Books in the ISIM Dissertations series

This study investigates how madrasas for girls emerged in India, how they differ from madrasas for boys, and how female students come to interpret Islam through the teachings they receive in these schools.

The thesis analyses the role of Muslim voluntary welfare associations in Jordan from the perspective of their religious discourse and the related social activities, to assess whether they contribute to empowerment or reinforce dependency

On the tense relations and mutual suspicions between Christians and Muslims

-Raise Your Voices and Kill Your Animals� is an anthropological study in which G.C. van de Bruinhorst explores the relationship between Islamic texts and ritual behaviour as illustrated in the annual Sacrificial Feast in Tanzania.

A study of the role of music and youth culture in the identification procces of Dutch-Moroccan youth

Study of Dutch mosque designs that shows that current designs do not oppose Dutch society but those versions of Islam they hold to be false.

Analyses of the political and ideological transformation of Hizbullah