The Caliphate Or Supreme Imamate

Author : MUHAMMAD RASHID. RIDA
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 284 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2024-06-25
Category : History
ISBN : 9780300187298

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The Caliphate Or Supreme Imamate by MUHAMMAD RASHID. RIDA Pdf

A translation of Muhammad Rashid Rida's best-known work, which examines the compatibility of Islamic political and legal tradition with modern thought Muhammad Rashid Rida (1865-1935) was a prominent Muslim intellectual and reformer. Born in a village near Tripoli in present-day Lebanon, he was renowned for his founding of Al-Manar, an independent and successful Islamic magazine in which he published The Caliphate or Supreme Imamate as a series beginning in 1922. The work showcased Rida's faith in the Islamic tradition as the origin of notions such as self-determination and popular sovereignty, as well as his opposition to Western politics. A realist, he nevertheless argued that a revived Caliphate was viable and held the keys to Muslim empowerment and universal salvation. This skillful translation by Simon A. Wood will make The Caliphate or Supreme Imamate accessible for the first time to English-speaking scholars and students of political theory and the modern Middle East.

Author : Paul Walker
Publisher : I.B. Tauris
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2007-10-24
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1845116046

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Master of the Age by Paul Walker Pdf

Few doctrines in Islam have engendered as much contention and disagreement as those surrounding the imamate, the office of supreme leader of the Muslim community after the death of the Prophet. In the medieval period while the caliphate still existed, rivalry among the claimants to that most lofty position was particularly intense. The early 5th/11th-century Ismaili da'i Hamid al-Din al-Kirmani worked for most of his life in the eastern lands of the Islamic world, principally within the hostile domain of the Abbasid caliphs and the Buyid amirs.At a critical point he was summoned by the da'wa to Egypt where he taught and wrote for several years before returning once again to Iran and Iraq. About 405/1015, just prior to his move from Iraq to Cairo, he composed a treatise he called Lights to Illuminate the Proof of the Imamate (al-Masabih fi ithbat al-imama) in the bold hope of convincing Fakhr al-Mulk, the Shi'i wazir of the Buyids in Baghdad, to abandon the Abbasids and support the Fatimid caliph al-Hakim. For that purpose he produced a long, interconnected series of philosophically sophisticated proofs, all leading logically to the absolute necessity of the imamate. This work is thus unique both in the precision of its doctrine and in the historical circumstance surrounding its composition. The text appears here in a modern critical edition of the Arabic original with a complete translation, introduction and notes.

Author : Muhammad Asif Hanif,Farwa Nadeem,Rida Tariq,Umer Rashid
Publisher : Academic Press
Page : 808 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2021-11-27
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780128181515

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Renewable and Alternative Energy Resources by Muhammad Asif Hanif,Farwa Nadeem,Rida Tariq,Umer Rashid Pdf

Renewable and Alternative Energy Resources provides comprehensive information on the status of all renewable and non-renewable energy resources. Chapters discuss the technological developments and environmental impacts of each energy source, giving a valuable reference of up-to-date scientific progress, technical application and comparative ecological analysis of each source. In addition to understanding the process involved in generating energy, the book looks at possible merits and demerits relevant to environmental problems, highlighting the importance of the implementation of sustainable, approachable, cost effective and durable renewable energy resources. Designed to highlight relevant concepts on energy efficiency, current technologies and ongoing industrial trends, this is an ideal reference source for academics, practitioners, professionals and upper-level students interested in the latest research on renewable energy. Discusses developments in both renewable and non-renewable energy sources Highlights the status of exploitive, experimental studies conducted on the global status of alternative energies Outlines novel opportunities for improving technologies for the billion-dollar renewable industry

Author : Dilip Hiro
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 354 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2013-11-05
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781135048310

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Holy Wars (Routledge Revivals) by Dilip Hiro Pdf

To some, Islamic Fundamentalism means the restoration of a true religion. To others, it is a politics that stands apart from capitalism and socialism. To many Westerners, it has come to constitute a threat to established order and international security. Holy Wars, first published in 1989, comprises a non-partisan narrative that takes account of both the socio-cultural values expressed in Fundamentalism, and its political consequences. Dilip Hiro’s starting point is that fundamentalist forces have been active within Islam since the death of the Prophet Muhammad. He presents the two major sects, Sunnis and Shias, in this light. Hiro provides the background for an understanding of what was taking place in Middle Eastern countries such as Afghanistan, Libya, Egypt and Syria at the end of the 1980s. This is a comprehensive and readable work, of great relevance and value to those with an interest in Middle Eastern politics and history, and the growth of Islamic Fundamentalism.

Author : Dilip Hiro
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 556 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2014-06-03
Category : History
ISBN : 9781136485565

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War without End by Dilip Hiro Pdf

This book provides the historical and political context to explain acts of terror, including the September 11th, and the bombing of American Embassies in Nairobi and Dar as Salaam and the West's responses. Providing a brief history of Islam as a religion and as socio-political ideology, Dilip Hiro goes on to outline the Islamist movements that have thrived in Egypt, Saudi Arabia and Afghanistan, and their changing relationship with America. It is within this framework that the rising menace of Osama bin Laden and his Al Qaida network is discussed. The Pentagon's amazingly swift victory over the Taliban in Afghanistan is examined along with implications of the Bush Doctrine, encapsulated in his declaration, 'so long as anybody is terrorizing established governments, there needs to be a war' - a recipe for war without end.

Author : Juan Ricardo Cole,Nikki R. Keddie
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 340 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 1986-01-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0300035535

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Shi'ism and Social Protest by Juan Ricardo Cole,Nikki R. Keddie Pdf

This timely and important book presents the first overview of Shi'i political activism in the countries where it has been most significant-from Iran and Lebanon to Saudi Arabia and Egypt. The contributors present up-to-date information on the factors involved in Shi'ism's recent movement away from quietism and toward an active involvement in politics. They also discuss how Shi'i political activism will affect the struggle in and for Lebanon; the Iran-Iraq war; Soviet attitudes toward Afghanistan and Iran; and U.S. policies toward the Middle East.

Author : Muḥammad Rashīd Riḍā
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 164 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Religion
ISBN : IND:30000081010161

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The Muhammadan Revelation by Muḥammad Rashīd Riḍā Pdf

Author : Oliver Scharbrodt
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 252 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2008-04-25
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781135975685

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Islam and the Baha'i Faith by Oliver Scharbrodt Pdf

This book explores the development of Islam and the Baha'i faith in the nineteenth century via the examination of two key reformers.

Author : Rached Ghannouchi
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 577 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2022-09-27
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780300252859

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Public Freedoms in the Islamic State by Rached Ghannouchi Pdf

Available now for the first time in English, the most important work of one of the great moderate political leaders of the Muslim world Rached Ghannouchi has long been known as a reformist or moderate Islamist thinker. In Public Freedoms in the Islamic State, his most influential book, he argues that the Universal Declaration of Human Rights—in its broad outlines—should be widely accepted by Muslims under the correct interpretation of Islamic law and theology. Under his theory of the purposes of Shari‘a, justice and human welfare are not exclusive to Islamic governance, and the objectives of Islamic law can be advanced in multiple ways. Appearing in English translation here for the first time, this book is a major statement by one of the most important political theorists in the modern Middle East.

Author : Ali Abdel Razek
Publisher : Edinburgh University Press
Page : 144 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2013-09-24
Category : History
ISBN : 9780748689408

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Islam and the Foundations of Political Power by Ali Abdel Razek Pdf

The translation of an essay first published in Egypt in 1925, which took the contemporaries of its author by storm. At a time when the Muslim world was in great turmoil over the question of the abolition of the caliphate by Mustapha Kamal Ataturk in Turke

Author : John L. Esposito,Emad El-Din Shahin
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 701 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2016-10
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780190631932

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The Oxford Handbook of Islam and Politics by John L. Esposito,Emad El-Din Shahin Pdf

Over the past three decades, scholars, government analysts and terrorism experts have examined the relationship between Islam and politics. But specialists have tended to limit their analysis to a specific country or focus. Few works have provided a geographically comprehensive, in-depth analysis. Since 9/11, another wave of literature on political Islam and global terrorism has appeared, much of it superficial and sensationalist. This situation underscores the need for a comprehensive, analytical, and in-depth examination of Islam and politics in the post-9/11 era and in an increasingly globalizing world. The Oxford Handbook of Islam and Politics, with contributions from prominent scholars and specialists, provides a comprehensive analysis of what we know and where we are in the study of political Islam. It enables scholars, students, and policymakers to understand the interaction of Islam and politics and the multiple and diverse roles of Islamic movements, as well as issues of authoritarianism and democratization, religious extremism and terrorism regionally and globally.

Author : Kari Vogt,Lena Larsen,Christian Moe
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2011-02-25
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780857722331

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New Directions in Islamic Thought by Kari Vogt,Lena Larsen,Christian Moe Pdf

This is an important and prestigious volume showcasing leading progressive Islamic thinkers. It includes new essay by controversial public intellectual and Muslim scholar Tariq Ramadan. It offers strong appeal to policymakers and as well as students and scholars of religion and the Middle East.How are Muslims to reconcile their beliefs with the pressures and imperatives of the modern world? How should they handle the tension between their roles as private citizens and their religious affiliations and identities? This groundbreaking volume shows in what ways prominent Muslim intellectuals have themselves attempted to bridge the gap by recasting traditional Islamic notions in the light of contemporary understandings of equality, justice and pluralism. The contributors to the book examine the tradition that they seek to reform in relation to the human rights ethic of the modern world. The new wave of Islamic thinking which they represent emerges as multi-stranded rather than defined by a single trend or doctrine.Themes covered include a deconstruction of patriarchal interpretations of the Qur'an; the distinctions between universal and context-specific parts of Islamic texts; a re-contextualisation of Shari'a law; and a critique of religious jurisprudence, particularly where this impacts on matters of sex and gender. Old texts are re-interpreted through the lived situations of real people today. The result is an indispensable portrayal of progressive Islamic thought in the twenty-first century, which will be an invaluable resource for students and scholars of religion, ethics and Middle East studies.

Author : Asad Q. Ahmed,Michael Bonner,Behnam Sadeghi
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 414 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2011-03-21
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9789004214743

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The Islamic Scholarly Tradition by Asad Q. Ahmed,Michael Bonner,Behnam Sadeghi Pdf

Bringing together the expansive scholarly expertise of former students of Professor Michael Allan Cook, this volume contains highly original articles in Islamic history, law, and thought. The contributions range from studies in the pre-Islamic calendar, to the "blood-money group" in Islamic law, to transformations in Arabic logic.

Author : Ludwig W. Adamec
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 657 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2016-12-14
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781442277243

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Historical Dictionary of Islam by Ludwig W. Adamec Pdf

Muslims believe that the Koran is God’s message in Arabic, revealed through the medium of the Prophet Muhammad for the guidance of the Arabs and subsequently for all humanity. There is both unity and variety in the Islamic world. Muslims are not a homogeneous people who can be explained solely by their normative texts: the Koran and the Sunnah. Muslims differ vastly in their interpretation of Islam: modernists want to reinterpret Islam to adapt to the requirements of modern times while traditionalists tend to look to the classical and medieval periods of Islam as their model of the Islamic state. This third edition of Historical Dictionary of Islam contains a chronology, an introduction, appendixes, and an extensive bibliography. The dictionary section has over 700 cross-referenced entries on major sects, schools of theology, and jurisprudence, as well as aspects of Islamic culture. This book is an excellent resource for students, researchers, and anyone wanting to know more about Islam.

Author : I M Kunt,Christine Woodhead
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 229 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2014-01-14
Category : History
ISBN : 9781317900580

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Suleyman the Magnificent and His Age by I M Kunt,Christine Woodhead Pdf

Sultan Suleyman the Magnificent (r.1520-1566) dominated the eastern Mediterranean and Ottoman worlds - and the imagination of his contemporaries - very much as his fellow sovereigns Charles V, Francis I and Henry VIII in the west. He greatly expanded the Ottoman empire, capturing Rhodes, Belgrade, Hungary, the Red Sea coast of Arabia, and even besieging Vienna. Patron and legislator as well as conqueror, he stamped his name on an age. These specially-commissioned essays by leading experts examine Suleyman's reign in its wider political and diplomatic context, both Ottoman and European. The contributors are: Peter Burke; Geza David; Suraiaya Faroqhi; Peter Holt; Colin Imber; Salih Uzbaran; Metin Kunt; Christine Woodhead; and Ann Williams.