Murshid

Murshid
Author: Mansur Johnson
Publisher: Peaceworks
Total Pages: 530
Release: 2006
Genre: Sufis
ISBN:

Al-Murshid Al-Mu'een

Al-Murshid Al-Mu'een
Author: Abd Al Ibn Ashir
Publisher:
Total Pages: 110
Release: 2018-11-14
Genre:
ISBN: 9781908892508

The classic Moroccan text from which generations learnt the basics of Islam, Iman and Ihsan.

The Sacred and the Secular

The Sacred and the Secular
Author: Tazeen Mahnaz Murshid
Publisher:
Total Pages: 512
Release: 1995
Genre: History
ISBN:

This interdisciplinary study in socio-political and intellectual history examines the tension between religious and secular perceptions among the intelligentsia in Bengal in matters pertaining to their social, cultural, and political lives. It explores the wide impact of their local Indian, trans-Indian, colonial, and post-colonial experiences and predicts a continued struggle between religious and secular forces to determine the nature of the state in the foreseeable future.

Arguing Sainthood

Arguing Sainthood
Author: Katherine Pratt Ewing
Publisher: Duke University Press
Total Pages: 332
Release: 1997
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780822320241

Ewing examines the competing forces behind the formation of a modern western subjectivity in the context of Sufi religious meanings and practices in Pakistan.

Awakening

Awakening
Author: Subrata Das Gupta
Publisher: Random House India
Total Pages: 374
Release: 2011-12-02
Genre: History
ISBN: 8184002483

In the nineteenth century, Bengal witnessed an extraordinary intellectual flowering. Bengali prose emerged, and with it the novel and modern blank verse; old arguments about religion, society, and the lives of women were overturned; great schools and colleges were created; new ideas surfaced in science. And all these changes were led by a handful of remarkable men and women. For the first time comes a gripping narrative about the Bengal Renaissance recounted through the lives of all its players from Rammohun Roy to Rabindranath Tagore. Immaculately researched, told with colour, drama, and passion, Awakening is a stunning achievement.

History of the Arabic Written Tradition Supplement Volume 3 - ii

History of the Arabic Written Tradition Supplement Volume 3 - ii
Author: Carl Brockelmann
Publisher: BRILL
Total Pages: 624
Release: 2018-10-08
Genre: Reference
ISBN: 9004384685

The present English translation reproduces the original German of Carl Brockelmann’s Geschichte der Arabischen Litteratur (GAL) as accurately as possible. In the interest of user-friendliness the following emendations have been made in the translation: Personal names are written out in full, except b. for ibn; Brockelmann’s transliteration of Arabic has been adapted to comply with modern standards for English-language publications; modern English equivalents are given for place names, e.g. Damascus, Cairo, Jerusalem, etc.; several erroneous dates have been corrected, and the page references to the two German editions have been retained in the margin, except in the Supplement volumes, where new references to the first two English volumes have been inserted. Supplement volume SIII-ii offers the thee Indices (authors, titles, and Western editors/publishers).

Struggling for the Umma

Struggling for the Umma
Author: Endang Turmudi
Publisher: ANU E Press
Total Pages: 238
Release: 2007-10-01
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1920942432

Focuses on the heartland of the Nahdlatul Ulama (NU), the largest Islamic organization in Indonesia, and on the role of ulama (religious leaders), or kiai as they are known in Java, within NU. Based on substantial fieldwork, this study provides an informed glimpse into the intimate relationships among kiai, their role in local and national politics and their leadership of the Islamic community. Argues that the charismatic authority exerted through the leadership of the kiai in Java has limitations in terms of its legitimacy. At the very least it has boundaries that determine areas or circumstances for its legitimate expression. It also argues that the kiai's influence in politics is not as strong as in other domains.

Minorities and the State in the Arab World

Minorities and the State in the Arab World
Author: Ofra Bengio
Publisher: Lynne Rienner Publishers
Total Pages: 240
Release: 1999
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 9781555876470

This text offers a comprehensive discussion of minorities and ethnic politics in eight Arab countries. Focusing on the strategic political chaos made by minorities, majorities and regimes in power, the authors point to probable future developments in majority-minority relations in the region.