The West and Islam

Western Liberal Democracy versus the System of Shura

By Mishal Fahm al-Sulami

Published May 16th 2007 by Routledge.

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Islamic Insurance

A Modern Approach to Islamic Banking

By Aly Khorshid

Some Muslims believe insurance is unnecessary, as society should help its victims. Muslims can no longer ignore the fact that they live, trade and communicate...

Published May 16th 2007 by Routledge.

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The Birth of The Prophet Muhammad

Devotional Piety in Sunni Islam

By Marion Holmes Katz

In the medieval period, the birth of the Prophet Muhammad (the mawlid) was celebrated in popular narratives and ceremonies that expressed the religious agendas and...

Published April 19th 2007 by Routledge.

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The Harp and the Shield of David

Ireland, Zionism and the State of Israel

By Shulamit Eliash

Eliash examines the relationship between Ireland and the Zionist movement, and the state of Israel from the context of Palestine’s partition and the delay in Ireland’s...

Published April 12th 2007 by Routledge.

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War in Iraq

Planning and Execution

Edited by Thomas G. Mahnken, Thomas A. Keaney

This volume provides a collection of insightful essays on all phases of the Iraq War: both US-led major combat operations to defeat the Ba’athist regime...

Published April 5th 2007 by Routledge.

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Managing Instability in Algeria

Elites and Political Change since 1995

By Isabelle Werenfels

This topical new book seeks to understand the relationship between elite dynamics and strategies and the lack of profound political change in Algeria after 1995,...

Published March 15th 2007 by Routledge.

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Between Terrorism and Civil War

The al-Aqsa Intifada

Edited by Clive Jones, Ami Pedahzur

This volume seeks to explore whether the current violence, its origins and dynamics can best be understood as a manifestation of civil war. In so...

Published March 2nd 2007 by Routledge.

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Mediaeval Islamic Historiography and Political Legitimacy

Bal'ami's Tarikhnamah

By A.C.S. Peacock

The Tarikhnamah is a history of the world and the oldest surviving work of Persian prose. This book examines it as a political and cultural...

Published February 26th 2007 by Routledge.

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The Origins of the American-Israeli Alliance

The Jordanian Factor

By Abraham Ben-Zvi

This book demonstrates that the origins of the US-Israeli alliance lay in the former's concern over Egyptian influence in Jordan, contrasting with the widely-held view...

Published February 1st 2007 by Routledge.

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The Thousand and One Nights

Space, Travel and Transformation

By Richard van Leeuwen

This volume discusses The Thousand and One Nights' themes of space and travel showing how they are used not only as a setting in which the...

Published December 4th 2006 by Routledge.

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