Islam

Islam is the fastest-growing religion in the world today. An understanding of its beliefs and practices has become essential knowledge not only for religious and political leaders … More

The Koran has constituted a remarkably resilient core of identity and continuity for a religious tradition that is now in its fifteenth century. In this Very Short Introduction, Mi… More

Updated in a new edition, this timely study encompasses the history of an important worldwide religion, starting with its seventh-century Arabian prophet, Muhammad, and going on to… More

Clear and concise insight into the world of Islam. Considers how Muslims beliefs' affect their behaviour. Compares Muslim and Christian views on a number of issues.

In this war… More

First printed fifteen years ago, Roy Mottahedeh's intriguing vista upon Iranian society and the lives of those who lived through the revolution remains as relevant today as it was … More

Islam features widely in the news, often in its most militant versions. But few people in the non-Muslim world really understand the nature of Islam, both as Ideology and religion… More

Correspondent Ahmed Rashid brings the shadowy world of the Taliban—the world's most extreme and radical Islamic organization—into sharp focus in this enormously insight… More

Translation by M. Pickthall

"This is an original and, at times, groundbreaking piece of scholarship." --John L. Esposito, University Professor and Director of the Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding, Ge… More

A warm and appealing portrait of the people who belong to the fastest-growing religion in the United States.

Twenty-five-year-old Asma Hasan calls herself "a Muslim feminist co… More

From reviews of the first edition:

"[An] extremely interesting and innovative study which, in its own way, successfully challenges the pervasive misperception of the Middle Eas… More

Organized in a question-and-answer format, this book is designed to help Christians explain their faith to Muslims. It not only contains the answers to the most common objections, … More

An analysis of interrelated themes in Iranian religion, including the angelology of Mazdaism and Islamic Shi'ite concepts of spirit-body identity.