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Islam in world politics
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ISBN: 0415324114 0415362679 9780415324113 9780415362672 Year: 2005 Publisher: London Routledge

Islam in world politics
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ISBN: 1283708159 1134347170 1280160772 0203356926 9780203356920 9780415324113 0415324114 9780415362672 0415362679 0415362679 0415324114 9781134347124 9781134347162 9781134347179 1134347162 9781283708159 9781280160776 Year: 2005 Publisher: London Routledge

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The essays in this collection examine the emergence of Islam as a force in today's international political arena. Driven by a concern to understand factors leading to, and the implications of, this heightened political profile the contributors go beyond polemics and apologetics. The book critically examines some of the major events, movements and trends in the Islamic world over the past fifty years and their impact on the international scene. Reflecting the diversity and heterogeneity of the Muslim world, the book covers issues including:the challenge of Islamism to the Muslim

Islam : Essays on Scripture, Thought and Society : a festschrift in honour of Anthony H. JOHNS
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ISBN: 9004106928 9004452095 9789004106925 9789004452091 Year: 1997 Volume: 28 Publisher: Leiden : E.J. Brill,

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This volume comprises 17 articles on various aspects of Islamic Studies, brought together to celebrate the scholarly work of Professor A.H. Johns, which spans Islam of the medieval Middle East and Islam in Southeast Asia. The first part of the book contains 9 articles which deal with Islam as a scriptural religion, concerned to revere and interpret the Qur'ān, and promote the spread and doctrinal purity of Islam. Subjects included are Qur'anic exegesis, problems of translating the Qur'ān into Chinese, and analyses of the theological reasoning used by Muslim scholars. The second part of the book contains 8 articles which deal with Islam in Southeast Asia, especially Javanese Islam and modern articulations of Islam inspired by Muḥammad 'Abduh. Subjects dealt with include the Islamisation of the Javanese Court, and the impact of the journal al-Manār on religious discussion in the archipelago.


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Approaches to the History of the Interpretation of the Qur'ān

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ISBN: 9781463234898 9781607240464 Year: 2013 Publisher: Piscataway, N.J. Gorgias Press

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