In this Critical essay, Hamid Algar, Professor of Islamic Studies at the University of California, Berkeley, writes about the rise of Wahhabism in Saudi Arabia, arguing throughout that it has seriously distorted the fundamental teaching of Islam and functioned for decades as the ideological mainstay of the...
March, 2018
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14 March
Handbook of Research on Islamic Business Ethics
This Handbook explores the interweaving relationship between Islamic business ethics and the market, and examines the critical role that ethics can play in ensuring that business thrives...
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12 March
Book: Secular Nationalism and Citizenship in Muslim Countries
The book “Secular Nationalism and Citizenship in Muslim Countries: Arab Christians in the Levant” Explores the role of Christian contributions to Arab–Islamic politics and society and provides a study of the historic roots of Christianity in the Arab-Islamic world...
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11 March
Book: Shi’i Law and Leadership: The Influence of Mortaza Ansari
The book "Shi'i Law and Leadership" analyzes the influence of the nineteenth century scholar and head of the international Shi'i community, Mortaza Ansari...
February, 2018
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26 February
The History of an Islamic School of Law: The Early Spread of Hanafism
Using rich material drawn mainly from medieval Islamic biographical dictionaries, Nurit Tsafrir offers a thorough examination of the first century and a half of the school’s existence, the period during which it took shape...
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26 February
Fiqh According to the Quran and Sunnah
This book is nicely divided into many sections starting with the Book of Purification and ending with the Book of Zakah. Each book is further subdivided into chapters which explain a specific topic in...
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25 February
Neighboring Faiths: Christianity, Islam, & Judaism in the Middle Ages & Today
This is a book focused on how Muslims, Jews, and Christians have “loved, tolerated, massacred, and expelled each other – all in the name of God..
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23 February
The Archetypal Sunni Scholar: Law, Theology, and Mysticism in the Synthesis of al-Bajuri
The book is a lucid survey and deep analysis of the works and ideas of al-Bājūrī and shows precisely how al-Bājūrī served as an ‘archetypal’ Sunnī scholar...
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21 February
Book: A Sharia-Based Economic and Financial Model
The book “A Sharia-Based Economic and Financial Model: An Islamic Approach to Efficient Government, Macroeconomic Stability, and Full-Employment” scrutinizes the efficiency of the statist model of “Big Government”...
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19 February
Book: Justice and Leadership in Early Islamic Courts
This book makes a valuable contribution to the literature. It will be widely used and appreciated by scholars and graduate students with an interest in the historical practice and development of Islamic law. This book presents an in-depth exploration of the administration of justice during Islam’s founding period, 632–1250 CE. …
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