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Esposito, John L. Hirsi Ali, Ayaan Kamali, Mohammad Hashim Kassam, Raheem Renard, JohnKassam, Raheem
Contents: The unsettled debate -- What happens in Europe -- From Molenbeek, with terror -- From Sweden, with rape -- From France, with hate -- From the United Kingdom, with sharia -- From San Bernardino, with lies -- From Detroit, with the call to prayer -- From America, with radical Islam.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Regnery Publishing, a division of Salem Media Group 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Social Pol KassamKamali, Mohammad Hashim
Summary: "Shariah law is a subject that is misunderstood and misrepresented by many in the West. More than simply a system of law, it is concerned with a set of values and rules that are essential to the understanding and practice of Islam. In this volume, Mohammad Hashim Kamali, a world-renowned expert on Shariah, adopts a question-and-answer format to provide a clear introduction to its most salient...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Oneworld 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 340 KAMEsposito, John L.
Summary: Most Americans and Europeans have by now heard of Shariah. In the West, politicians, media commentators, televangelists, and others have stoked fears that Muslims intend to impose a repressive rule based on Shariah in America and Europe. Shariah has been portrayed as a medieval system that oppresses women, stifles human rights, and imposes harsh punishments like stoning and amputation. In...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Oxford University Press 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 340 ESPHirsi Ali, Ayaan
Summary: Muslims who explore sources of morality other than Islam are threatened with death, and Muslim women who escape the virgins' cage are branded whores. So asserts Hirsi Ali's meditation on Islam and the role of women, the rights of the individual, the roots of fanaticism, and Western policies toward Islamic countries and immigrant communities. This controversial book is a call to arms for the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Free Press 2006
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Social Cult Hirsi AliSummary: 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 ONERenard, John
Summary: "Provides detailed descriptions of the history, beliefs, symbols, rituals, observations, customs, leaders, and organization of the world's second largest religion, [explaining] the significance of the Five Pillars, Muhammad, various sects, the Quran, Islamic law, and much more"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Visible Ink Press 2015
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Islam has more than 1.2 billion adherents worldwide. Today, it is imperative that the West understand Islam's role as both a religion and a way of life, what Muslims believe, their practices and history. This set of twelve thirty-minute lectures present an exploration of Islamic law, mysticism, civilization, and Muslim life and society through the ages. Examines the "struggle for the soul of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: The Teaching Company 2003
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2 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 297 GREEsposito, John L.
Summary: Examines Islam in a series of 12 lectures.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Teaching Co. 2003
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 297 ESPSummary: "Kisa Kids Publication's first ever graphic novel surrounding the stories and lives of the 14 ma'soomeen and what their name means"--Amazon.com
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Publisher / Publication Date: Kisa Kids Publications 2019