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The First Muslims: History and Memory by Asma Afsaruddin Publisher Comments A fresh look at the origins and development of Islam, this is a fascinating reconstruction of the formative era of the Muslim community. Using a wealth of classical Arabic sources, it chronicles the lives of the Prophet Muhammad, his Companions, and the... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price: $5.50 Used - Trade Paper 
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Islam: A Short History by Karen Armstrong From Powells.com World renowned for her scholarly contributions to Levantine religious studies, Karen Armstrong (A History of God, Muhammad, and, more recently, The Battle for God,) offers this concise and informative look into the religion perhaps most misunderstood and... (read more) List Price $19.95 Your price: $4.95 Used - Hardcover
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Heaven on Earth: A Journey Through Shari'a Law from the Deserts of Ancient Arabia to the Streets of the Modern Muslim World by Sadakat Kadri Publisher Comments Some fourteen hundred years after the Prophet Muhammad first articulated Gods law—the shari‘a—its earthly interpreters are still arguing about what it means. Hard-liners reduce it to amputations, veiling, holy war, and... (read more) Your price: $28.00 New - Hardcover
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Muhammad and Believers (10 Edition) by Fred Mcgraw Donner Publisher Comments The origins of Islam have been the subject of increasing controversy in recent years. The traditional view, which presents Islam as a self-consciously distinct religion tied to the life and revelations of the prophet Muhammad in western Arabia, has... (read more) List Price $17.95 Your price: $10.00 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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The Truth about Muhammad: Founder of the World's Most Intolerant Religion by Robert Spencer Publisher Comments New York Times" bestselling author and Islam expert Spencer offers an honest and telling portrait of the founder of Islam--a portrait that is unbounded by fear and political correctness, unflinching, and willing to face the hard facts about Muhammads... (read more) List Price $16.95 Your price: $10.50 Used - Trade Paper
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The Exploits of the Incomparable Mulla Nasrudin by Idries Shah Synopsis Here, Nasrudin's anecdotes are set in parallel to the workings of the mind - designed to amuse the audience in the tea-house, but also intended to be used on other levels.... (read more) List Price $19.99 Your price: $7.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Untold: A History of the Wives of Prophet Muhammad by Tamam Kahn Publisher Comments "Finally, we get to meet the first women of Islam. Thank you for this brave book." –Coleman Barks, author of Essential Rumi, and other books on the great Persian Language poet "Brilliant and illuminating . . . awesome in the depth of its research... (read more) Your price: $18.95 New - Trade Paper
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God's Terrorists: The Wahhabi Cult and the Hidden Roots of Modern Jihad by Charles Allen Publisher Comments What are the roots of todays militant fundamentalism in the Muslim world? In this insightful and wide-ranging history, Charles Allen finds an answer in an eighteenth-century reform movement of Muhammed ibn Abd al-Wahhab and his followers-the Wahhabi-who... (read more) List Price $17.95 Your price: $8.97 New - Trade Paper
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Rumi: Biography and Message by Cihan Okuyucu Publisher Comments An authoritative but accessible introduction to this important 13th-century historian and mystic poet Rumi, this work concentrates on the social and cultural environment in which he lived and produced his influential works. The book... (read more) Your price: $14.50 New - Trade Paper
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The Jew Is Not My Enemy: Unveiling the Myths That Fuel Muslim Anti-Semitism by Tarek Fatah Publisher Comments A liberal Muslim and critically acclaimed author explores the historical, political, and theological basis for centuries of Muslim animosity towards Jews, debunking long-held myths and tracing a history of hate and its impact today. More than nine years... (read more) Your price: $16.95 New - Trade Paper
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History of Islam in America: From the New World To the New World Order (10 Edition) by Kambiz Ghaneabassiri Publisher Comments Muslims began arriving in the New World long before the rise of the Atlantic slave trade. The first arrivals date to the turn of the sixteenth century when European explorers and colonists crossed the Atlantic in search of new horizons and trading routes.... (read more) List Price $28.99 Your price: $22.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Islam in Africa #12: Localising Salafism: Religious Change Among Oromo Muslims in Bale, Ethiopia by Terje Esteb Publisher Comments The political transition in 1991 and the new regime 's policy towards the ethnic and religious diversity in Ethiopia have contributed to increased activities from various Islamic reform movements. Among these, we find the Salafi movement which expanded... (read more) Your price: $182.00 New - Hardcover
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The Children of Time: The Aga Khan and the Ismailis by Malise Ruthven Publisher Comments From highland peasant farmers in Central Asia to Canadian industrialists, South Asian businessmen and Europe-based scholars, the Nizari Ismailis are one of the Muslim worlds most diverse Shia communities. With adherents living in more than twenty-five... (read more) Available August 21, 2012 Your price: $50.95 New - 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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The Early Caliphate by Maulana Muhammad Ali Publisher Comments Authoritative and carefully researched history of Islam under the first four righteous Caliphs. Refutes the myth that Islam was spread by the sword. Wonderfully free of all sectarian influences.... (read more) Your price: $2.99 Google eBooks - Electronic
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The Holy Cities, the Pilgrimage and the World of Islam: A History: From the Earliest Traditions Till 1925 (1344H) by Sultan Ghalib Bin 'awadh Al Quaiti Publisher Comments Tracing the history behind the rise of the Islamic world's great pilgrimages to Mecca and Medina, this account proceeds from the earliest traditions to the fall of the Ottoman Empire. From there the discussion turns to the short-lived... (read more) Your price: $29.95 New - Trade Paper
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Modern Islamic Political Thought by Hamid Enayat Publisher Comments This digital edition was derived from ACLS Humanities E-Book's (http: //www.humanitiesebook.org) online version of the same title.... (read more) List Price $9.99 Your price: $8.87 Adobe Digital Editions - Electronic
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Before Homosexuality in the Arab-Islamic World, 1500-1800 by Khaled El-Rouayheb Publisher Comments Attitudes toward homosexuality in the pre-modern Arab-Islamic world are commonly depicted as schizophrenic—visible and tolerated on one hand, prohibited by Islam on the other. Khaled El-Rouayheb argues that this apparent paradox is based on the... (read more) List Price $20.00 Your price: $18.50 Google eBooks - Electronic
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Shadow of God & the Hidden Inam: Religion, Political Order, & Societal Change in Shi'ite Iran from the Beginning to 1890 by Said Amir Arjomand Publisher Comments Dismissing oversimplified and politically charged views of the politics of Shi'ite Islam, Said Amir Arjomand offers a richly researched sociological and historical study of Shi'ism and the political order of premodern Iran that exposes the roots of what... (read more) Your price: $33.95 New - Trade Paper
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