Jihad

“Your work is most excellent and timely. I hope it gets a widespread distribution and reading.”  Hamza Yusuf , Founder, Zaytuna Institute “Today more than ever, Muslims and non-Muslims alike need to be reminded of the courage, compassion and intellect of Emir Abd el-Kader. Kiser beautifully tells the dramatic story of how the moral compass provided by Abd el-Kader’s faith and learning propelled him to become one of 19th century’s most admired figures. His conduct in war, in prison and in exile represent the true concept of jihad. Abd el-Kader’s jihad provides Muslims with a much-needed antidote to the toxic false jihads of today, dominated by anger, violence and politics. Thank you...

Islamic Spain, 1250 to 1500 L.P Harvey This is a richly detailed account of Muslim life throughout the kingdoms of Spain, from the fall of Seville, which signaled the beginning of the retreat of Islam, to the Christian reconquest.  "Harvey not only examines the politics of the Nasrids, but also the Islamic communities in the Christian kingdoms of the peninsula. This innovative approach breaks new ground, enables the reader to appreciate the situation of all Spanish Muslims and is fully vindicated. . . . An absorbing and thoroughly informed narrative."—Richard Hitchcock, Times Higher Education Supplement  "L. P. Harvey has produced a beautifully written account of an...

Muslims in Spain, 1500 to 1614  L. P. Harvey On December 18, 1499, the Muslims in Granada revolted against the Christian city government's attempts to suppress their rights to live and worship as followers of Islam. Although the Granada riot was a local phenomenon that was soon contained, subsequent widespread rebellion provided the Christian government with an excuse—or justification, as its leaders saw things—to embark on the systematic elimination of the Islamic presence from Spain, as well as from the Iberian Peninsula as a whole, over the next hundred years. Picking up at the end of his earlier classic study, Islamic Spain, 1250 to 1500— which described the courageous efforts of the...

The African Caliphate The Life, Works & Teaching of Shaykh Usman dan Fodio (1754 - 1817) Ibraheem Sulaiman This scholarly work focuses on the establishment in 1809, in what is today Northern Nigeria, of the celebrated Sokoto caliphate, which may well have been the last complete re-establishment, anywhere in the world, of Islam in its entirety, comprising all its many and varied dimensions. As well as giving the biography of the Shehu and a comprehensive account of the history of his movement, the book also provides an in- depth examination of his teaching and literary works. These factors are all inextricably interwoven since, in a way scarcely equalled by any other historical...

In this level-headed and authoritative book, John L. Esposito, one of the world's most respected scholars of political Islam, provides answers to these and many other questions that have arisen in the wake of the attacks. He clearly and carefully explains the teachings of Islam--the Quran, the example of the Prophet, Islamic law--about jihad or holy war, the use of violence, and terrorism. He chronicles the rise of extremist groups and examines their frightening worldview and tactics. Anti-Americanism (and anti-Europeanism), he shows, is a broad-based phenomenon that cuts across Arab and Muslim societies. It is not just driven by religious zealotry, but by frustration and anger at U.S....