In recent years the modern world has developed a brave new concept: 'soft power'. It is the power of friendly persuasion rather than command, and it invites nations to compete (as they did in the nineteenth century) to expand their 'sphere of influence' as...

In recent years the subject of freedom of expression has become a topic of heated debate.and Freedom of Expression in Islamand offers the first and only detailed presentation in English of freedom of expression from both the legal and moral perspectives of Islam. This...

In September 1941, a young American woman strides up the steps of a hotel in Lyon, Vichy France. Her papers say she is a journalist. Her wooden leg is disguised by a determined gait and a distracting beauty. She is there to spark the...

In the 1980s, a young adventurer and collector for a government library, Abdel Kader Haidara, journeyed across the Sahara Desert and along the Niger River, tracking down and salvaging tens of thousands of ancient Islamic and secular manuscripts that were crumbling in the trunks...

In the mid-eighteenth century, as new ideas begin to sweep the continent, a young Jew of mysterious origins arrives in a village in Poland. Before long, he has changed not only his name but his persona; visited by what seem to be ecstatic experiences,...

In the popular imagination, Islam is often associated with words like oppression, totalitarianism, intolerance, cruelty, misogyny, and homophobia, while its presumed antonyms are Christianity, the West, liberalism, individualism, freedom, citizenship, and democracy. In the most alarmist views, the West's most cherished values-freedom, equality, and...

Inand The Promise of Piety, Arsalan Khan examines the zealous commitment to a distinct form of face-to-face preaching (dawat) among Pakistani Tablighis, practitioners of the transnational Islamic piety movement the Tablighi Jamaat.and This group says that Muslims have abandoned their religious duties for worldly...

In The Quest for Meaning, Tariq Ramadan, philosopher and Islamic scholar, invites the reader to join him on a journey to the deep ocean of religious, secular, and indigenous spiritual traditions to explore the most pressing contemporary issues. Along the way, Ramadan interrogates the...

Inand The Righteous Mind, psychologist Jonathan Haidt answers some of the most compelling questions about human relationships:Why can it sometimes feel as though half the population is living in a different moral universe? Why do ideas such as 'fairness' and 'freedom' mean such different...

In the second book in Osho's Foundation of a New Humanity series, he explores the integral role of women in our society. The realm of spirituality, he poses, has remained male-dominated - not only male-dominated but male-chauvinistic. There were reasons why all religions and...

In the twelfth century, the legendary temple of Angkor Wat was ruled by the benevolent and brilliant military strategist Prince Jayavar. When his land is taken by force, Jayavar narrowly escapes death at the hands of the conquering Cham King Indravarman. As the new...

In this book, the stories of the prophets have been compiled from 'Al-Bidayah wan-Nihayah' (The Beginning and the End) which is a great work of the famous Muslim exegete and historian Ibn Kathir and has a prominent place in the Islamic literature. The stories...

In this brand new Courtney Series novel by bestselling author, Wilbur Smith, comes an epic story of tragedy, loss, betrayal and courage that brings the reader deep into the seething heart of the French and Indian War.1754. Inseparable since birth and growing up in...

In this colorful, eye-opening memoir, Jayanti Tamm offers an unforgettable glimpse into the hidden world of growing up "cult" in mainstream America. Through Jayanti's fascinating story-the first book to chronicle Sri Chinmoy-she unmasks a leader who convinces thousands of disciples to follow him, scores...

In this companion study guide to UNSHAKEABLE TRUST,and New York Timesand bestselling author Joyce Meyer explores a life lived in complete and total dependence on God. Drawing on her own experiences and inspiration from the Word of God, Joyce makes the case that in...

In this compassionate and deeply personal work, Rabbi Harold S. Kushner distills his experiences as a twenty-first-century rabbi into nine essential takeaways. Offering readers a lifetime's worth of spiritual food for thought, pragmatic advice, and strength for trying times, he gives fresh, vital insight...

In this comprehensive and practical guide, the secrets of the ancient science of Tantra become available to a contemporary audience for the first time. Confined to small, hidden mystery schools for centuries, and often misunderstood and misinterpreted today. Tantra is not just a collection...

In this in-depth look at occult and esoteric traditions in Russia, Christopher McIntosh explores the currents of mysticism, myth, magic, and the spiritual to which the Russian soul has always been attuned. The author explains how the search for meaning in the post-Soviet era...

In this revelatory, uplifting, and practical book, the preeminent spiritual leader explains why we must-and how we can-make the world safer, fairer, and healthier for all people now.In the COVID crisis, the beloved shepherd of over one billion Catholics saw the cruelty and inequity...

In this sixth book of his, Nadeem F. Paracha ventures even deeper to explore the statist-nationalist narratives of Pakistan. He deconstructs these narratives to offer a counter-narrative for a country that is still struggling to posit a convincing national identity.

In this stunning novel, Coelho's unusual protagonist sets the town a moral challenge from which they may never recover.A stranger arrives in the small mountain village. He carries with him a backpack containing a notebook and eleven gold bars.Burying these in the vicinity, the...

In this tenth volume of the popular Insights for a New Way of Living series, Osho examines the nature of compassion from a radically different perspective. He points out that "passion" lies at the root of the word, and then proceeds to challenge assumptions...

In this thought-provoking book, Patricia Cori takes time from her channeled work as the Scribe to the Speakers of the Sirian High Council to focus on her past-life experiences in ancient Egypt. The book begins dramatically with the traumatic recall of a past Egyptian...

In this work from the Revival of the Religious Sciences, Abu Hamid l-Ghazali builds on the previous chapter of Intention, Sincerity andamp; Truthfulness with the qualities that support good intention. While this present work is entitled Vigilance and Self-examination, the main virtue steadfast commitment...

Includes Sayyid Abul Ala Mawdudi's commentary on Surah 38: Sad to Surah 46: Al-Ahqaf. Each surah is prefaced by an account of the background and teachings. A lively and highly readable English rendering of Tafhim al-Quran. This Tafsir answers contemporary questions and makes the...

India presents an important case study of exclusionist extremism fueled by the Hindutva religio-political ideology. The trend of Hindutva has largely gone unnoticed because the Indian state covered it up with a fanciful word called democracy. Even the international community has, by and large,...

INSIDE IRAN'S NEW REVOLUTIONI've stopped pulling up my scarf to cover my hair when I pass by the guards. I know that nothing can stop one of them from raising his gun and targeting me. But this is for the greater good.Following the death...

Introduces the customs of Ramadan.

Introducing Little Clothbound Classics: irresistible, mini editions of short stories, novellas and essays from the world's greatest writers, designed by the award-winning Coralie Bickford-Smith.Celebrating the range and diversity of Penguin Classics, they take us from snowy Japan to springtime Vienna, from haunted New England...

INTRODUCTION TO THE STUDY OF THE ORIENTAL DOCTRINESwhile pointing ceaselessly to the perennial wisdom found in past cultures ranging from the Shamanistic to the Indian and Chinese, the Hellenic and Judaic, the Christian and Islamic, and including also Alchemy, Hermeticism, and other esoteric currents,...

Invisible Empresses of the Raj

Is anything everand notand an interpretation?Does interpretation go all the way down?Is there such a thing as a pure fact that is interpretation-free? If not, how are we supposed to know what to think and do?These tantalizing questions are tackled by renowned American thinker...

Is culture transferred through food? Does Islam have a particular flavour? Why is the Muslim world perceived to be so indulgently carnivorous?The eloquent essays in Critical Muslim: Food in Islam not only explore the varied delights of international Muslim cuisine, but also the option...

Islam - A Concise Introduction

Islam and the Perennial Philosophy This is Frithjof Schuon's third book on Islam. Like the two previous books it is rooted in Sufism, and like them it has a rich vein of comparative religion, which demonstrates the unity of all true religions on the...

ISLAM BETWEEN EAST AND WESTIslam, which occupies a central position between East and West, has to become conscious of its own mission. Now, when it is more and more obvious that the opposed ideologies with their extreme forms cannot be imposed on mankind, and...

Islam Dor e Jadeed Ka Khaliq

Islam emerged amid flourishing Christian and Jewish cultures, yet students of Antiquity and the Middle Ages mostly ignore it. Despite intensive study of late Antiquity over the last fifty years, even generous definitions of this period have reached only the eighth century, whereas Islam...

Islam is a hidden ingredient in the melting pot of America. Though there are between two and eight million Muslims in the USA, Islam has traditionally had little political clout compared to other minority faiths. Nonetheless it is believed to be the country s...

Islam Its Meaning and Message

Islam Kiya Ha ? (Introduction To Islam) by Aliya Khan (Translator)

ISLAM Religion, Practice, Culture and World Order by and Ismail Al Faruqi

ISLAM, FUNDAMENTALISM AND THE BETRAYAL OF TRADITION Essays by Western Muslim Scholars“Anyone, whether he or she be a Muslim, a follower of another religion, or more generally anyone who is seriously interested in the relation between Islam and the West and Islam in the...

Islam, Science, Muslims And Technology

Islam: A Comrehensive Introduction

ISLAM: FAITH AND PRACTICEISLAM: FAITH AND PRACTICE Mahmoud Mustafa Ayoub What is Islam? Is it just a set of rituals or does it have a philosophy all its own? Islam and Muslims are often in the news but does the non-Muslim World really understand...

ISLAMIC

Islamic asset management has been growing at a similar rate as the Islamic financial industry as a whole and at the time of writing close to 700 funds are incorporated in the major databases with an estimated funds under management of around $70 billion....

Islamic Civilization by Sayyid Abul A, the Mawdudi

Islamic civilization was once the envy of the world. From a succession of glittering, cosmopolitan capitals, Islamic empires lorded it over the Middle East, North Africa, Central Asia and swathes of the Indian subcontinent. For centuries the caliphate was both ascendant on the battlefield...