Summary: We often think that people from a thousand years ago were living in the Dark Ages. But from the 7th century onward in Muslim civilization there were amazing advances and inventions that still influence our everyday lives. People living in the Muslim world saw what the Egyptians, Chinese, Indians, Greek, and Romans had discovered and spent the next one thousand years adding new developments and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: National Geographic 2012
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 297.2 ONEAhmed, Akbar S.
Summary: Tensions over Islam were escalating in Europe even before 9/11. Since then, repeated episodes of terrorism together with the refugee crisis have dramatically increased the divide between the majority population and Muslim communities, pushing the debate well beyond concerns over language and female dress. Meanwhile, the parallel rise of right-wing, nationalist political parties throughout the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Brookings Institution Press 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 305.6 AHMFletcher, R. A. (Richard A.)
Contents: Romance and reality -- The secret of the tower -- The curve of conversion -- The caliphate of Cr̤doba -- The party kings -- The Moroccan fundamentalists -- Convivencia -- Nasrid Granada -- An August pomegranate.
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Publisher / Publication Date: University of California Press 2006
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 946.02 FLEPeters, Ralph
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Publisher / Publication Date: Stackpole Books 2010
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 909.09821 PETMichon, Jean-Louis.
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Publisher / Publication Date: World Wisdom 2008
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 297 MICSaunders, J. J. (John Joseph)
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Publisher / Publication Date: Prentice-Hall 1966
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 909.09 SAUMarozzi, Justin
Summary: A history of the rich and diverse civilizations over fifteen centuries of Islam seen through its greatest cities.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pegasus Books 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 909 MARSavage, Michael
Summary: Argues that progressives and radical Islamists are working toward similar ends by compromising democratic principles to instill a government of absolute power without representation.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Center Street 2015
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 320.5109 SAVWilkinson, Philip
Summary: Discover the faith, culture, and history that have shaped the modern Islamic world.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dorling Kindersley 2002
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J 297 WILFuller, Graham E.
Summary: This book will reshape the way we think about Islam's relationship with the West. What if Islam never existed? To some, it's a comforting thought: no clash of civilizations, no holy wars, no terrorists. Here, political scientist and expert on the Muslim world Graham E. Fuller guides us through history, geopolitics, and religion to investigate whether or not Islam is indeed the cause of some of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Co. 2010
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 297.09 FULAkyol, Mustafa
Summary: "A fascinating journey into Islam's diverse history of ideas, making an argument for an 'Islamic Enlightenment' today. In 'Reopening Muslim Minds,' Mustafa Akyol, senior fellow at the Cato Institute and opinion writer for The New York Times, both diagnoses 'the crisis of Islam' in the modern world, and offers a way forward. Diving deeply into Islamic theology, and also sharing lessons from his...
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Essentials 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 297.09 AKYLunde, Paul
Contents: Islam in context -- The Islamic faith -- History of the Islamic world -- Islamic art and science -- Modernity and tradition -- The Islamic world today -- Chronology.
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Publisher / Publication Date: DK Pub. 2002
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 297 LUNTracy, Kathleen.
Summary: More than one-and-a-half billion Muslims of all races, nationalities, and ethnicities live in the world today, but the birthplace of Islam is the Middle East. Islam is a religion based on the revelations given to the Prophet Muhammad. These teachings are contained in the Quran, Islam's holy book. Like other religions, Islam preaches peace and love for others. Also like other religions, Islam's...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Mitchell Lane Publishers 2015
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1 available in JT Non-Fiction, Call number: JT Place Cult TracyNasr, Seyyed Hossein.
Summary: "As Muslims grow in numbers, and as Islam's role in world affairs becomes larger, we've begun to see the breakdown in a united fellowship among believers. Certainly the misunderstandings and friction between Islamic civilization and the modern West continue. But even within Islam, Iran's clerics are split, militant fundamentalists clash with students from Islamic universities, moderate...
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperOne 2011
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 297.09 NASSummary: From the late stages of the Agricultural Revolution to the doorstep of the Scientific Revolution, this course covers western history from roughly 3000 B.C. to A.D. 1600, when the "foundations" of the modern West come into view. Beginning in the ancient Near East, moving to Greece and Rome, the course explores the shape and impact of large ancient empires, including those of Persia and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Teaching Co. 2002
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5 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 909 FOUCall number: DVD 909 FOU PART 1
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Summary: Muslims have lived in the U.S. for centuries. Should the work of Islamist extremists be allowed to undermine their place in American society? This program captures a spirited discussion between Bill Moyers and Imam Zaid Shakir, who details his experiences as both a Muslim and an American in the wake of the 9/11 attacks. In addition, Imam Zaid describes the structure and comprehensiveness of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2005
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Summary: This series covers history from 3500 B.C. to the 1780's. This course analyzes civilizations by looking at their geographic and political environments, their technologies, economies, social institutions, and cultural achievements. Students will look at history from new perspectives, come to understand the connections between human beings despite time and distance, and appreciate the lasting...
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Publisher / Publication Date: The Teaching Company 1995
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3 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: DVD 909 WOR PART 1Call number: DVD 909 WOR PART 2
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Summary: Documents the rise and growth of Islam throughout the world, from the birth of Prophet Muhammad in the 6th century through the peak of the Ottoman Empire 1000 years later. Discusses the impact of Islamic civilization on world history and culture.
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Publisher / Publication Date: PBS Home Video 2005