Book reviews and notes

MUHAMMAD'S MECCA — HISTORY IN THE QUR'AN. By W. Montgomery Watt. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 1989. 113pp. Pb.£6.50. ISBN 0–85224–0. Hb. £19.50. ISBN 0–85224–0.

DISCOVERING ISLAM: MAKING SENSE OF MUSLIM HISTORY AND SOCIETY. By Akbar S. Ahmed. London: Routledge, 1988.251pp. Hb.£25.00. Pb. £9.95. ISBN 0–7102–1049–3 (hb); 0–415–03930–4 (pb).

LE REGARD MUTILE: SCHlZOPHRENIE CULTURELLE: PAYS TRADITIONNELS FACE A LA MODERNITÉ. By Daryush Shaye‐gan. ‘Sciences et Symboles’, Collection dirigée par Michel Cazenave. Paris: Albin Michel, 1989. 248pp. Pb. FF120.00. ISBN 2–226–03466–8.

DZIHAD. SAVREMENI DZIHAD KAO RAT. By Miroljub Jevtic. Belgrade: Nova Knjiga, 1989. 400pp. Pb. Dinar 15.00. ISBN 86–7335–052–2.

THE ISLAMIC POLITY AND POLITICAL LEADERSHIP: FUNDAMENTALISM, SECTARIANISM, AND PRAGMATISM. By Mehran Tamadonfar. Boulder, San Francisco, & London: Westview Press, 1989. ix+ 152pp. Pb.£16.95. ISBN 0–8133–7436–7.

THE POLITICAL LANGUAGE OF ISLAM. By Bernard Lewis. Chicago and London: University of Chicago Press, 1988. 168pp. Pb.£l 1.95, $14.95. ISBN 0–226–47692–8.

BEYOND FRONTIERS: ISLAM AND CONTEMPORARY NEEDS. Edited by Merryl Wyn Davies & Adnan Khalil Pasha. London and New York: Mansell Publishing, 1989.216pp. Hb.£25.00, US$45.00. ISBN 0–7201–2039‐X.

ISLAMIC NAMES. By Annemarie Schimmel. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 1989. 137pp. Hb.£25.00. ISBN 0–85224–563–7.

MEMOIR OF A FRIEND: LOUIS MASSIGNON. By Herbert Mason. London: University of Notre Dame Press, 1988. 160pp. Hb.£13.95. ISBN 0–268–01365–9THE DEATH OF AL‐HALLAJ. By HERBERT MASON. London: University of Notre Dame Press, 1989. 81pp. Hb.£7.50. ISBN 0–268–00842–6.

HUMAN RIGHTS AND THE WORLD'S RELIGIONS. Edited by Leroy S. Rouner. Boston University Studies in Philosophy and Religion, vol. 9. Notre Dame, Indiana: University of Notre Dame Press, 1988. xviii + 220 pp. Hb.£20.95. ISBN 0–268–01068–2.

A COMPASS FOR THE SUNFLOWER. By Liana Badr. Translated by C. Cobham. London: The Women's Press, 1989.119pp. Hb.£11.95. ISBN 0 7043 5037 8.

ARAM PERIODICAL, Vol.1, no.1. Oxford: ARAM Society for Syro‐Mesopotamian Studies, Winter 1989. English and Arabic. xiv + 204pp. $40.00, half‐yearly.

APPROACHES TO THE HISTORY OF THE INTERPRETATION OF THE QUR'AN. Edited by Andrew Rippin. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1988. xn + 334pp. Hb.n.p. ISBN 0–19–826546–8.

A PEOPLE APART: THE BAHA'I COMMUNITY OF IRAN IN THE TWENTIETH CENTURY. By Denis Maceoin. Occasional Paper 4, Centre of Near and Middle Eastern Studies, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, 1989, 35pp., ISSN 0954–1489

PRINCIPLES OF ISLAMIC JURISPRUDENCE. By Mohammad Hashim Kamali. Petaling Jaya (Malaysia): Pelanduk Publications, 1989. xxii + 524pp. n.p. ISBN 967–978–284–0 (hb) and 967–978–281–6 (pb).

THE REMEMBRANCE OF DEATH AND THE AFTERLIFE. BOOK XL OF THE REVIVAL OF THE RELIGIOUS SCIENCES Ihya ‘Ulūm al‐Din. By Abū Hamid al‐Ghazali. Translated with an Introduction and Notes by T.J. Winter. Cambridge(UK): The Islamic Texts Society, 1989. xxx + 347pp. Pb.£12.95. ISBN 0–946621–13–6; Hb. £35.00 ISBN 0–946621–09–8.

WOMBS AND ALIEN SPIRITS: WOMEN, MEN, AND THE ZAR CULT IN NORTHERN SUDAN. By Janics Boddy. Madison: University of Wisconsin Press, 1989. 399pp. Pb. £22.95. ISBN 0–299–12314–6.

THE OROMO OF ETHIOPIA: A HISTORY 1570–1860. By Mohammed Hassen. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1990. 253pp. Hb.£30.00. ISBN 0‐ 521–38011–1.

MUSLIM SHRINES IN INDIA. Edited by Christian W. Troll. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1989. 327pp. Hb. Rs.240.00. ISBN 0–19–562280–4.

LAW, BLASPHEMY AND THE MULTI‐FAITH SOCIETY. Report of a seminar organised by the Commission for Racial Equality and the Inter Faith Network of the United Kingdom, September 1989. London: Commission for Racial Equality, 1990. 99pp. Pb.£1.50. ISBN 1–85442–030–5.

FREE SPEECH. Report of a seminar organised by the Commission for Racial Equality and the Policy Studies Institute, September 1989. London: Commission for Racial Equality, 1990. 118pp. Pb.£2.00. ISBN 1–85442–024–0.

BRITAIN: A PLURAL SOCIETY. Report of a seminar organised by the Commission for Racial Equality and The Runnymede Trust, October 1989. London: Commission for Racial Equality, 1990. 78pp. Pb.£1.50. ISBN 1–85442–028–3.

URDU AND MUSLIM SOUTH ASIA STUDIES IN HONOUR OF RALPH RUSSELL. Edited by Christopher Shackle. London: School of 304 Islam and Christian‐Muslim Relations Oriental and African Studies, Univ. of London, 1989. xi + 205pp. Pb.£10.00. ISBN 0–7286–0156–7.

MUGHAL DOCUMENTS (1526–1627). By S.A.I.Tirmizi. New Delhi: Manohar, 1989. x + 255pp. Hb. Indian Rs.200. ISBN 81–85054–71–3.

THE FORMATION AND PERCEPTION OF THE MODERN ARAB WORLD. Studies by Marwan R. Buhhry. Edited by Lawrence I. Conrad. Princeton: The Darwin Press, 1989. 624pp. Hb.n.p. ISBN 0–87850–064–2.

THE MARONITES IN HISTORY. By Matti Mossa. New York: Syracuse University Press, 1986.391pp. Hb.$35.00. ISBN 0–8156–2365–8.

INTIFADA; THE PALESTINIAN UPRISING AGAINST ISRAELI OCCUPATION. Edited by Zachary Lockman & Joel Beinin. London and New York: I.B.Tauris, 1989. 423pp. Pb.£5.95. ISBN 1–85043–247–3.

ISLAMIC LAW IN THE CONTEMPORARY MIDDLE EAST. By Aharon Layish. Occasional Paper 3, Centre of Near East and African Studies, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, April 1989. 6pp. n.p. ISSN 0954–1489.

THE ARAB‐ISRAELI DILEMMA. By Fred J. Khouri. Third Edition, New York: Syracuse University Press, 1985. 605pp. Pb.$15.95. ISBN 0–8156–2340–2.