By Adam R. Gaiser Sectarian divisions within the Islamic world have long been misunderstood and misconstrued by the media and…
Books
A book in series of Islamic philosophy, “Islam, Classic and Modern” has been published in Russia by Sadra…
Wahhabism and the World Understanding Saudi Arabia’s Global Influence on Islam Edited by Peter Mandaville For more than half a century,…
Laurence Louër Translated by Ethan Rundell When Muhammad died in 632 without a male heir, Sunnis contended that the choice…
By Edmund Hayes, Radboud Universiteit Nijmegen In 874 CE, the eleventh Imam died, and the Imami community splintered. The institutions of…
By Dimitar Bechev Since coming to power in 2002 Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has overseen a radical transformation of Turkey. Once…
By Yafa Shanneik Based on first-hand ethnographic insights into Shi’i religious groups in the Middle East and Europe, this book…
Bruce B. Lawrence In Islamicate Cosmopolitan Spirit, author and expert, Bruce B. Lawrence, delivers a spiritual elan filtered through cultural practices and artefacts.…
Leonie B. Jackson A perceptive examination of how the media reduces British jihadi brides to dualistic stereotypes. In June 2014,…
Russia has scheduled to mark the 1100th anniversary of arrival of Islam to the country in a ceremony unveiling 14…