Books

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Title	Authors	Description	OpenBook ID
Islam and the West	Christopher J. Walker	x, 278 p., [8] leaves of plates ; 25 cm	OL13073540W
After the Prophet	Lesley Hazleton	Narrative history at its most compelling, After the Prophet relates the dramatic tragic story at the heart of the ongoing rivalry between Shia and Sunni Islam.Even as Muhammad lay dying, the battle o…	OL14921844W
Islam's Black slaves	Ronald Segal	"A companion volume to The Black Diaspora, this work tells the story of the Islamic slave trade. Islam's Black Slaves documents a centuries-old institution that still survives, and traces the busines…	OL15843525W
The Crucifix on Mecca's Front Porch	David Pinault	This book on Islam has an unusual perspective. It argues that a critically minded examination of Islam can help Christians achieve a deeper appreciation of the unique truths of their own faith. It dr…	OL18023415W
HEAVEN ON EARTH	Sadakat Kadri	Almost 1400 years after the Prophet Muhammad first articulated God's law - the sharia - its earthly interpreters are still arguing over what it means. Hardliners reduce it to amputations, veiling, ho…	OL18821929W
The Islamic Jesus	Mustafa Akyol	Looks at the Islamic view of Jesus, exploring its origins in the seventh century and how it relates to the views of the Jews and Christians of the day.	OL20048144W
The crucible of Islam	G. W. Bowersock	Little is known about Arabia in the sixth century CE. Yet from this distant time and place emerged a faith and an empire that stretched from the Iberian peninsula to India. Today, Muslims account for…	OL20059494W
Islam on the Move	Farish A. Noor	Much nuance and variability have been lost in the process of the reductivist analysis of Islam post 9/11 and, as this study amply demonstrates, we are all the poorer as a result. This exhaustive exam…	OL20933665W
Barren Women	Sara Verskin	This book explores the ramifications of being infertile in the medieval Arab-Islamic world by examining legal texts, medical treatises, and works of religious preaching. Sara Verskin illuminates how …	OL23498655W
Ottomans	Marc David Baer	A history of the Ottoman Empire from before Osman I in the 1280s until after Abdülmecid II in 1924.	OL25327816W
The A to Z of Islam (Historical Dictionaries of Religions, Philosophies, and Movements)	Ludwig W. Adamec	"The A to Z of Islam is a reference for anyone requiring information on the Islamic religion and culture. It outlines the development of Islam from its beginnings in Mecca and Medina to its growth in…	OL2625760W
God's caliph	Patricia Crone	"This new study examines how religious authority was distributed in early Islam. It argues the case that, as in Shi'ism, it was concentrated in the head of state, rather than dispersed among learned …	OL4648052W
Meccan trade and the rise of Islam	Patricia Crone	"Patricia Crone reassesses one of the most widely accepted dogmas in contemporary accounts of the beginnings of Islam, the supposition that Mecca was a trading center thriving on the export of aromat…	OL4648060W
A history of Islamic societies	Ira M. Lapidus	Islam; Islamic countries; Islamic civilization	OL4952735W
The prince of martyrs	Abuʼl-Qásim Faizí	Short biography of Ḥusayn ibn ʻAlī, 680; as interpereted in Bahai sect.	OL5342096W
Islam	Seyyed Hossein Nasr	The world's leading Islamicist offers a concise introduction to this rich and diverse tradition of 1.2 billion adherents.In this informative and clear introduction to the world of Islam, Seyyed Hosse…	OL582350W
The Truth About Muhammad	Robert Bruce Spencer	In The Truth about Muhammad, New York Times bestselling author and Islam expert Robert Spencer offers an honest and telling portrait of the founder of Islam-perhaps the first such portrait in half a …	OL5826039W
Islam between culture and politics	Bassam Tibi	"Bassam Tibi offers a radical solution to the problems faced by Islam in a rapidly changing and globalizing world. He argues that Islam is being torn between the pressure for cultural innovation and …	OL758097W
No god but God	Reza Aslan	Though it is the fastest growing religion in the world, Islam remains shrouded by ignorance and fear. What is the essence of this ancient faith? Is it a religion of peace or war? How does Allah diffe…	OL8112164W