Religious & Theocratic Ideologies

Since early 2007 a new breed of combatants has appeared on the streets of Mogadishu and other towns in Somalia: the 'Shabaab', or youth, the only s...

Since the 1970s, there have been three challenges to traditional, homogeneous 'national' identities across the Western world: political and socioec...

The Prayers and Meditations of Saint Anselm (1070-1080) is a collection of writings by Anselm of Aosta. Written during his time at Bec Abbey in Nor...

Since early 2007 a new breed of combatants has appeared on the streets of Mogadishu and other towns in Somalia: the 'Shabaab', or youth, the only s...

'We fail to understand Islam,' writes Roger Hardy in the introduction to this book, 'and we are paying a high price for our failure.' The Muslim Re...

Pakistan is both the embodiment of national ambitions fulfilled and, in the eyes of many, a failed state. Muslim Zion cuts to the core of the geopo...

Seeds of Terror will reshape the way you think about the Wests enemies, revealing them less as ideologues and more as criminals who earn billions o...

Islamist extremism is one of the most vital issues facing governments and populations today, as Islamist groups turn more violent, with increasingl...

The Arab Spring heralded a profound shift in the Middle East, bringing to power Islamist movements which had previously been operating in the shado...

The challenge of Islam to Americas Christian identity and the stark differences between Muslim and Western worldviews are exposed in this penetrati...

The modern world struggles to make sense of the savage violence and terror perpetrated by Islamic State. In this timely publication Dr Patrick Sook...

Hanif Qadir is recognised as one of the world's leading specialists in positively transforming violent extremists. He has worked with hundreds of h...

The Islamic State has stunned the world with its savagery, destructiveness, and military and recruiting successes. What explains the rise of ISIS, ...

A timely defense of religious diversity and its centrality to American identityAmerica is the most religiously diverse nation on the planet. In tod...

Hizbullah is not only a leading political actor in Lebanon and a dynamic force in the Middle East, but it is also distinguished by a sophisticated ...

A compelling history of the ancient schism that continues to divide the Islamic worldWhen Muhammad died in 632 without a male heir, Sunnis contende...

This book takes the long-view by analysing Islamic State's beginnings in Iraq to their involvement in the Arab Spring and through to the present da...

A #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Following the U.S-Taliban peace deal of February 2020 - and the U.S's promised withdrawal from Afghanistan - the T...

This book takes the long-view by analysing Islamic State's beginnings in Iraq to their involvement in the Arab Spring and through to the present da...

Religion and Representation: Islam and Democracy brings together a series of reflections, studies and observations that examine the complex relatio...

The Trkh al-fattsh is one of the most important and celebrated sources for the history of pre-colonial West Africa, yet it has confounded scholars ...

Why has secularism faced such challenges in the Middle East and in Lebanon in particular? In light of dominating headlines about the spread of sect...