Kamaly, Hossein
Summary: Beginning in seventh-century Mecca and Medina, A History of Islam in 21 Women takes us around the globe, through eleventh-century Yemen and Khorasan, and into sixteenth-century Spain, Istanbul and India.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Oneworld Publications 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 297.082 KAMHirsi 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...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Free Press 2006
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Social Cult Hirsi AliNomani, Asra Q.
Summary: "Wall Street Journal" correspondent Asra Nomani chronicles the experiences she had while accompanying other Muslims on the pilgrimage to Mecca required of all Muslims once in their lives.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: HarperSanFrancisco 2005
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 297.352 NOMAnthony, David
Summary: The heroes' baseball team, the Traverse City Salmon, are playing the Garden City Sprouts in the little league championship game. The Sprouts throw a curve ball and turn into pinch-hitting plant monsters.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Sigil Pub. 2009
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1 available in J Series, Call number: J FIC ANTCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J FIC ANTCopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Beginning Readers - Independent Reader (Red), Call number: JBR RED ANTCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Beginning Readers - Independent Reader (Red), Call number: JBR RED ANTSummary: 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...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: The Teaching Company 2003
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2 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 297 GRESummary: In America, there are many misconceptions about Islam, particularly concerning its distinctive veil known as hijab. But how do Muslim women in this country who wear hijab feel about it? In this program, six Muslim women from six different ethnic backgrounds discuss their relation to this traditional garment, as well as what it means in a more general way to practice Islam in the U.S. Interviews...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Esposito, John L.
Summary: Examines Islam in a series of 12 lectures.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Teaching Co. 2003
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 297 ESPSummary: Since Al Qaeda terrorists attacked the United States on September 11, 2001, a debate has raged about the nature and leadership of the Muslim faith. Is Islam as a religion dominated by repressive extremists who justify the use of violence to achieve their objectives? Or is the religion defined by the majority of the world's moderate Muslims who reject such radical ideology?
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2008
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Summary: This program offers fifteen stand-alone segments, or "lecture launchers," from Religion & Ethics Newsweekly on a wide range of subjects concerning Islam, including the Hajj, W. D. Mohammed and the Nation of Islam, Muslim voter turnout in the 2000 elections, and the role of women in Islam. The program provides an introduction to Islamic beliefs and practices, as well as reporting on timely...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2005