Islam Books

New and Published Books

1. Sufis in Western Society

   Global networking and locality

   Edited by Markus Dressler, Ron Geaves, Gritt Klinkhammer

   Series: Routledge Sufi Series

   In recent years Sufism has undergone something of a revival as a spiritual alternative to other manifestations of Islam. This book investigates the development of Sufism in Western societies, with a regional focus on North America and Europe. Exploring a number of issues relating to the dynamic...

   Published April 9th 2013 by Routledge
2. Islam, Culture and Women in Asia

   Complex Terrains

   Edited by Firdous Azim

   An examination of the place of religion, especially Islam, in political and cultural life took on a special urgency after the events of 9/11. The essays in this volume concentrate on the way that Islam impacts on the everyday lives of people who reside in societies where Islam plays a large part....

   Published March 5th 2013 by Routledge
3. Islam in the Nordic and Baltic Countries

   Edited by Göran Larsson

   Series: Islamic Studies Series

   Although Muslims are now an important presence in Europe, little is known about the Muslim communities that exist in the Nordic and Baltic regions of Europe. This is the first comprehensive and detailed study of the history, context and development of Islamic institutions and Muslim groups in...

   Published February 26th 2013 by Routledge
4. Engaging with a Legacy: Nehemia Levtzion (1935-2003)

   Edited by E. Ann McDougall

   Engaging with a Legacy shows how Nehemia Levtzion shaped our understanding of Islam in Africa and influenced successive scholarly generations in their approach to Islamization, conversion and fundamentalism. The book illuminates his work, career and family life – including his own ‘life vision’ on...

   Published December 17th 2012 by Routledge
5. Gender and Diversity in the Middle East and North Africa

   Edited by Zahia Smail Salhi

   The images of women in chadors or burqas as contrasted with images of belly dancers which circulate today as representations of Muslim/Middle Eastern women do not fluctuate from the images propagated by Orientalist paintings and colonial photographs which also offer contrasting representations of...

   Published November 13th 2012 by Routledge
6. Anti-Muslim Prejudice

   Past and Present

   Edited by Maleiha Malik

   This collection makes a unique contribution to the study of anti-Muslim prejudice by placing the issue in both its past and present context. The essays cover historical and contemporary subjects from the eleventh century to the present day. They examine the forms that anti-Muslim prejudice takes,...

   Published November 12th 2012 by Routledge
7. Muslims in Britain

   Making Social and Political Space

   Edited by Waqar Ahmad, Ziauddin Sardar

   The management of social, religious and ethnic diversity is a key social policy concern in Britain, and Muslims in particular have become a focus of attention in recent years. This timely and topical volume examines the position of Muslims in Britain and how they are changing and making social,...

   Published May 16th 2012 by Routledge
8. Islamophobia in the West

   Measuring and Explaining Individual Attitudes

   Edited by Marc Helbling

   Series: Routledge Advances in Sociology

   Since the late 1980s, growing migration from countries with a Muslim cultural background, and increasing Islamic fundamentalism related to terrorist attacks in Western Europe and the US, have created a new research field investigating the way states and ordinary citizens react to these new...

   Published February 15th 2012 by Routledge
9. Muslim Women and Sport

   Edited by Tansin Benn, Gertrud Pfister, Haifaa Jawad

   Series: Routledge Studies in Physical Education and Youth Sport

   Examining the global experiences, challenges and achievements of Muslim women participating in physical activities and sport, this important new study makes a profound contribution to our understanding of both contemporary Islam and the complexity and diversity of women’s lives in the modern world....

   Published February 12th 2012 by Routledge
10. Muslims in 21st Century Europe

    Structural and Cultural Perspectives

    Edited by Anna Triandafyllidou

    Series: Routledge/ESA Studies in European Societies

    Muslims in 21st Century Europe explores the interaction between native majorities and Muslim minorities in various European countries with a view to highlighting different paths of integration of immigrant and native Muslims. Starting with a critical overview of the institutionalisation of Islam...

    Published February 5th 2012 by Routledge