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  1. Leadership and Authority in Central Asia

    An Ismaili Community in Tajikistan

    By Otambek Mastibekov

    Series: Central Asia Research Forum

    This book analyses the ways in which expressions of political and religious authority have evolved and how they have been adapted to different political contexts in Central Asia. It offers a comprehensive overview of the history of the Ismaili community in Tajikistan, identifies traditional forms...

    To Be Published December 31st 2013 by Routledge

  2. Muslim Active Citizenship in the West

    By Shahram Akbarzadeh, Mario Peucker

    Series: Islamic Studies Series

    This book investigates Muslims’ struggle for recognition as equal citizens in Australia, Great Britain and Germany: what measures have been adopted by Muslims to achieve active citizenship? How do socio-political and socio-economic factors impede or advance this process? How have Muslim groups...

    To Be Published December 31st 2013 by Routledge

  3. Introducing Islam

    2nd Edition

    By William Shepard

    Series: World Religions

    What exactly is Islam and what does it mean to be a Muslim in the world today? This core textbook traces the history of Islam from its early origins in the life and career of Mohammed, through its classical expressions, to its interactions with the West in the modern world. Major topics covered...

    To Be Published January 30th 2014 by Routledge

  4. Narratives of the Life of Muhammad

    Redefining Sira Literature

    By Gurdofarid Miskinzoda

    Series: Routledge Studies in Classical Islam

    This book explores the changing attitude towards Sira literature in contemporary scholarship and examines significant aspects of its inner development. It represents a shift away from the prevalent view that the main value of Sira lies in its use as a historical source for the life of Muhammad and...

    To Be Published January 31st 2014 by Routledge

  5. Religion and Mobility in a Globalising Asia

    New Ethnographic Explorations

    Edited by Sin Wen Lau, Nanlai Cao

    This volume examines the dynamic, mutually constitutive relationship between religion and mobility in the contemporary era of Asian globalisation in which an increasing number of people have been displaced, forcefully or voluntarily, by an expanding global market economy and lasting regional...

    To Be Published January 31st 2014 by Routledge

  6. True Believers

    A Symbolic Anthropological Study of Islamist Culture

    Edited by Dawn Perlmutter

    Written for defense, intelligence and law enforcement professionals, True Believers: A Symbolic Anthropological Study of Islamist Culture provides a comprehensive overview of the symbols, rituals, beliefs, customs, and unfamiliar practices of Islamist culture. Ritualistic crime expert Dawn...

    To Be Published February 14th 2014 by CRC Press

  7. What is Islamic Philosophy?

    By Roy Jackson

    To Be Published February 27th 2014 by Routledge

  8. State and Religion in the Arab World

    Edited by Khair El-Din Haseeb, Youssef Mohammed Sawani

    Given the inertia for social change after the Arab Spring, this book presents a comprehensive view of the main arguments in the quest of determining the position of Islam in relation to the popularly desired democratic states. This panorama presents analytical, descriptive, and informative material...

    To Be Published February 28th 2014 by Routledge

  9. Imagining Muslims in South Asia and the Diaspora

    Secularism, Religion, Representations

    Edited by Claire Chambers, Caroline Herbert

    Series: Routledge Contemporary South Asia Series

    This book provides the first book-length critical evaluation of representations of Muslims from South Asia and its diaspora. It provides an analysis of literary, cultural, media, and cinematic representations of South Asian Muslims during the last few decades, and especially since September 11th,...

    To Be Published March 30th 2014 by Routledge