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| Authors: | J. S. Nielsen L. O. Lawal K. Alavi Rihat M. Nugayeb S. Chaudry David Thomas |
| Affiliation: | 1. CSIC , Selly Oak Colleges , Birmingham;2. Kazan University , Tatarstan, >3. Russia |
| Abstract: | Islamic Threat: Myth or Reality?. John Esposito, 1992. New York, Oxford University Press. 243 pp., hb. $22.00, £15.95, ISBN 0–19–507184–0. The Principles of Religion in the Qur'an and the Bible. Salim K. Haddad, 1992. Pittsburgh, Dorrance Publishing Co. Inc. 159 pp., pb. $11.95, £5.95, ISBN 0–8059–3275–5. Islamic Spirituality: Manifestations. Seyyed Hossein Nasr, 1991. London, S.C.M. Press Ltd. 548 pp., pb. £25.00, ISBN 0–334–02433–1. Morals for the Heart: conversations of Shaykh Nizam ad‐Din Awliya recorded by Amir Hasan Sijzi. Nizam ad‐Din Awliya, Translated and annoted by B. B. Lawrence, 1992. New York, Mahwah, Paulist Press. 404 pp., pb. $18.95, ISBN 0–8091–3280‐X. Mardzhany's Weltanschaugung and Arabo‐Islamic Philosophy. Audar N. Yuzeyeb, 1993. Kazan Russia, Tatknigoizdat. 156 pp., (In Russian) n.p. The Theory of Contracts in Islamic Law. Susan E. Rayner, 1991. London, Graham & Trotman. 445 pp., hb. £62.50, $120.00, ISBN 1–85333–617–3. Women and Gender in Islam: Historical Roots of a Modern Debate. Leila Ahmed, 1992. New Haven and London. 296 pp., pb. £9.95, ISBN 0–30–0 05583–8. Victorian Images of Islam. Clinton Bennett, 1992. London, Grey Seal Books. xxi + 204 pp., hb. £25.00. ISBN 1–85640–028‐X. The Distant Shrine: the Islamic centuries in Jerusalem. F. E. Peters, 1993. New York, AMS Press. 275 pp., hb. £34.95, ISBN 0–404–61629–1. The Legacy of Muslim Spain. Salma Khadra Jayyusi, (Ed.), 1992. Leiden, E. J. Brill. 1098 pp., Gld450, $257.25, ISBN 90–04–09599–3, ISSN 0169–9433. A Short History of Modern Arabic Literature. M. M. Badawi, 1993. Oxford, Clarendon Press. 314 pp., hb. £35.00, ISBN 0198265425. The Socialist Movement in Turkey 1960–1980. Igor P. Lipovsky, 1992. Leiden, E. J. Brill. 193 pp. Gld85.00, $48.75, ISBN 90–04–09582–9. Inside the Lebanese Confessional Mind. Hilal Khashan, 1992. Lanham MD, University Press of America,. 211 pp., hb. £35.00, ISBN 0–8191–8778‐X. The Political History of Modern Iran: from tribalism to theocracy. Mehran Kamrava Westport, 1992. Connecticut & London, Praeger. 177 pp., £38.95, ISBN 027594445X. The Islamization of the Law in Pakistan. Rubya Mehdi, 1994. Richmond, Curzon Press Ltd. 329 pp., pb. £19.99, ISBN 0–7007–0236–9. Islam in Africa: Proceedings of the Islam in Africa Conference. Nura Alkah, et al. (Eds), 1993. Ibadan, Spectrum Books Ltd. 454 pp., pb. £18.50, S33.00, ISBN 9782461237. The Heritage of Islam: women, religion and politics in West Africa. B. Callaway and L. Creevey, 1994. Boulder & London, Lynne Rienner Publishers. 219 pp., n.p., ISBN 1–55587–253–0. Swahili Origins: Swahili culture and the Shungwaya phenomenon. H. De Vere Allen, 1993. London, J. Currey/Nairobi, E.A.E.P./Athens, Ohio University Press. 272 pp., pb. £12.95, ISBN 0–85255–075–8. Islam in the Balkans: Religion and Society Between Europe and the Arab World. H. T. Norris, 1993. London, Hurst. 304 pp., £27.50, ISBN 1–85065–167–1. |
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