This open access book is the first English-language study of the Ismaili Muslims in this region, based on analysis of the Russian, Soviet and...
May, 2022
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17 May
Free Will and Predestination in Islamic Thought: Theoretical Compromises in the Works of Avicenna, al-Ghazali and Ibn ‘Arabi
By focusing on a theme of central importance to any philosophy of religion, and to Islam in particular, this book offers a critical study of the intellectual contributions offered to this discourse by....
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15 May
Humanitarian Impacts of Supreme Religious Authority in Defending Christians and Religious Minorities
The book “Humanitarian Impacts of Supreme Religious Authority in Defending Christians and Religious Minorities” was written in Arabic by Dr. Sheikh Imad al-Kazemi, translated and published by...
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14 May
Embracing Muslims in a Catholic Land: Rethinking the Genesis of Islām in Mexico
This study presents a contrasting hypothesis concerning the genesis and development of Islam in Mexico than the one generally held across academic spheres and...
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12 May
The Fatimids and their Traditions of Learning
In this book, Heinz Halm investigates from a historical perspective the intellectual traditions that developed among the Ismailis from the rise of the Fatimid state in North Africa to the cultural brilliance of...
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12 May
The Faith of the Imamiyyah Shi’ah
My interest in researching into this book, has arisen from the significance of the book itself and the urgent need to release it among the various milieus...
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10 May
An Introduction to Imamiyyah Scholars; Major Shi’i Thinkers of the Fifth/Eleventh Century
The fourth and fifth/tenth and eleventh centuries are considered to form the golden age of Muslim intellectual and cultural developments. In Imamiyya thought, these two centuries, together with the....
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9 May
God’s Terrorists: The Wahhabi Cult and the Hidden Roots of Modern Jihad
This book is not about the present. It is a history of the ideology underpinning modern jihad and, in particular, a first full account of one important strand in that founding ideology: Wahhabism...
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8 May
Cyber Muslims Mapping Islamic Digital Media in the Digital Age
Through an array of detailed case studies, this book explores the vibrant digital expressions of diverse groups of Muslim cybernauts: religious clerics and Sufis, feminists and...
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8 May
Notes from the Margins: Shi‘a Political Theology in Contemporary Pakistan
This article examines the political theology of contemporary (2011-2012) Pakistani Shi‘a traditional scholars (ulema)....