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Hezbollah - A Short History | Updated And Expanded Third Edition

by Augustus Richard Norton

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 Featuring a new prologue and conclusion and two new chapters on recent developmentsWith Hezbollah's entry into the Lebanese government in 2009 and forceful intervention in the Syrian civil war, the potent Shi'i political and military organization continues to play an enormous role in the Middle East. A hybrid of militia, political party, and so
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Boko Haram - The History Of An African Jihadist Movement

by Alexander Thurston

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 "Thurston has written the definitive history of Boko Haram. By weaving a complex tapestry of politics and religion, he explains the peculiarity and potency of one of the world's most lethal jihadist insurgencies. A violent and secretive sect that was impenetrable even to experts is now laid bare."--William McCants, author of The ISIS Apocalypse.e.
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Of Sand Or Soil - Genealogy And Tribal Belonging In Saudi Arabia

by Nadav Samin

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 Why do tribal genealogies matter in modern-day Saudi Arabia? What compels the strivers and climbers of the new Saudi Arabia to want to prove their authentic descent from one or another prestigious Arabian tribe? Of Sand or Soil looks at how genealogy and tribal belonging have informed the lives of past and present inhabitants of Saudi Arabia and ho
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On British Islam - Religion, Law, And Everyday Practice In Shari?A Councils

by John R. Bowen

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 On British Islam examines the history and everyday workings of Islamic institutions in Britain, with a focus on shari?a councils. These councils concern themselves with religious matters, especially divorce. They have a higher profile in Britain than in other Western nations. Why? Taking a historical and ethnographic look at British Islam, John Bow
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Of Sand Or Soil - Genealogy And Tribal Belonging In Saudi Arabia

by Nadav Samin

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 Why do tribal genealogies matter in modern-day Saudi Arabia? What compels the strivers and climbers of the new Saudi Arabia to want to prove their authentic descent from one or another prestigious Arabian tribe? Of Sand or Soil looks at how genealogy and tribal belonging have informed the lives of past and present inhabitants of Saudi Arabia and ho
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The Makings Of Indonesian Islam - Orientalism And The Narration Of A Sufi Past

by Michael Laffan

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 Indonesian Islam is often portrayed as being intrinsically moderate by virtue of the role that mystical Sufism played in shaping its traditions. According to Western observers--from Dutch colonial administrators and orientalist scholars to modern anthropologists such as the late Clifford Geertz--Indonesia's peaceful interpretation of Islam has been
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Identity And Religion In Palestine - The Struggle Between Islamism And Secularism In The Occupied Territories

by Loren D. Lybarger

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 Examines how the Islamist movement and its competition with secular-nationalist factions have transformed the identities of ordinary Palestinians since the first Palestinian uprising, or intifada, of the late 1980s. This book provides insights into the complex social dynamics through which Islamism has reshaped what it means to be Palestinian.
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Remaking Muslim Politics - Pluralism, Contestation, Democratization

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 Examines the social origins of civil-democratic Islam, its long-term prospects, its implications for the West, and its lessons for our understanding of religion and politics in modern times. This book is a comparative study of Islam and democracy. The contributors are Bahman Baktiari, Thomas Barfield, John R Bowen, Dale F Eickelman, and more.
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The Ulama In Contemporary Islam - Custodians Of Change

by Muhammad Qasim Zaman

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 From the cleric-led Iranian revolution to the rise of the Taliban in Afghanistan, many people have been surprised by what they see as the modern reemergence of an antimodern phenomenon. This book talks about the increasingly visible public role of traditionally educated Muslim religious scholars (the 'ulama) across contemporary Muslim societies.
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Being Muslim The Bosnian Way - Identity And Community In A Central Bosnian Village

by Tone Bringa

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 Gives an ethnographic account of Bosnian Muslims' lives in a rural village located near Sarajevo. Although they represent a majority of the population in the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bosnian Muslims are still members of a minority culture in the region that was once Yugoslavia.
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War On The Uyghurs - China'S Internal Campaign Against A Muslim Minority

by Sean R. Roberts

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The Making Of The Modern Muslim State - Islam And Governance In The Middle East And North Africa

by Malika Zeghal

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The Making Of The Modern Muslim State - Islam And Governance In The Middle East And North Africa

by Malika Zeghal

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Terror In France - The Rise Of Jihad In The West

by Gilles Kepel

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 The virulent new brand of Islamic extremism threatening the West In November 2015, ISIS terrorists massacred scores of people in Paris with coordinated attacks on the Bataclan concert hall, cafes and restaurants, and the national sports stadium. On Bastille Day in 2016, an ISIS sympathizer drove a truck into crowds of vacationers at the beaches of
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Islam In Pakistan - A History

by Muhammad Qasim Zaman

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 The first book to explore the modern history of Islam in South AsiaThe first modern state to be founded in the name of Islam, Pakistan was the largest Muslim country in the world at the time of its establishment in 1947. Today it is the second-most populous, after Indonesia. Islam in Pakistan is the first comprehensive book to explore Islam's
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What Is Religious Authority? - Cultivating Islamic Communities In Indonesia

by Ismail Fajrie Alatas

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A History Of Judaism

by Martin Goodman

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Martyrs And Tricksters - An Ethnography Of The Egyptian Revolution

by Walter Armbrust

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What Is Religious Authority? - Cultivating Islamic Communities In Indonesia

by Ismail Fajrie Alatas

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 An anthropologist's groundbreaking account of how Islamic religious authority is assembled through the unceasing labor of community building on the island of JavaThis compelling book draws on Ismail Fajrie Alatas's unique insights as an anthropologist to provide a new understanding of Islamic religious authority, showing how religious leaders u
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Islam And Gender - The Religious Debate In Contemporary Iran

by Ziba Mir-Hosseini

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 Following the Islamic Revolution of 1979 and the re-introduction of Sharica law, women's rights in Iran suffered a setback. Through interviews with clerics in the Iranian religious center of Qom, this book seeks to understand the notions of gender that inform Islamic jurisprudence and to explore how clerics perpetuate and modify these notions.
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Martyrs And Tricksters - An Ethnography Of The Egyptian Revolution

by Walter Armbrust

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 An important look at the hopeful rise and tragic defeat of the Egyptian Revolution of 2011The Egyptian Revolution of 2011 began with immense hope, but was defeated in two and a half years, ushering in the most brutal and corrupt regime in modern Egyptian history. How was the passage from utmost euphoria into abject despair experienced, not only
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Living On Paper - Letters From Iris Murdoch, 1934-1995

by Iris Murdoch

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 Originally published: London: Chatto & Windus, an imprint of Vintage, 2015.
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The Sunni Tragedy In The Middle East - Northern Lebanon From Al-Qaeda To Isis

by Bernard Rougier

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 Northern Lebanon is a land in turmoil. Long under the sway of the Assad regime in Syria, it is now a magnet for Sunni Muslim jihadists inspired by anti-Western and anti-Shi'a worldviews. The Sunni Tragedy in the Middle East describes in harrowing detail the struggle led by an active minority of jihadist militants, some claiming allegiance to ISIS,
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Becoming Better Muslims - Religious Authority And Ethical Improvement In Aceh, Indonesia

by David Kloos

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 How do ordinary Muslims deal with and influence the increasingly pervasive Islamic norms set by institutions of the state and religion? Becoming Better Muslims offers an innovative account of the dynamic interactions between individual Muslims, religious authorities, and the state in Aceh, Indonesia. Relying on extensive historical and ethnographic
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