Islam

En oktoberdag 2013 försvinner plötsligt två välartade tonårsflickor från sitt hem i Norge. Deras föräldrar pendlar mellan panik och förtvivlan. Vad kan ha hänt dem? Så kommer chockbeskedet: de har gått över gränsen till Syrien. Men deras far är in...

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Retoriken rörande muslimska kvinnor har i åratal baserats på en vilja att modernisera och civilisera dem, förklädd som en räddningsaktion. Skildringar av den muslimska kvinnan som ser sin muslimska grogrund som någonting feministiskt och stärkande...

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Homosexuality is anathema to Islam or so the majority of both believers and non-believers suppose. Throughout the Muslim world, it is met with hostility, where state punishments range from hefty fines to the death penalty. Likewise, numerous schol...

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Vid förra sekelskiftet flyttade en man vid namn Ebrahim Umerkajeff till Stockholm och länge levde han där som landets enda muslim. Han kom till Sverige som ung fattig äventyrare men blev med tiden en framgångsrik affärsman med våning på Östermalm ...

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"När barnen somnat satte jag på vattnet i badrummet, så att de skulle tro att jag duschade om de vaknade. Sedan kontrollerade jag från fönstret när poliserna gjorde sin runda. Precis när de passerat min port gick jag med snabba steg nerför trappan...

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I sin nya bok argumenterar Ayaan Hirsi Ali för att en reformation kan få slut på terrorismen, den sekteristiska krigföringen och förtrycket av kvinnor och minoriteter som varje år kräver tusentals liv. Hon uppmanar västvärlden att inte längre söka...

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När en konservativ salafistisk kultur spred sig i Sverige i början av 2010-talet valde de flesta medier och journalister att inte rapportera om utvecklingen. Varför? Rädslan att gå rasistiska ärenden eller ytterligare peka ut en redan utsatt grupp...

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From the bestselling writer of 'The History of God' and the widely acclaimed 'Islam - A Short History' comes Karen Armstrong's 'Muhammad'.Muhammad was born in 570 C.E., and over the following sixty years built a thriving spiritual community, layin...

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Two veteran journalists tell the inside story of convicted hate-monger Abu Hamza, his infamous Finsbury Park Mosque and how it turned out a generation of militants willing to die - and kill - for their cause...In the heightened atmosphere followin...

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A superb, authoritatively written insider's account of Iran, one of the most mysterious but significant and powerful nations in the world.Few historians and journalists writing in English have been able to meaningfully examine post-revolutionary I...

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'Could you show me a djinn?' I asked. 'Certainly,' replied the Sufi. 'But you would run away.'From the author of the Samuel Johnson Prize-shortlisted 'The Return of a King', this is William Dalrymple's captivating memoir of a year spent in Delhi, ...

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This edition does not include illustrations.Britain's greatest religious historian chronicles the rise and rise of fundamentalism.One of the most potent forces bedevilling the modern world is religious extremism, and the need to understand it has ...

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A world-class tale of love and deceit, rivalry and destiny from the Lahore-based writer Uzma Aslam Khan.'Standing in a room with eight thousand tiny creatures, witnessing them perform a dance that few humans even knew occurred; this was life. Ever...

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Understand the religion behind the headlines.Do you want to understand the world's fastest-growing religion? Are you interested in knowing who Muhammad was and why he had such as lasting influence?This book, which features colour photographs throu...

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A Times History Book of the Year 2022A TLS Book of the Year 2022?Exhilarating and whip-smart? THE SUNDAY TIMESFrom award-winning writer Edward Wilson-Lee, this is a thrilling true historical detective story set in sixteenth-century Portugal.A Hist...

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An exquisite and inspiring memoir about one mother's unimaginable choice in the face of oppression and abuse in Taliban-controlled Afghanistan.How far would you go to protect yourself? Your dignity? Your family?In the days before Homeira Qaderi ga...

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'Through her courageous resistance, she has, for a moment, drawn global attention to the ongoing struggle of Saudi women. The striking image of a young woman, wielding nothing but a cellphone, facing down the force of an oppressive government is a...

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Longlisted for the William Hill Sports Book of the Year Awards 2023Manchester. Birthplace of industry, the Stone Roses, the Class of 92 and, in 1979, a small brown man called Noz. This is the story of how, and why, he came to be a strictly halal S...

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The worlds premier authority on religious traditions presents a concise and timely guide to the history, teachings, and practice of Islam.Drawn from his masterful presentation of Islam in the bestselling book The Worlds Religions (over two million...

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The headlines are filled with the politics of Islam, but there is another side to the world's fastest-growing religion. Sufism is the poetry and mysticism of Islam. This mystical movement from the early ninth century rejects worship motivated by t...

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The world's leading Islamicist offers a concise introduction to this rich and diverse tradition of 1.2 billion adherents. In this informative and clear introduction to the world of Islam, Seyyed Hossein Nasr explores the following topics in depth:...

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As the specter of religious extremism has become a fact of life today, the temptation is great to allow the evil actions and perspectives of a minority to represent an entire tradition. In the case of Islam, there has been much recent confusion in...

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An American imam offers answers for today's toughest questions about Islam, and a vision for a reconciliation between Islam and the West.One of the pressing questions of our time is what went wrong in the relationship between Muslims and the West....

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The Worlds Religions, by beloved author and pioneering professor Huston Smith (Tales of Wonder), is the definitive classic for introducing the essential elements and teachings of the worlds predominant faiths, including Hinduism, Buddhism, Confuci...

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An Inspiring Account of One Woman's Journey to Reclaim Her Spiritual and Cultural IdentityFor Asma Hasan, being a Muslim is not merely a matter of birth, but a matter of choice and faith. Hasan's personal relationship with her religion was, and co...

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Compassionate and cleara courageous undertaking. Greg Mortenson, New York Times bestselling author of Three Cups of Tea and Stones into SchoolsAs a scholar and storyteller extraordinaire, Deepak Chopra portrays a morally courageous yet highly huma...

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The foremost U.S. authority on Islam and, Seyyed Hossein Nasr discusses todays hot button issuesincluding holy wars, womens rights, the rise of Islamic fundamentalism, and the future of Moslems in the Middle Eastin this groundbreaking discussion o...

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The Soul of Rumi collects the poetry of the thirteenth century Persian mystic that explores the divine from the teachings of Sufism.Rumi's masterpieces have inspired countless people throughout the centuries, and Coleman Barks's exquisite renderin...

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An accessible and accurate translation of the Quran that offers a rigorous analysis of its theological, metaphysical, historical, and geographical teachings and backgrounds, and includes extensive study notes, special introductions by experts in t...

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The definitive compendium of Sufi wisdom, 'Essential Sufism' draws together more than three hundred fables, poems and prayers that reveal the luminous spirit of Islamic mysticism. Embracing all eras and highlighting the many faces of Sufism, this ...

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