxford History of Islam offers the most wide-ranging and authoritative account available of the second largest--and fastest growing--religion in the world. John L... (read more) List Price $76.25 Your price: $49.00 Used - Hardcover
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What Everyone Needs to Know about Islam (What Everyone Needs to Know) by John L. Esposito Publisher Comments Since the terrorist attacks of September 11th, there has been an overwhelming demand for information about Islam, and recent events - the war in Iraq, terrorist attacks both failed and successful, debates throughout Europe over Islamic dress, and many... (read more) Your price: $21.95 New - Hardcover
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The Clash of Fundamentalisms: Crusades, Jihads and Modernity by Tariq Ali Publisher Comments In this timely and important book, new in paperback, Tariq Ali is lucid, eloquent, literary and painfully honest as he dissects both Islamic and Western fundamentalism.... (read more) List Price $16.99 Your price: $6.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Sufi Doctrine of Rumi Illustrated Edition by William C Chittick Publisher Comments There are almost no authoratative books readily available for the general reader that provide, in clear and accessible language, an introduction to the spiritual perspective illuminating Rumi's magical poetry. In this beautifully illustrated work... (read more) List Price $18.95 Your price: $10.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Religion and State: The Muslim Approach to Politics by L. Carl Brown Publisher Comments Are today's radical Islamic groups restoring Islam to an earlier model of religiously inspired politics, as they claim, or are they introducing striking innovations? A leading scholar of the Muslim world investigates these issues in the context of the... (read more) Your price: $36.25 New - Trade Paper
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The Holy Qur'an: Text, Translation, and Commentary by Abdullah Yusuf Ali Publisher Comments The Qur'an, a masterpiece of immense religious and literary value, is presented in a beautifully bound volume for a new generation of readers. The earliest known work in Arabic prose, the Qur'an is divided into 114 "suras", or chapters, containing the... (read more) Your price: $30.00 New - Hardcover
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Themes in Islamic History #2: The Formation of Islam: Religion and Society in the Near East, 600-1800 by Jonathan P Berkey Publisher Comments Surveys the religious history of the peoples of the Near East from 600-1800.... (read more) List Price $40.25 Your price: $13.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Very Short Introductions #13: The Koran: A Very Short Introduction by Michael Cook Publisher Comments The Koran has constituted a remarkably resilient core of identity and continuity for a religious tradition that is now in its fifteenth century. In this Very Short Introduction, Michael Cook provides a lucid and direct account of the significance of the... (read more) Your price: $11.95 New - Trade Paper
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The Caged Virgin: An Emancipation Proclamation for Women and Islam by Ayaan Hirsi Ali Publisher Comments A world-renowned activist and feminist pulls no punches in her efforts to reform Islam in this international bestseller, available for the first time in English.... (read more) List Price $19.95 Your price: $6.95 Used - Hardcover
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The Everlasting Hatred by Hal Lindsey Publisher Comments Best-selling author Hal Lindsey explains how, on September 11, an ancient fight-to-the-death conflict exploded on the shores of the U.S. Though most Americans didn't realize it, we were already involved in this struggle. A struggle driven by a hatred... (read more) List Price $15.95 Your price: $14.16 Adobe Digital Editions - Electronic
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Women Embracing Islam: Gender and Conversion in the West by Karin Van Nieuwkerk Publisher Comments 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 are converting to Islam. What attracts these women to a belief system that is... (read more) List Price $22.95 Your price: $20.37 Google eBooks - Electronic
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Veil and the Male Elite : a Feminist Interpretation of Women's Rights in Islam (91 Edition) by Fatima Mernissi Publisher Comments 'Fatima Mernissi has more ideas per book than any other thinker in the Middle East. Her later works increasingly integrate her brilliant ideas into sustained and compelling discourse that is very much worthy of attention.'Laurence O... (read more) List Price $18.95 Your price: $10.00 Used - Trade Paper
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William S. Burroughs vs. the Qur'an by Michael Muhammad Knight Synopsis When Michael Muhammad Knight sets out to write the definitive biography of his “Anarcho-Sufi” hero and mentor, writer Peter Lamborn Wilson (aka Hakim Bey), he makes a startling discovery that changes everything. At the same time that he grows... (read more) Your price: $15.95 New - Trade Paper
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Muhammad's Grave: Death Rites and the Making of Islamic Society by Leor Halevi Publisher Comments In his probing study of the role of death rites in the making of Islamic society, Leor Halevi imaginatively plays prescriptive texts against material culture and advances new ways of interpreting highly contested sources. His original research reveals... (read more) List Price $45.00 Your price: $25.00 Used - Hardcover
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My Prison, My Home: One Woman's Story of Captivity in Iran by Haleh Esfandiari Publisher Comments At the Ministry of Intelligence in Tehran, a man in a checkered shirt sits down in an easy chair. He removes several documents from his pocket and hands one to Haleh Esfandiari, a sixty-seven-year-old Iranian American grandmother he has interrogated and... (read more) List Price $25.99 Your price: $14.00 Used - Hardcover
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