Search Results - "Islamic"

Islam in the west Iraqi Shi'i communities in transition and dialogue / by Flynn, Kieran

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Christians at the heart of Islamic rule church life and scholarship in ʻAbbasid Iraq /

Subjects: “…Christianity and other religions Islam Congresses.…”
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Mahdis and millenarians Shi'ite extremists in early Muslim Iraq / by Tucker, William Frederick, 1941-

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Search Scripture well Karaite exegetes and the origins of the Jewish Bible commentary in the Islamic East / by Frank, Daniel

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Saddam's war of words politics, religion, and the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait / by Long, Jerry M. (Jerry Mark), 1951-

Table of Contents: “…Historical background and inter-Arab politics prior to the invasion of Kuwait -- Historical background and inter-Arab politics after the invasion of Kuwait -- Iraq, deep culture, and the employment of Islam before the invasion of Kuwait -- Fi sabil Allah : Iraq and the employment of Islam in the invasion of Kuwait -- Islam and the region at war -- Reflections on jihad and the other gulf war -- Closing reflection : the view from the mountains.…”
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ISIS : inside the army of terror / by Weiss, Michael (Michael Douglas), Hassan, Hassan

Subjects: “…Terrorism Religious aspects Islam.…”

The martyrs of Karbala Shi'i symbols and rituals in modern Iran / by Aghaie, Kamran Scot

Table of Contents: “…A brief historical background of Shi'ism and Moharram -- The Qajar elites and religious patronage (1796-1925) -- Qajar society and religious culture : Tehran as a case study -- The Pahlavi regime and the emergence of secular modernism (1925-1979) -- Religious rituals, society and politics during the Pahlavi period -- Hoseyn "the prince of martyrs" -- Fatemeh, Zeynab, and emerging discourses on gender -- The Islamic republic.…”
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The last pagans of Iraq Ibn Waḥshiyya and his Nabatean agriculture / by Hämeen-Anttila, Jaakko

“…Islamic history and civilization ;…”
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Annals of the caliphs' kitchens Ibn Sayyār al-Warrāq's tenth-century Baghdadi cookbook / by Ibn Sayyār al-Warrāq, al-Muẓaffar ibn Naṣr, 10th cent?

“…Islamic history and civilization ;…”
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Performing democracy in Iraq and South Africa : gender, media, and resistance / by Segall, Kimberly Wedeven

Table of Contents: “…-- 9/11 media : gendered nationalism beyond Islamic/Jewish borders -- Bewitched democracies : a ritual spring for youth culture?…”
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Counterinsurgency in Iraq (2003-2006) by Pirnie, Bruce, 1940-

Table of Contents: “…Summary -- Acknowledgements -- Abbreviations -- Overview of the conflict in Iraq -- Ba'athist regime -- Invasion of Iraq -- Occupation of Iraq -- First priority : setting up a constitutional government -- Spring -- The spiral downward begins (Spring 2004) -- Benchmark one : holding Iraqi elections -- Islamic extremists and sectarian violence -- A U.S. approach hesitantly unfold -- Armed groups in Iraq -- Overview -- Kurdish separatists -- Sunni Arab insurgents -- Violent extremists -- Shi'ite Arab militias -- Criminal gangs -- Insurgent use of terrorism -- Counterinsurgency in Iraq -- Organization and recognition of the U.S. …”
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