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£12.99 paperback (2023) - ISBN 13: 9781398501058 | ISBN 10: 1398501050
As the Cold War faded into history, it appeared to have been replaced by a new conflict - between Islam and the West. Or so we are told. After the events of 9/11 and the advent of the 'war on terror', this narrative seemed prophetic. But, as Peter Ob ... more
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£9.99 paperback (2022) - ISBN 13: 9780751582192 | ISBN 10: 0751582190
The incredible Sunday Times bestseller.
‘Essential...A complex blend of overexcited Adrian Mole-like anecdotes mixed with shocking moments of racism and insights into Muslim religious practices’ Sunday Times
‘Authentic, fu ... more
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£14.99 hardback (2021) - ISBN 13: 9781786499516 | ISBN 10: 1786499517
Why are Muslim men portrayed as inherently violent?
Does the veil violate women's rights?
Is Islam stopping Muslims from integrating?
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Across western societies, Muslims are more misunderstood than any other minority. But what does it mean to ... more
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£14.99 hardback (2020) - ISBN 13: 9781529110142 | ISBN 10: 1529110149
A coming of age memoir about growing up queer in a strict Muslim household. Mohsin grew up in a poor pocket of east London, in a devout shia Muslim community. His family were close-knit and religiously conservative.
From a young age, M ... more
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£14.99 paperback (2017) - ISBN 13: 9781785921520 | ISBN 10: 1785921525
How can Islam be understood in the context of internal struggles for unity and identity, a rise in anti-Muslim hate crime and continued media portrayals of violence, extremism, warfare and oppression? Looking at Islam as a faith, a whole system with ... more
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£12.99 paperback (2017) - ISBN 13: 9780863569999 | ISBN 10: 0863569994
"Bursting with creativity, wit and intelligence"(Brian Eno)
How can you tell if your neighbour is speaking Muslim? Is a mosque a kind of hedgehog? Can I get fries with that burka? You can’t trust the media any longer, but there’s no need to fr ... more
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£5.99 paperback (2017) - ISBN 13: 9781786698001 | ISBN 10: 1786698005
Mohamed El-Bachiri is a driver on the Brussels metro rail system. He grew up and lives in the suburb of Molenbeek, notorious as the place from which a number of Belgian jihadis have come. He is also the husband of Loubna Lafquiri, the love of his lif ... more
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£8.99 paperback (2017) - ISBN 13: 9781785782022 | ISBN 10: 1785782029
From Musa al-Khwarizmi who developed algebra in 9th century Baghdad to al-Jazari, a 13th-century Turkish engineer whose achievements include the crank, the camshaft and the reciprocating piston, Science and Islam tells the story of one of history’s ... more
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£19.99 hardback (2016) - ISBN 13: 9781250094445 | ISBN 10: 1250094445
In much of the Muslim world, religion is the central foundation upon which family, community, morality, and identity are built. The inextricable embedment of religion in Muslim culture has forced a new generation of non-believing Muslims to face the ... more
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£9.99 paperback (2016) - ISBN 13: 9781509504428 | ISBN 10: 1509504427
New York, Washington, Madrid, London and now Paris - the list of Western cities targeted by radical Islamic terrorists waging global jihad continues to grow. Does this extreme violence committed in the name of Islam point to a fundamental enmity betw ... more
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£12.99 paperback (2016) - ISBN 13: 9781780769097 | ISBN 10: 1780769091
What does it mean to be young and Muslim today? There is a segment of the world's 1.6 billion Muslims that is more influential than any other, and will shape not just the future of Muslims, but also the world around them: meet 'Generation M'.From fas ... more
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£8.99 paperback (2016) - ISBN 13: 9780062333940 | ISBN 10: 0062333941
Continuing her journey from a deeply religious Islamic upbringing to a post at Harvard, the brilliant, charismatic and controversial New York Times and Globe and Mail #1 bestselling author of Infidel and Nomad makes a powerful plea for a Muslim Refor ... more
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£7.99 paperback (2015) - ISBN 13: 9780199683673 | ISBN 10: 0199683670
In the history of philosophy, few topics are so relevant to today's cultural and political landscape as philosophy in the Islamic world. Yet, this remains one of the lesser-known philosophical traditions.
In this Very Short Introduction, Pe ... more
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£8.99 paperback (2015) - ISBN 13: 9781784630294 | ISBN 10: 1784630292
Lydia, a woman in her early thirties, lives in London. She lacks a purpose and loses herself in a string of affairs. When she meets Rabia, a convert to Islam, the Moslem rituals and the Arabic language offer her a new beginning. Lydia becomes Kauthar ... more
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£8.99 paperback (2015) - ISBN 13: 9780993014123 | ISBN 10: 0993014127
A book-length investigative poem from the author of ‘Whale Nation’ about the amazing life and legacy of Badshah Khan, Islamic Peace Warrior and friend of Mahatma Gandhi. As the violent excesses of Islamic extremist groups dominate the media, here is ... more
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£10.99 paperback (2015) - ISBN 13: 9780393350258 | ISBN 10: 0393350258
Karima Bennoune interviewed journalists, doctors, musicians, museum curators, lawyers, street vendors and women’s rights activists, among others, in her three-year investigation of opposition to the rising tide of Muslim fundamentalism from Lahore to ... more
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£8.99 paperback (2015) - ISBN 13: 9781780722481 | ISBN 10: 1780722486
This fascinating and original book provides a better insight into the life of "just your average Muslim" than you will find anywhere else. A powerful antidote to common but exhausted stereotypes, it challenges non-Muslims to reexamine their per ... more
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£12.99 paperback (2014) - ISBN 13: 9781780769042 | ISBN 10: 1780769040
According to Islamic tradition, Allah created three types of beings: angels, made of light; humans, made of earth; and jinn, made of smokeless fire. Supernatural, shape-shifting, intelligent and blessed with free will and remarkable powers, jinn have ... more
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£18.99 paperback (2013) - ISBN 13: 9781479894673 | ISBN 10: 1479894672
2015 Israel Fishman Non-Fiction Award presented by the Stonewall Books Awards of the American Library Association
Muhsin is one of the organizers of Al-Fitra Foundation, a South African support group for lesbian, transgender, and gay Muslims ... more
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£22.50 hardback (2011) - ISBN 13: 9780571241323 | ISBN 10: 0571241328
Habibi, based on a Middle Eastern fable, tells the story of Dodola, who escapes being sold into slavery and rescues an abandoned baby she names Zam. They live in isolation in an old boat in the desert. As they age their relationship shifts from mothe ... more
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£8.99 paperback (2011) - ISBN 13: 9780199559282 | ISBN 10: 0199559287
As the founder of Islam Muhammad is one of the most influential figures in history. The furor surrounding the Satanic Verses and the Danish cartoon crisis reminded the world of the tremendous importance of the prophet of Islam, Muhammad. Learning abo ... more
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£9.99 paperback (2011) - ISBN 13: 9780719567780 | ISBN 10: 0719567785
For Ibn Batuttah of Tangier, being medieval didn't mean sitting at home waiting for renaissances, enlightenments and easyJet. It meant travelling the known world to its limits. Seven centuries on, Tim Mackintosh-Smith's passionate pursuit of the fou ... more
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£9.99 paperback (2011) - ISBN 13: 9780061626852 | ISBN 10: 0061626856
Ali Eteraz’s award-winning memoir reveals the searing spiritual story of growing up in Pakistan under the specter of militant Islamic fundamentalism and then overcoming the culture shock of emigrating to the United States.
A gripping me ... more
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£16.99 paperback (2010) - ISBN 13: 9780863566592 | ISBN 10: 0863566596
Political Islam offers a comprehensive, informative discussion of contemporary debates within political Islam. The contributors argue that the evolution of political Islamic movements is essentially contextual rather than ideological and therefore, I ... more
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£7.99 paperback (2010) - ISBN 13: 9780199545728 | ISBN 10: 0199545723
This Very Short Introduction introduces the story of Islamic history; the controversies surrounding its study; and the significance that it holds - for Muslims and for non-Muslims alike.
Opening with a lucid overview of the rise and spread o ... more
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£19.99 paperback (2010) - ISBN 13: 9781851687015 | ISBN 10: 1851687017
Many Islamic authorities claim that homosexuality is categorically forbidden, but the reality is much less clear-cut. There are no verses in the Qur’an that unambiguously condemn homosexuals, and there are some that suggest they can be tolerated in M ... more
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£9.99 paperback (2009) - ISBN 13: 9781851686247 | ISBN 10: 185168624x
The Qur’an has spoken to Muslims for over one thousand years; it is seen as law-maker, moral code, and the word of God. Drawing on both contemporary and ancient sources, Esack outlines the key themes and explains the historical and cultural context o ... more
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£9.99 paperback (2009) - ISBN 13: 9781851686254 | ISBN 10: 1851686258
From the introduction of Greek Philosophy into the Muslim world in the eighth century, right through to modern times, Majid Fakhry charts the evolution and interaction of philosophy, theology, and mysticism in the Islamic context. Highlighting key in ... more
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£7.99 paperback (2009) - ISBN 13: 9781848310841 | ISBN 10: 1848310846
Islam is one of the world's great monotheistic religions. Islamic culture, spanning 1,500 years, has produced some of the finest achievements of humanity. Yet the religion followed by a fifth of humankind, including millions from diverse ethnic ... more
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£12.99 paperback (2008) - ISBN 13: 9780307353399 | ISBN 10: 0307353397
"We play heavy metal because our lives are heavy metal."(Reda Zine, one of the founders of the Moroccan heavy-metal scene)
"Music is the weapon of the future."(Fela Kuti)
An eighteen-year-old Moroccan who loves Black Sabbath. A twenty-two-yea ... more
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£11.99 paperback (2008) - ISBN 13: 9781934389010 | ISBN 10: 1934389013
Five times a day, close to a billion people turn to the Ka’aba in submission to Allah/God. In the seventeenth century the religion of Islam was revealed to the Prophet Mohammad through the Holy Koran. Since then, Islam has spread to every corner of ... more
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£5.99 paperback (2007) - ISBN 13: 9781904263593 | ISBN 10: 1904263593
Across the Islamic world, illuminating Korans from Morocco to Malaysia, and adorning mosques, mausoleums and palaces, are hidden some of the most exquisite geometrical devices ever conceived by man.
In this excellent little book geometer ... more
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£6.99 paperback (2007) - ISBN 13: 9781904456612 | ISBN 10: 1904456618
How can Islam reconcile itself with the 21st century? This No-Nonsense Guide explains the Islamic worldview, examining the Qur'an and Islamic law (sharia), Islam in history, and Islam's relationship with the West. The authors analyze the strugg ... more
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£9.99 paperback (2007) - ISBN 13: 9780141029405 | ISBN 10: 0141029404
Geraldine Brooks set out to discover the truth about women and Islam. She was granted meetings with everyone from Queen Noor of Jordan to Palestinians protesting about honour killings for adultery. Her book examines the evidence about Mohammad's wive ... more
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£11.99 paperback (2006) - ISBN 13: 9781593762407 | ISBN 10: 1593762402
In his quest for an indigenous American Islam, Michael Muhammad Knight embarks on a series of interstate odysseys. Traveling 20,000 miles by Greyhound in sixty days, he squats in run-down mosques, pursues Muslim romance, is detained at the U.S.-Canad ... more
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£12.99 paperback (2006) - ISBN 13: 9780955010507 | ISBN 10: 0955010500
Meetings with Remarkable Muslims is a collection of travel writing celebrating friendship and the chance encounters that unexpectedly enrich our lives, which shows the diversity of the modern Islamic world and the way in which it continues to inspire ... more
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£12.99 paperback (2006) - ISBN 13: 9781845112677 | ISBN 10: 1845112679
The global struggle against 'terror' looks set to become one of the defining characteristics of geopolitics in the new century. Despite increasingly frantic calls - especially after the London bombings of July 7 2005 - for western leaders to 'underst ... more
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£6.99 paperback (2006) - ISBN 13: 9781862078345 | ISBN 10: 1862078343
"The world is green and beautiful; and God has appointed you as His trustee over it."(Propher Muhammad)Islam is one of the great monotheistic religions of the world. Its teachings emphasize unity, humility, forgiveness, and love of God. The Qur'an si ... more
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£21.99 paperback (2005) - ISBN 13: 9780745322834 | ISBN 10: 0745322832
In Palestine, Iraq, Saudia Arabia, Indonesia and elsewhere, the results of suicide bombing have been devastating. What drives young men and women to become suicide bombers? This remarkable book provides some of the answers and explores how the suicid ... more
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£8.99 paperback (2005) - ISBN 13: 9781862077553 | ISBN 10: 186207755x
Ziauddin Sardar is one of the foremost Muslim intellectuals in Britain, author of more than 40 books on science, religion and culture. This is his account of his life as a restless believer.
"Desperately Seeking Paradise draws on an old Musl ... more
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£9.99 paperback (2004) - ISBN 13: 9780060730642 | ISBN 10: 0060730641
The world's leading Islamicist and foremost Muslim expert on the West offers a timely expression of the core spiritual and social values of Islam, showing their complementarity to Jewish and Christian values as well as their positive contribution to ... more
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£21.99 paperback (2003) - ISBN 13: 9781859844571 | ISBN 10: 185984457x
In this timely book, Tariq Ali puts the events of September 11 into sweeping historical perspective. As we have come to expect from him, he is lucid, eloquent, literary and painfully honest, as he dissects both Islamic and Western fundamentalism. ... more
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£9.99 paperback (2001) - ISBN 13: 9781842125830 | ISBN 10: 1842125834
One of the greatest of the world religions through the 1500 years of its existence, Islam has also been by far the most misunderstood. The Western world has undergone a complete revolution of thought in recent centuries, but its mistrust of Islam is ... more
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£7.99 paperback (2000) - ISBN 13: 9780192853448 | ISBN 10: 0192853449
The Koran has constituted a remarkably strong core of identity and continuity for a religious tradition that is now in its fifteenth century. This Very Short Introduction explores the significance of the Koran both in the modern world and in traditio ... more
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£16.99 paperback (1998) - ISBN 13: 9780865435735 | ISBN 10: 0865435731
A name reflects and reinforces an identity both when it is given and when it is changed. African Muslim Names discusses the social and cultural significance of proper names. It explains how names are chosen for newborns in African societies and the v ... more
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£25.50 paperback (1992) - ISBN 13: 9780226319629 | ISBN 10: 0226319628
This is a richly detailed account of Muslim life throughout the kingdoms of Spain, from the fall of Seville, which signaled the beginning of the retreat of Islam, to the Christian reconquest.
"Harvey not only examines the politics of the Na ... more
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