Search Results - "Islamic"

The business of identity : Jews, Muslims, and economic life in medieval Egypt / by Ackerman-Lieberman, Phillip Isaac, 1970-

Table of Contents: “…Jewish, Islamic, or Mediterranean? : historiography and the Cairo Geniza -- Partnership as culture : Jewish law and Jewish life -- Commercial forms and legal norms in the Jewish community of medieval Egypt -- The Geniza, Jewish identity, and medieval Islamic social and economic history -- Appendix : fifteen legal documents concerning partnership.…”
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The future of the Jews how global forces are impacting the Jewish people, Israel, and its relationship with the United States / by Eizenstat, Stuart

Table of Contents: “…The historic shift of power from the West to the emerging nations of the East and South: a new multipolar world -- Globalization: a more integrated world -- The struggle for the direction of Islam: the rise of Islamic extremism -- Non-traditional global security risks -- Israel and the new challenge of delegitimization -- The future of the U.S.…”
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The future of the Jews : how global forces are impacting the Jewish people, Israel, and its relationship with the United States / by Eizenstat, Stuart

Table of Contents: “…The historic shift of power from the West to the emerging nations of the East and South: a new multipolar world -- Globalization: a more integrated world -- The struggle for the direction of Islam: the rise of Islamic extremism -- Non-traditional global security risks -- Israel and the new challenge of delegitimization -- The future of the U.S.…”
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Possessors and possessed museums, archaeology, and the visualization of history in the late Ottoman Empire / by Shaw, Wendy M. K., 1970-

Table of Contents: “…Moving toward the museum : the collection of antique spolia -- Parallel collections of weapons and antiquities -- The rise of the imperial museum -- The dialectic of law and infringement -- Technologies of collection : railroads and cameras -- Antiquities collections in the imperial museum -- Islamic arts in imperial collections -- Military collections in the late empire -- Islamic and archaeological antiquities after the Young Turk Revolution.…”
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Reclaiming jihad : a Qur'anic critique of terrorism / by Amin, El Sayed M. A.

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Ulum al Qur'an : an introduction to the sciences of the Qur'an / by Denffer, Ahmad von

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Atheism as a positive social force by Converse, Raymond W.

Table of Contents: “…The origin of religion : the earliest beliefs -- The early written records -- Modern religion in the Near East and Rome -- Christianity, Persia, and Islam -- Modern religious thought and the birth of atheism -- A redefinition of atheism -- Atheism as a positive social force -- Atheism in the U.S. -- Atheism as the arbiter of social self-interest -- The task of atheism -- Atheism and Islam.…”
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The Persians ancient, mediaeval, and modern Iran / by Katouzian, Homa

Table of Contents: “…Myths, legends and ancient history -- Greeks, Parthians and Persians -- Arabs, Islam and Persians -- Turks and Mongols -- Persian empire again -- Disintegration and reunification -- The dilemma of reform and modernization -- The revolution for law -- Modern arbitrary rule -- Occupation, oil nationalization and dictatorship -- The white revolution -- The revolution of February 1979 -- The Islamic republic -- Iran after Khomeini.…”
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Primary education syllabus : volume two /

Religious tolerance in world religions

Table of Contents: “…Questions about religious toleration -- Ancient Israel -- The pre-Christian West -- Christianity -- Judaism -- Islam.…”
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Life as politics how ordinary people change the Middle East / by Bayat, Asef

Table of Contents: “…The art of presence -- The quiet encroachment of the ordinary -- The poor and the perpetual pursuit of life chances -- Feminism of everyday life -- Reclaiming youthfulness -- The politics of fun -- Battlefield Tehran -- Streets of revolution -- Does radical Islam have an urban ecology? -- Everyday cosmopolitanism -- The "Arab street" -- Is there a future for Islamic revolutions? …”
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Ten political ideas that have shaped the modern world by Lakoff, Sanford A.

Table of Contents: “…Christianity and equality -- Civic humanism -- Liberalism -- Conservatism -- Socialism -- Nationalism -- Fascism -- Realism in foreign policy -- Islamism -- Democracy.…”
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Introducing world religions : a Christian engagement / by Farhadian, Charles E., 1964-

Table of Contents: “…The Persistence of Religion -- Hinduism -- Buddhism -- Jainism -- Sikhism -- Taoism and Confucianism -- Judaism -- Christianity -- Islam -- New Religious Movements.…”

Traditional archery from six continents the Charles E. Grayson Collection / by Grayson, Charles E., 1910-

Table of Contents: “…A brief overview of traditional archery -- East Asia -- The Islamic Crescent -- Tribal Asia and Oceania -- Africa -- The Americas -- Europe.…”
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Reality television and Arab politics contention in public life / by Kraidy, Marwan, 1972-

Table of Contents: “…Introduction: beyond al-Jazeera -- Screens of contention: the battle for Arab viewers -- Voting Islam off the island? Big brother in Bahrain -- The Saudi-Lebanese connection -- Contesting reality: Star academy and Islamic authenticity in Saudi Arabia -- Gendering reality: Kuwait in the eye of the storm -- A battle of nations: Superstar and the Lebanon-Syria media war -- The "new Middle East"? …”
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Understanding the religions of the world : an introduction /

Table of Contents: “…Hinduism -- Buddhism -- Chinese religion -- Japanese religion -- African religions -- Religions of Oceania -- Judaism -- Christianity -- Islam -- Change in religions and new religions.…”
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Dreaming in the world's religions a comparative history / by Bulkeley, Kelly, 1962-

Table of Contents: “…Hinduism -- Chinese religions -- Buddhism -- Religions of the Fertile Crescent -- Religions of ancient Greece and Rome -- Christianity -- Islam -- Religions of Africa -- Religions of Oceania -- Religions of the Americas.…”
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Defending the border identity, religion, and modernity in the Republic of Georgia / by Pelkmans, Mathijs, 1973-

Table of Contents: “…A divided viillage on the Georgian-Turkis border -- pt. 2. Frontiers of Islam and Christianity in Upper Ajaria -- pt. 3. …”
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Egypt a short history : with a new afterword by the author / by Tignor, Robert L.

Table of Contents: “…The land and people -- Egypt during the Old Kingdom -- The Middle and New Kingdoms -- Nubians, Greeks, and Romans, circa 1200 BCE-632 CE -- Christian Egypt -- Egypt within Islamic empires, 639-969 -- Fatimids, Ayyubids, and Mamluks, 969-1517 -- Ottoman Egypt, 1517-1798 -- Napoleon Bonaparte, Muhammad Ali, and Ismail : Egypt in the nineteenth century -- The British period, 1882-1952 -- Egypt for the Egyptians, 1952-1981 : Nasser and Sadat -- Mubarak's Egypt -- Conclusion : Egypt through the millennia.…”
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The idea of Pakistan by Cohen, Stephen P., 1936-

Table of Contents: “…The idea of Pakistan -- The state of Pakistan -- The army's Pakistan -- Political Pakistan -- Islamic Pakistan -- Regionalism and separatism -- Demographic, educational, and economic prospects -- Pakistan's futures -- American options.…”
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