Islam

By Hamid Dabashi

What does it suggest to be a Muslim - during this global, during this deeply transformative time? Hamid Dabashi ask this seminal query anew, within the context of what he proposes is a post-Western international the place the "Islam and the West" binary is collapsing and the place "the West," as a build, now not holds a similar normative hegemony. opposed to the grain of greater than 2 hundred years of colonialism and self-alienation, Islam continues to be not only an international faith yet a sophisticated faith - person who has continuously been aware of itself in successive imperial settings. With the increase of ecu after which American imperial adventures, Muslims were at the receiving finish of different worldly empires that experience pressured them right into a self-alienating discussion. Dabashi argues that the pressing job dealing with modern Muslims is to deliver their worlds to self-consciousness past the self-alienating come upon with ecu colonial modernity and within the context of the hot worldliness that Muslims (like all folks) face. This transition calls for crafting a brand new language of severe dialog with Islam and its cosmopolitan history - a language that's tuned to the rising, no longer the disappearing, international.

By Marshall G. S. Hodgson

By Farid Esack

Humorous, tough, debatable, passionate and unforgiving, this can be an remarkable own account of a Muslim's lifestyles within the sleek international. As an Islamic student, outspoken social activist and famous commentator, Farid Esack is in a different place to take on the quandaries and demanding situations dealing with Muslims at the present time. no matter if or not it's cultivating a significant courting with Allah or striving for gender equality and spiritual freedom, Esack combines own perception with incisive research. offering a religious but useful consultant for these looking to re-engage with their religion within the glossy global, this groundbreaking paintings might help believers and non-believers alike to understand the everlasting relevance of the Qur’an and its teachings.

By Aqa Mahdi Puya (Agha Pooya) - XKP

Tafsir of

66 Tahriim (Banning)

67 Mulk ulk (The Sovereignty)

68 Qalam (The Pen)

69 Haaaqqah (The Reality)

70 Ma-'aarij (The Asending Stairways)

translated by means of Mirza M. Pooya. one of many few and so much entire and particular commentaries at the Quran, as understood within the mild of Prophet and His loved ones.

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By Lesley Hazleton

In this gripping narrative historical past, Lesley Hazleton tells the tragic tale on the middle of the continuing competition among the Sunni and Shia branches of Islam, a rift that dominates the scoop now greater than ever.
 
Even as Muhammad lay loss of life, the conflict over who may take keep an eye on of the recent Islamic kingdom had began, starting a succession hindrance marked via strength grabs, assassination, political intrigue, and passionate faith. Soon Islam used to be embroiled in civil struggle, pitting its founder's arguable spouse Aisha opposed to his son-in-law Ali, and shattering Muhammad’s excellent of unity.
   
Combining meticulous study with compelling storytelling, After the Prophet explores the risky intersection of faith and politics, psychology and tradition, and background and present occasions. it's an fundamental advisor to the intensity and gear of the Shia–Sunni split.

By Bruce Bawer

There is a brand new kind of jihad to fear—one that threatens the very values on which our freedom rests

Bruce Bawer’s While Europe Slept sounded the alarm concerning the dire effect of Muslim immigration in Europe. Now, in Surrender, he unearths mix of worry and political correctness has led politicians, intellectuals, non secular leaders, and the media—both within the usa and abroad—to appease radical Islam on the price of our such a lot adored values: freedom of speech and freedom of the click. And the associated fee may eventually be even higher—the imposition of sharia legislation in locations the place liberty as soon as reigned.
In Surrender, Bawer writes of a brand new type of jihad that begun with the fatwa opposed to Salman Rushdie in 1989, a demise sentence born of Muslim outrage over a piece of literature. It marked the sunrise of an period of strain and intimidation designed to overwhelm the power of non-Muslims to withstand Islamic encroachments on Western freedom. In a sweeping survey of contemporary background and present occasions, Bawer lines a trend of heightened sensitivity to Muslim reactions and a reluctance to seem truthfully on the human-rights deficiencies of the Muslim global. This development should be visible within the frequent denunciation of the Danish cartoons and of the editors who revealed them; within the gleaming media assurance of the supposedly reasonable Muslim icon Tariq Ramadan; within the determination of significant newspapers to disregard or soft-pedal terrorist “dry runs” on American airplanes; within the overseas uproar over a unmarried sentence approximately Islam in a lecture by way of Pope Benedict; and in makes an attempt through yes events to silence feedback of Islam by means of suing writers who've dared to talk forthrightly concerning the religion.
Bawer argues that folks through the Western world—in response to such occasions because the Danish sketch riots and the homicide of filmmaker Theo van Gogh—are surrendering to worry. And he observes that Muslim extremists have came across unforeseen allies: non-Muslims who, inspired through the inaccurate doctrine of multiculturalism, refuse to criticize even the main intolerant points of Islamic tradition. The ensuing lodging undermines the values of person liberty and equality on which our country was once founded.

Fearless and excoriating, Surrender is an important take-heed call for everybody focused on the protection of our such a lot primary freedoms.

By Jane Dammen McAuliffe

Because the dwelling scriptural history of greater than 1000000000 humans, the Qur'an (Koran) speaks with a strong voice. simply as different scriptural religions, Islam has produced a protracted culture of interpretation for its holy booklet. however, efforts to introduce the Qur'an and its highbrow history to English-speaking audiences were hampered through the inability of obtainable assets. The Cambridge better half to the Qur'an seeks to therapy that state of affairs. In a discerning summation of the sphere, Jane McAuliffe brings jointly a world group of students to provide an explanation for its complexities. Comprising fourteen chapters, each one dedicated to an issue of principal significance, the booklet is wealthy in historic, linguistic and literary aspect, whereas additionally reflecting the impact of different disciplines. For either the collage pupil and the final reader, The Cambridge spouse to the Qur'an offers a desirable entrée to a textual content that has formed the lives of hundreds of thousands for hundreds of years.

By Mark LeVine

“We play heavy steel simply because our lives are heavy metal.”
—Reda Zine, one of many founders of the Moroccan heavy-metal scene

“Music is the weapon of the future.”
—Fela Kuti

An eighteen-year-old Moroccan who loves Black Sabbath. A twenty-two-year-old rapper from the Gaza Strip. a tender Lebanese singer who prices Bob Marley’s “Redemption Song.” they're as consultant of the realm of Islam this present day because the conservatives and extremists we see each evening at the information. Heavy steel, punk, hip-hop, and reggae are each one the tune of protest, and in lots of circumstances thought of immoral within the Muslim international. This tune can also become the soundtrack of a revolution unfolding throughout that global.

Why, regardless of governmental makes an attempt to regulate and censor them, do those musicians and fanatics preserve taking part in and listening? partially, in fact, for the enjoyment of self-expression, but additionally simply because, during this sector, every little thing is political. In Heavy steel Islam, Mark LeVine explores the impact of Western tune at the heart East via interviews with musicians and enthusiasts, introducing us younger Muslims suffering to reconcile their faith with a keenness for track and a wish for swap. the result's a revealing journey of up to date Islamic tradition throughout the evolving track scene within the center East and northern Africa. Heavy steel Islam is a stunning, wildly unique foray right into a traditionally authoritarian zone the place track simply will be the real democratizing strength.

By Abdul Hadi Abdul Hameed Saleh - XKP

The goal of this publication is neither to assault somebody nor to make the opinion of others as nonsense. it's also no longer an aimless dialogue. it's only an attempt to provide an explanation for the ideals of Ithna Ashari Shias and their tenets. there are various query marks earlier than us.

We haven't crammed this e-book with an way over highbrow arguments and quotations from Islamic texts. we've simply proved our aspect briefly. we now have attempted to take action as easily as attainable with out falling to the extent of stupidity.

But those that desire to learn intimately can confer with the certain books on which this ebook relies. the entire issues mentioned during this ebook are elaborated within the unique sources.

But those that intend to exploit this ebook to focus on the ideals of alternative humans and to insult them may still recognize that this ebook isn't for them. it's not going to aid them. yet my prayers for them will surely do. could Allah supply them taufeeq (opportunity) to cause and stick with right guidance.

Abdul Hadi Saleh

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