Books in the Routledge Islamic Studies Series series

Based on author's dissertation (doctoral - London School of Economics and Political Sciences, 2011)

A collection of papers on the origins of economic thought discovered in the writings of some prominent Islamic scholars, during the five centuries prior to the Latin Scholastics.

Explores the position of Islamic theology and jurisprudence towards people with disabilities. This book seeks to reconcile their existence with the concept of a merciful God, and also looks at how this group might live a dignified and productive life within an Islamic context.

Discusses how the notion of conscience may unite Muslim and Christians across religious divides, and examines the relation between selfhood and otherness in interfaith dialogue. This book also explores how the notion of conscience has been dealt with by modern Egyptian authors.

Presents readers with various interpretations of this Islamic economic concept - generally perceived as 'interest'. This book provides a framework for understanding "riba" by examining: linguistics; classical judicial analysis; the historical context; and, modern economics.

Studying Islam's international relations, this title details the theory of pan-Islamism from classical to post-caliphal times and the foreign-policy practice of Saudi Arabia, Iran and Pakistan.

Focusing on the similarities and differences between Western liberal democracy and shura - often seen as the Islamic counterpart to Western democracy - this title provides a direct and detailed comparison between the two systems of ideas, as given expression in the concrete political systems which have emerged.

How do Muslims in Europe acquire discursive knowledge of Islam? How are conceptions of Islamic beliefs, values and practices transmitted and how do they change? This book addresses the question of how Islamic knowledge is being produced and reproduced in West European contexts by looking at specific settings and religious authorities.

This book deals with the 19th century Anglo-Russian Great Game played out on the territorial chessboard of eastern and north-eastern parts of the waning Persian empire. The Great Game itself has been written about extensively, but this text tackles the issue from a Persian angle and from the point of view of the local players in that game.

The example of the Alevis of Turkey is used to contribute to debates over the role of Islam in the modern world. It is argued there is nothing inherently secular-proof within Islam, but belief depends on the wider social and religious context.

This book deals with the relationship between historical scholarship and politics in 20th century Egypt.

Muslims can no longer ignore the need for banking and insurance. This text demonstrates how initial clerical apprehensions were overcome to create pioneering Muslim-friendly banking systems, and applies the lessons learnt to a workable insurance framework by which Muslims can compete with non-Muslims in business and have cover in daily life.

This volume brings together the work of a group of Islamic studies scholars from across the globe. They discuss how past and present Muslim women have participated in the struggle for gender justice in Muslim communities and around the world.

Although Muslims are now an important presence in Europe, little is known about the Muslim communities that exist in the Nordic and Baltic regions. This is the first comprehensive and detailed study of the history, context and development of Islamic institutions and Muslim groups in Northern Europe.

This volume examines the ritual practices of Salafism, analysing both scholarly research and individual experience.

Public interest in the religion of Islam and in Muslim communities in recent years has generated an impetus for Western Universities to establish an array of Institutes and programs dedicated to the study of Islam. Despite the growth in number of programs dedicated to this study, very little attention has been paid to the appropriate shape of such programs and the assumptions that ought to underlie such a study.The Teaching and Study of Islam in Western Universities attempts to address two central questions that arise through the teaching of Islam. Firstly, what relation is there between the study of the religion of Islam and the study of those cultures that have been shaped by that religion? Secondly, what is the appropriate public role of a scholar of Islam? After extensive discussion of these questions, the authors then continue to address the wider issues raised for the academic community having to negotiate between competing cultural and philosophical demands.This edited collection provides new perspectives on the study of Islam in Western Institutions and will be an invaluable resource for students of Education and Religion, in particular Islamic Studies.