Shaykh Mufid

This work is a highly readable introduction to Shaykh Mufid, the leading Shi'i scholar of his time, and it examines his contributions in the fields of jurisprudence, theology, and sacred history in clear and straightforward language.

Fazlallah Astarabadi and the Hurufis

Fazlallah Astarabadi was a 14th-century Islamic religious leader who believed that the world was about to come to an end. He claimed that he had received direct revelations from God in his dreams and that this made him equal in stature to the prophets Moses ...

Al Ma'mun

The Abbasid caliph al-Ma'mun (786-813) is best known for sponsoring the translation of Greek philosophy into Arabic and for promoting the activity of mathematicians, astronomers, engineers, physicians and cartographers. In his own time, however, he was a wildly controversial figure: having come to power ...

Amir Khusraw

the poet of sultans and Sufis

The Indian courtier, writer, musician and Sufi Amir Khusraw (1253-1325) is widely regarded as one of his country's greatest poets. As a writer in India, he was conscious of the larger Persian literary world as well as local tastes and preferences and wrote a ...

Ibn 'Arabi

heir to the prophets

Muhyi ad-Din Ibn 'Arabi (1165-1240) was an outstanding Spanish-born mystic and one of the most prolific writers in Islamic history. He made major contributions to the fields of Qur'an commentary, jurisprudence, theology, philosophy, cosmology, and spiritual psychology, and he was also a great poet ...

The crisis of muslim history

religion and politics in Early Islam

This new study of the Islamic tradition's earliest years presents the key events, individuals, and social-political conditions which defined the era of the first Four Caliphs (from the death of the Prophet to that of Ali, thirty years later), and which led to the ...

Pakistan

At the Crosscurrent of History

This controversial book explores one nation's journey from the margins of history to the centre of the world stage. Tracing the development of the country from its birth in 1947 to the present day, Ziring explores how a country once envisaged as a secular ...

Un árabe frente a Auschwitz

la memoria compartida

En el año 2002, frente a la angustia sin precedentes que se había adueñado de los judíos de Israel y de la diáspora durante la segunda Intifada, cuando el diálogo parecía inexistente, Émile Shoufani propuso una iniciativa única, magnífica pero a priori irrealizable: un viaje ...

Moses Maimonides

the man and his works

Moses Maimonides (1135-1204), scholar, physician, and philosopher, was the most influential Jewish thinker of the Middle Ages. In this magisterial new biography, the work of many years, Herbert Davidson provides an exhaustive guide to Maimonides' life and works. After considering Maimonides' upbringing and education, Davidson ...

El mundo tan bello como es

pensamiento y arte musulmán

Joaquín Lomba, quizá quien más y mejor ha estudiado el arte musulmán desde la perspectiva de la filosofía, traza un riguroso recorrido por las manifestaciones artísticas musulmanas, pero no con la intención de describir una estética, sino, dano un paso más allá, con el propósito ...

Islam obscured

the rhetoric of anthropological representation

Ethnographers have observed Muslims nearly everywhere Islam is practiced. This study analyzes four seminal texts that have been read widely outside anthropology. Two are by distinguished anthropologists on either side of the Atlantic, Islam Observed (by Clifford Geertz in 1968) and Muslim Society (by Ernest ...

Resurgent Islam a sociological approach

The contemporary resurgence of Islam in all of its varied manifestations demands the attention of social scientists. This ground- breaking book provides a unique insight into resurgent Islam from the standpoint of sociology. Clearly written, and jargon free, the book aims to create a more ...

Textos fundamentales de la tradición religiosa musulmana

Esta selección de textos religiosos musulmanes pretende llenar el vacío que se observa en la bibliografía española y ofrecer una muestra significativa de los muchos géneros religiosos que el islam árabe ha cultivado a lo largo de los siglos. Los criterios seguidos para este fin ...

Living Islam

muslim religious experience in Pakistan's north-west frontier

Popular representations of Pakistan's North West Frontier have long featured simplistic images of tribal blood feuds, fanatical religion, and the seclusion of women. The rise to power of the radical Taliban regime in neighbouring Afghanistan enhanced the region's reputation as a place of ...

Hizbulah

el brazo armado de Dios

Hizbulah, sin duda uno de los movimientos clave para entender el actual conflicto de Oriente Medio, es, sin embargo, un gran desconocido. Calificado de terrorista por Estados Unidos e Israel, y de movimiento de resistencia por los países árabes, su rastro salta las fronteras del ...

Ikhwan Al-Safa

a brotherhood of idealists on th fringe of orthodox Islam

The 4th-century corpus of writings known as the "Rasa'il Ikhwan al- Safa'" ("Epistles of the Brethren of Purity") occupies a unique place in the history of literature. Its authors, about whom little is known, conceived it as an encyclopaedia of philosophical sciences, covering nearly ...

Sadr Ad-Din Sirazi

la filosofía islámica y el problema del ser

Pensador de formación a la vez gnóstica y neoplatónica cuya obra representa un giro definitivo en el desarrollo de la filosofía islámica y una vasta síntesis del pensamiento elaborado en la dar al-islam hasta finales de nuestro siglo XVI, así como también el más firme ...

Shattering tradition

custom, law and the individual in the Muslim Mediterranean

Few deny that in the Muslim world religion and law are intimately linked. However, local legal realities mean that Islamic law is often pushed out of the picture by customary law, which is usually tribal, and by state law. Shattering Tradition concentrates on customary law ...

Morocco

the islamist awakening and other challenges

In Morocco, Marvine Howe, a former correspondent for The New York Times presents an incisive and comprehensive review of the Moroccan kingdom and its people, past and present. It addresses emerging issues and problems - equal rights for women, elimination of corruption and correction of glaring ...

Glosario árabe español de indumentaria según el Kitab Al-Mujassaas de Ibn Sidah

INDICE: Prefacio. Estudio. Presentación. El autor y su obra. Organizando el trabajo: la indumentaria ocmo terminología. Técnica lexicográfica: criterios de presentación. Glosario. Abreviaturas y signos empleados. Ilustraciones. Bibliografía.