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Hardcover. This volume provides an overview of the nature and scope of the concept of Sunna both in pre-modern and modern Islamic discussions. The main focus is on shedding more light on the context in which the term Sunna in the major works of Islamic law and legal theory across all of the major madhahib was employed during the first six centuries Hijri. Editor(s): Duderija, Adis. Series: Palgrave Series in Islamic Theology, Law. Num Pages: 265 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HRHP; HRHT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 148 x 223 x 22. Weight in Grams: 462.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137376459
- ISBN
- 9781137376459
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€ 127.76
€ 127.76
Paperback. Examining modern Muslim identity constructions, the authors introduce a novel analytical framework to Islamic Studies, drawing on theories of successive modernities, sociology of religion, and poststructuralist approaches to modern subjectivity, as well as the results of extensive fieldwork in the Middle East, particularly Egypt and Jordan. Series: The Modern Muslim World. Num Pages: 228 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HRH; JFFS; JHBA; JPW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 153 x 13. Weight in Grams: 360.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137380630
- ISBN
- 9781137380630
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€ 66.28
€ 66.28
Politics of Modern Muslim Subjectivities: Islam, Youth, and Social Act...
Jung, Dietrich, Petersen, Marie Juul, Sparre,...
Hardcover. Examining modern Muslim identity constructions, the authors introduce a novel analytical framework to Islamic Studies, drawing on theories of successive modernities, sociology of religion, and poststructuralist approaches to modern subjectivity, as well as the results of extensive fieldwork in the Middle East, particularly Egypt and Jordan. Series: The Modern Muslim World. Num Pages: 224 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HRH; JHB; JHBA; JPW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 12. Weight in Grams: 477.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
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- New
- SKU
- V9781137380647
- ISBN
- 9781137380647
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€ 67.09
€ 67.09
Hardcover. In Kerala, Vakkom Moulavi motivated Muslims to embrace modernity, especially modern education, in order to reap maximum benefit. In this process, he initiated numerous religious reforms. However, he held fairly ambivalent attitudes towards individualism, materialism and secularization, defending Islam against the attacks of Christian missionaries. Series: Postcolonialism and Religions. Num Pages: 258 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FKA; HBJF; HRHP; HRHT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 141 x 20. Weight in Grams: 438.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
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- New
- SKU
- V9781137383136
- ISBN
- 9781137383136
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€ 66.61
€ 66.61
Hardcover. This resounding defence of the principles of free expression revisits the Satanic Verses uproar of 1989, as well as subsequent incidents such as the Danish cartoons controversy, to argue that the human right of free speech is by no means so secure that it can be taken for granted. Num Pages: 182 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSK; HRH; JFMD; JPVH2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 143 x 221 x 16. Weight in Grams: 350.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137388599
- ISBN
- 9781137388599
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€ 66.42
€ 66.42
Hardcover. Transnational Turkish Islam provides an overview of Turkish organized Islam in seven European countries. It shows how Turkish Islamic organizations have developed from typical migrant associations in the 1970s and 1980s into present-day European Islamic associations with their own cultural and religious specificities and agendas. Num Pages: 146 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; HBJD; HBJF1; HBLW3; HRH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 150 x 13. Weight in Grams: 330.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Pivot
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137394217
- ISBN
- 9781137394217
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€ 66.18
€ 66.18
Hardcover. Examining the connection between the concept of authority and the transformation of the Ismaili imamate, Authority without Territory is the first study of the imamate in contemporary times with a particular focus on Aga Khan, the 49th hereditary leader of Shi'a Imami Ismaili Muslims. Series: Literatures and Cultures of the Islamic World. Num Pages: 280 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, 2 diagrames. BIC Classification: HRHP; JFC; JFSR2; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 145 x 217 x 21. Weight in Grams: 456.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
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- New
- SKU
- V9781137428790
- ISBN
- 9781137428790
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€ 127.34
€ 127.34
Hardback. In Psychosocial aspects of niqab wearing Nina Bosankic explores the various motives which lead young women living in post-conflict Bosnia and Herzegovina to adopt the niqab (full face veil). She uses a grounded theory approach to examine this decision which is often viewed as controversial from both within and outside Islam. Num Pages: 118 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HRHP; JHBT; JMS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 11. Weight in Grams: 304.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 118
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137431608
- ISBN
- 9781137431608
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€ 65.98
€ 65.98
Hardcover. Fabos and Isotalo address the issue of forced migration and mobility in the Muslim world. Their work explores the tensions between Muslim religious conceptions of space and place and new policies of 'migration management' and secure borders. Editor(s): Fabos, Anita Hausermann; Isotalo, Riina. Series: Religion and Global Migrations. Num Pages: 233 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HRAM; HRH; JFFM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 137 x 16. Weight in Grams: 408.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137434869
- ISBN
- 9781137434869
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€ 66.46
€ 66.46
Hardback. This groundbreaking book offers in-depth analysis of the modern Islamic state, applying a quantitative measurement of how Muslim majority nations meet the definition. Content for the book was developed through extensive debate among a panel of distinguished Sunni and Shia Muslim scholars over seven years. Num Pages: 318 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1QFM; HRAM2; HRHP; JPS; LAQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 550.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 318
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137446800
- ISBN
- 9781137446800
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€ 67.48
€ 67.48
Paperback. This groundbreaking book offers in-depth analysis of the modern Islamic state, applying a quantitative measurement of how Muslim majority nations meet the definition. Content for the book was developed through extensive debate among a panel of distinguished Sunni and Shia Muslim scholars over seven years. Num Pages: 336 pages, 2 figures, 7 black & white tables. BIC Classification: 1QFM; HRAM2; HRHP; JPS; LAQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 140 x 216 x 25. Weight in Grams: 414.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137446817
- ISBN
- 9781137446817
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Condition: New
€ 67.09
€ 67.09
Hardcover. This book draws upon theory and theology to consider how religious institutions engage with post-conflict statebuilding and why they would choose to lend their resources to the endeavour. Drawing from the theologies of Roman Catholicism and Sunni Islam, Dragovic explores their possible motivations to engage alongside the international community. Series: Palgrave Studies in Compromise After Conflict. Num Pages: 216 pages, 9 black & white tables, 2 figures. BIC Classification: HRAM2; HRHT; JPFR; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 145 x 17. Weight in Grams: 388.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137455147
- ISBN
- 9781137455147
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Condition: New
€ 66.54
€ 66.54
Hardback. Was Salman Rushdie right to have written The Satanic Verses? Were the protestors right to have done so? What about the Danish cartoons? This book examines the moral questions raised by cultural controversies, and how intercultural dialogue might be generated within multicultural societies. Num Pages: 259 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HRH; JFMD; JPVH2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 17. Weight in Grams: 452.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 259
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137466075
- ISBN
- 9781137466075
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€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Paperback. Was Salman Rushdie right to have written The Satanic Verses? Were the protestors right to have done so? What about the Danish cartoons? This book examines the moral questions raised by cultural controversies, and how intercultural dialogue might be generated within multicultural societies. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: HRAM2; HRH; JFMD; JPVH2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 137 x 15. Weight in Grams: 336.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137471673
- ISBN
- 9781137471673
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€ 66.37
€ 66.37
Paperback. This book explores the correlation between anti-theological thought and the rise of Islamism in the twentieth century by examining Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood and the leadership of Umar al-Tilmisani (d. 1986). Num Pages: 195 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HRHT; HRLB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 217 x 137 x 10. Weight in Grams: 258.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137473578
- ISBN
- 9781137473578
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€ 126.46
€ 126.46
Social Capital and Risk Sharing: An Islamic Finance Paradigm (Palgrave...
Ng, Adam, Ibrahim, Mansor H., Mirakhor, Abbas
Hardcover. This exciting new addition to Palgrave Studies in Islamic Banking, Finance, and Economics argues that social capital can facilitate rule-compliance and co-operation in the sharing of risk in financial and economic activities. Series: Palgrave Studies in Islamic Banking, Finance, and Economics. Num Pages: 228 pages, 7 black & white tables. BIC Classification: HRH; KFF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 149 x 224 x 19. Weight in Grams: 414.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137476043
- ISBN
- 9781137476043
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€ 127.46
€ 127.46
Hardcover. Exploring the relationship between fiction and nation formation in the Muslim world through 12 unique studies from Azerbaijan, Libya, Iran, Algeria, and Yemen, amongst others, this book shows how fiction reflects and relates the complex entanglements of nation, religion, and modernity in the process of political and cultural identity formation. Editor(s): Ozdalga, Elisabeth; Kuzmanovic, Daniella. Series: Islam and Nationalism. Num Pages: 240 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSK; HRH; JPFN; JPFR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 223 x 18. Weight in Grams: 420.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137477576
- ISBN
- 9781137477576
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Condition: New
€ 127.54
€ 127.54
Paperback. Drawing on interviews and fieldwork in Kuwait and throughout the Arabian Peninsula, this book explores what cultural elites in the Arab Gulf region have to say about women's political and cultural rights and how their faith is or is not related to their politics. Num Pages: 261 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FBX; HRH; JFFK; JFSR2; JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 137 x 14. Weight in Grams: 332.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137484772
- ISBN
- 9781137484772
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€ 71.54
€ 71.54
Paperback. In this timely and important work, Islamic scholar Aisha Musa explores the earliest extant discussions on the authority of the Hadith, the oral tradition of the teachings, saying, and sayings of the prophet Muhammad, in Islam and she compares them with the contemporary debates among scholars of various backgrounds and cultures. Num Pages: 220 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HRH; HRLC1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 142 x 215 x 14. Weight in Grams: 286.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- Reissue
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137491091
- ISBN
- 9781137491091
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Condition: New
€ 126.68
€ 126.68
Hardback. This edited volume conceives of International Relations (IR) not as a unilateral project, but more as an intellectual platform. Its contributors explore Islamic contributions to this field, addressing the theories and practices of the Islamic civilization and of Muslim societies with regards to international affairs and to the discipline of IR. Editor(s): Abdelkader, Deina; Adiong, Nassef Manabilang; Mauriello, Raffaele. Num Pages: 242 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HRAM2; HRH; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 435.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 242
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137499318
- ISBN
- 9781137499318
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Condition: New
€ 127.58
€ 127.58