Provides readers with uncovered information on terrorist activities in Pakistan, Iran, Iraq, other Muslim countries - and our neighbour Canada! What emerges is a harrowing picture of international terrorist activities, all aimed at the destruction of the United States and the collapse of the Western world.
Aims to expose Islamist ideology for what it really is. This book includes topics such as radical Islam's "amputation-friendly criminal justice system", the reason why slavery is still considered a "holy institution" by fundamentalist Muslims, "the important distinction between a raving mad radical and a barking mad one", and others.
Twelver Shiite Responses to the Sunni Legal System
This book surveys and analyzes Twelver Shiite relations with the Sunni legal establishment, comprising the four recognized Sunni legal schools, which the author defines as "Islamic Legal Orthdoxy.
Examines a range of Muslim thinking about science and Islam, from pseudoscientific fantasies to comparatively sophisticated efforts to "Islamize science". This work also explores various conflicting trends, revealing the difficulties facing Muslim societies trying to adapt to the modern technological world.
The medical tradition that developed in the lands of Islam during the medieval period (c. 650-1500) has, like few others, influenced the fates and fortunes of countless human beings. This title tells the story of contact and cultural exchange across countries and creeds, affecting many people from kings to the common crowd.
The medical tradition that developed in the lands of Islam during the medieval period (c. 650-1500) has, like few others, influenced the fates and fortunes of countless human beings. This title tells the story of contact and cultural exchange across countries and creeds, affecting many people from kings to the common crowd.
Emphasises radical activities in the United States and the threat they might pose to national security. Divided into three sections, this work reviews the lessons learned from previous terrorist plots and attacks both within our borders and against American interests abroad.
This collection of non Western scholarly voices is a long awaited remedy to the lack of critical commentary by Muslim intellectuals on the nature of modern Jihadi terrorism and the political debate within Islam over the direction of resistance to modernization and secularization of traditional societies. The work is divided into three parts: 1) ......
Designed for both classroom and general use, this title is suitable for for those who want clear and concise explanations of common terms and unfamiliar concepts of major world religions. It contains definitions for over 400 terms from religious principles and significant periods to noteworthy figures.
