Islamic Titles Spring 2020 {IPG} It's Not About the Burqa Mariam Khan Summary In 2016, Mariam Khan read that David Cameron had linked the radicalization of Muslim men to the "traditional submissiveness" of Muslim women. Mariam felt pretty sure she didn’t know a single Muslim woman who would describe herself that way. Why was she hearing about Muslim women from people who were neither Muslim, nor female? Years later the state of the discourse has deteriorated even further, and Muslim women’s voices are still pushed to the fringes—the figures leading the discussion are white and male. Taking one of the most politicized and misused words associated with Muslim women and Islamophobia, It’s Not About the Burqa is poised to change all that. Here are voices you won’t see represented in the news headlines: 17 Muslim women speaking frankly about the hijab and wavering faith, about love and divorce, about feminism, queer identity, sex, and the twin threats of a disapproving community and a racist country. With a mix of British and Picador international women writers, from activist Mona Eltahawy's definition of a revolution to journalist and 9781509886401 Pub Date: 4/1/20 broadcaster Saima Mir telling the sto... On Sale Date: 4/1/20 $27.95 USD/£14.99 GBP Contributor Bio Discount Code: LON Mariam Khan is a British writer and activist. 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Vaughan-Lee expands our understanding of spiritual life while showing increased appreciation for what is simple, ordinary, and sacred. Central themes focus on the power of love and prayer, the nature of spiritual service, and care for the living Earth in this time of ecological crisis. Into the Light and Back Again is a deeply personal memoir with a universal stamp, chronicling the The Golden Sufi Center 9781941394380 nature of the human struggle in relationship to the Divine, and the experience of love in the search for Truth. Pub Date: 5/1/20 $18.95 USD Contributor Bio Discount Code: LON Llewellyn Vaughan-Lee, Ph.D., is a Sufi teacher and author. He has written a series of books giving a Trade Paperback detailed exploration of the stages of spiritual and psychological transformation experienced on the Sufi path, 192 Pages with a particular focus on the use of dreamwork as inner guidance on the journey. 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Discount Code: SHO Trade Paperback 280 Pages Carton Qty: 32 Religion / Islam REL037000 9 in H | 6 in W The Prophetic Ethics and the Courtesies of Living Adi Setia Summary In book twenty of the forty books which compose the Revival of the Religious Sciences (Ihya’ ‘ulum al-din), Abu hamid al-Ghazali gives a full account of the customs and character of the Messenger of God, Muhammad. It is not a biography of Muhammad (peace and blessing of God be upon him) but a roadmap for those who want to strengthen their faith, increase their knowledge, and deepen their understanding of the second part of the testimony of faith, namely the first pillar of Islam. The author details the Messenger’s noble nature and his miracles, while removing doubts regarding his message. He deals with the issue of the imitation of Muhammad (peace and blessing of God be upon him) noting that the ultimate source of knowledge is revelation from God which comes to us through the Messenger. This volume lays clear that the aim of the Fons Vitae imam in this Series is to call for a return to the Sunna and the imitation of the Messenger in all aspects of 9781941610428 life. Pub Date: 8/15/19 On Sale Date: 8/15/19 $23.95 USD/£19.99 GBP Contributor Bio Discount Code: SHO Abu hamid al-Ghazali (d. 1111) was a leading scholar, jurist, and theologian of the golden age of Islam, and Trade Paperback he remains its truest advocate in modern times. As a teacher of both inward and outward faith, he recorded 144 Pages these practical teachings in his forty-book compendium of Islamic knowledge. Carton Qty: 28 Dr. Adi Setia has held academic posts at the Center for Advanced Studies in Islam, Science & Civilization Religion / Islam REL037000 (CASIS), International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM) and at the International Institute of Islamic Thought Series: The Fons Vitae & Civilization (ISTAC). His current research interests are in the areas of History and Philosophy of Science, Al-Ghazali Series Islamic Science, and Islamic Gift Economy (IGE). 9 in H | 6 in W IPG Spring 2020 Islamic Titles - December 2019 Page 2 {IPG} In a Time of Monsters Travels Through a Middle East in Revolt Emma Sky Summary Returning to the UK in September 2010 after serving in Iraq as the political adviser to the top American general, Emma Sky felt no sense of homecoming. She soon found herself back in the Middle East traveling through a region in revolt. In a Time of Monsters bears witness to the demands of young people for dignity and justice during the Arab Spring; the inability of sclerotic regimes to reform; the descent of Syria into civil war; the rise of the Islamic State; and the flight of refugees to Europe. With deep empathy for its people and an extensive understanding of the Middle East, Sky makes a complex region more comprehensible. A great storyteller and observational writer, Sky also reveals the ties that bind the Middle East to the West and how Atlantic Books blowback from the West's interventions in the region contributed to the British vote to leave the European 9781786498632 Pub Date: 5/15/19 Union and to the election of Donald Trump as president of the United States. On Sale Date: 5/15/19 $24.95 USD Contributor Bio Discount Code: LON Emma Sky is a Senior Fellow at Yale University's Jackson Institute. She worked in the Middle East for 20 Trade Paperback years and was made an Officer of the Order of the British Empire for services in Iraq. Her previous book, The 320 Pages Unraveling: High Hopes and Missed Opportunities in Iraq , was one of the New York Times ' 100 Notable Books Carton Qty: 32 of 2015, and was shortlisted for both the Samuel Johnson Prize for Nonfiction and the Orwell Prize. She lives Biography & Autobiography / Personal Memoirs in New Haven, Connecticut. BIO026000 9.3 in H | 6.3 in W | 1.1 in T | 1.2 lb Wt Mansa Musa I Kankan Moussa: from Niani to Mecca Jean-Louis Roy Summary Mansa Musa I - Kankan Moussa: from Niani to Mecca vividly recounts, in an intense and almost cinematic manner, the unique story of the young West African ruler Mansa Musa I, the King of Mali, who ruled over a massive territory from 1312 - 1337. Mansa Musa's territory of rule stretched across two thousand miles, spanning the Atlantic Ocean to Lake Chad. Under his rule, his state prospered and it is estimated that he was the wealthiest man in the world. In 1324-1325, he undertook a pilgrimage to Mecca with a massive retinue of twelve thousand men. The voyage, at that time was without precedent - crossing the deserts of the Sahara all the way to Arabia, a distance of some four thousand kilometres.