Social Sciences

Sa’diyya Shaikh’s groundbreaking Sufi Narratives of Intimacy: Ibn Arabi,Gender, and Sexuality not only makes a significant…

Syed Farid Alatas’ Ibn Khaldun is a welcome addition to an emerging Khalduniansociology. It represents one of the few…

During the 2007 provincial election campaign, Conservative party candidateJohn Tory proposed extending government funding to all…

This sociological study on the plural and often contested construction of Muslimidentities in Brazil contributes to a growing…

This book is an interesting exposition of the reform discourse and reformironies in the desert kingdom of Saudi Arabia … a…

This monograph challenges the notion that Islam is, at its core, an intolerantreligion. Through a careful reading of the Qur’an,…

In general terms, Ghana’s university administrators see no value in supportingthis stream of study because it does not “produce”…

In the past, many Muslims maintained strong reservations aboutusing English as a means of communication, interaction, and…

For John L. Esposito, writing on Islam and Muslim politics has been both a“profession and a vocation” for over three decades.…

Abdelwahab Meddeb’s Islam and the Challenge of Civilization offers newperspectives on and fresh associations among historical…

This volume contains an impressive number of essays by authors from diversebackgrounds. What the title does not indicate is the…

Nasir-i Khusraw (d. 469/1077), who was appointed by the Fatimid imam al-Mustansir bi’llah (d. 487/1094) as the ḥujjat and chief…

Edited by Masooda Bano and Hilary Kalmbach, Women, Leadership, andMosques: Changes in Contemporary Islamic Authority is a…

This book is a valuable contribution to the growing body of research on theexperiences and identities of British Muslim women.…

There have been few studies on Islam in Canada. Hence this publication is awelcome addition to the list. Its ten chapters,…

Emerging from a 2005 conference at the University of Passau (Germany),Susanne Schroter’s edited volume brings together an…

There has rarely been a dull period in Lebanon’s post-Ottoman political history.Its central geographic, if not political,…

In his most recent work, The Coup: 1953, the CIA, and the Roots of ModernU. S.-Iranian Relations, Ervand Abrahamian…

This paper explores the reasons why, in the aftermath of 9/11, the interests of Muslim women and Muslim gays have become the…

The Gezi Park protests have stirred serious controversy both inside and outside Turkey on the JDP’s ruling style and ideology. By…