Islam

This collection focuses on the controversial relationship between religion and the state within the Arab Spring context and the evolving debates on...

The Muslim shrine is at the crossroad of many processes involving society and culture. It is the place where a saint often a Sufi - is buried, and...

With a focus on the areas of theory, literature, culture, society and film, this collection of essays examines, questions and broadens the applicab...

This book explores the long history in China of Chinese Muslims, known as the Hui people, and regarded as a minority, though in fact they are disti...

This book explores the organic lives of popular Sufi shrines in contemporary Northwest India. It traverses the worldview of shrine spaces, rituals ...

This title was first published in 2002. This text seeks to provide the necessary background for understanding the contemporary relationship between...

This book is a study of related passages found in the Arabic Qurn and the Aramaic Gospels, i.e. the Gospels preserved in the Syriac and Christian P...

Despite numerous sources suggesting that Islamophobia is becoming both increasingly prevalent and societally acceptable in the contemporary world, ...

A must-read for anyone interested in Muslim cultures, this volume not only explores Muslim identities through the lens of sexuality and gender - th...

Political Islam and Democracy in Central Asia is a study of moderation of political Islam in Central Asia. It analyses the only Islamic political p...

This unique collaboration between scholars, practitioners and Muslim artists profiles emerging forms of contemporary British Muslim art, prompting ...