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Since Napoleon’s invasion of Egypt in 1798, the western traveler has been obsessed with the Pharaohs and Egypt’s ancient past. Her Islamic cultu…

The Sufi tradition is far too vast and diverse to attempt anything like a definitive statement about what it entails, but few would deny that there…

Indigenous peoples all over the world find themselves locked in power struggles with dominant states and transnational actors who resist their claim…

To understand the beginnings of the issues surrounding Pakistan’s educational problems, we must look at Pakistan’s history with India prior to t…

The study of Islam as a religion and the languages of the Middle East, especially Arabic and Persian, has gained in prominence. In the West, a commo…

Are we today witness to a renewed confrontation between ‘‘Islam and the West’’ or are the signs of an imperial domination of globalized capi…

Over the course of the past two decades Islamism has exercised a growing influence on politics in Muslim countries from Morocco to Malaysia. In some…

This book provides an overview of the practice of Islamic finance and the historical roots that define its modes of operation. The focus of the book…

In Islamic economics, historical examination can tell us that the Islamic system per se has the capability of providing an operational norm and the…