Author : Howard M. Federspiel
Publisher :
Page : pages
File Size : 37,56 MB
Release : 1961
Category :
ISBN :
Author : Howard M. Federspiel
Publisher :
Page : 346 pages
File Size : 32,31 MB
Release : 1961
Category : Palestine
ISBN :
Author : Philip Mattar
Publisher : Columbia University Press
Page : 226 pages
File Size : 25,23 MB
Release : 1992
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780231064637
Muhammad Amin al-Husayni, the principal leader of Palestinian nationalism during the British mandate, was one of the modern Arab world's most controversial figures. He played a role in the 1992 Wailing Wall disturbance, took part in the Iraqi revolt of 1941, and was the target of British and Zionist assasins during World War II. Philip Mattar now offers the first full-length biography of this intriguing figure, weaving a fresh and objective revisionist account. Mattar clarifies al-Husayni's role in the politics of Palestine in the mandate era and the Palestinian national movement. He describes his rise to religious power as Mufti of Jerusalem and head of the Supreme Muslim Council. He also demarcates two major phases in al-Husayni's career. During his first, between 1917 and 1936, he was a cautious and pragmatic leader who, while opposing Zionism, cooperated with the British mandatory officials. The second phase, however, after 1936, was marked by militancy, frustration, and ultimately failure.
Author : Yehuda Taggar
Publisher : Dissertations-G
Page : 484 pages
File Size : 30,8 MB
Release : 1986
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN :
Author : Ghazi bin Muhammad (Prince of Jordan.)
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 15,55 MB
Release : 2013
Category : Islam
ISBN : 9781903682838
Written by a number of Islamic religious authorities and Muslim scholars, this work presents the views and teachings of mainstream Sunni and Shi’i Islam on the subject of jihad. It authoritatively presents jihad as it is understood by the majority of the world’s 1.7 billion Muslims in the world today, and supports this understanding with extensive detail and scholarship. No word in English evokes more fear and misunderstanding than "jihad." To date the books that have appeared on the subject in English by Western scholars have been either openly partisan and polemical or subtly traumatized by so many acts and images of terrorism in the name of jihad and by the historical memory of nearly 1,400 years of confrontation between Islam and Christianity. Though jihad is the central concern of War and Peace in Islam: The Uses and Abuses of Jihad, the range of the essays is not confined exclusively to the study of jihad. The work is divided into three parts: War and Its Practice, Peace and Its Practice, and Beyond Peace: The Practice of Forbearance, Mercy, Compassion and Love. The book aims to reveal the real meaning of jihad and to rectify many of the misunderstandings that surround both it and Islam’s relation with the “Other.”
Author : M. Stephan
Publisher : Springer
Page : 341 pages
File Size : 25,25 MB
Release : 2009-12-07
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0230101755
This book examines the role of nonviolent civil resistance in challenging tyranny and promoting democratic-self rule in the greater Middle East using case studies and analyses of how religion, youth, women, technology and external actors have influenced the outcome of civil resistance in the region.
Author : Ali, Abdulrahim
Publisher : UNESCO Publishing
Page : 546 pages
File Size : 26,91 MB
Release : 2016-10-17
Category : Arabic language
ISBN : 9231001329
Islam in the World Today sheds light on the dynamics and practices of Muslim communities in contemporary societies across the world, by providing a rigorous analysis of their economic, political, socio-cultural and educational characteristics.--Provided by publisher.
Author : Zvi Elpeleg
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 274 pages
File Size : 21,19 MB
Release : 1993
Category : Arab-Israeli conflict
ISBN : 0714634328
A former military governor of Arab areas under Israeli occupation chronicles the life and career of Hussaini (1893-1974), from his early days in Jerusalem, through his Palestinian nationalist work during the 1920s and 1930s, his eclipse after 1948, and his continuing influence on the Palestinian movement.
Author : George Makdisi
Publisher : Edinburgh University Press
Page : 392 pages
File Size : 23,45 MB
Release : 2019-08-05
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1474470645
Makdisi's important work traces the development and organisational structure of learning institutions in Islam, and reassesses scholarship on the origins and growth of the Madrasa.
Author : Ephraim Kahana
Publisher : Scarecrow Press
Page : 403 pages
File Size : 38,9 MB
Release : 2009-04-13
Category : History
ISBN : 0810863022
Given the rivalries and suspicions prevailing in the Middle East, it is not surprising that most of these states are very concerned about espionage and infiltration. With the additional threat of terrorism, nuclear weapons, a large U.S. military presence, and the Arab-Israeli conflict, the result is an impressively busy intelligence industry, proportionately larger and more extensive than in most other regions. The Historical Dictionary of Middle East Intelligence addresses intelligence issues in the region from ancient history and the Middle Ages through modern times, covering the decline of the Ottoman Empire, intelligence activity in the Middle East during and between the two world wars, and the interplay between colonial and local intelligence and counterintelligence agencies of the period. It also presents the relatively new fundamentalist terrorist organizations that have had a significant impact on international relations and on the structure and deployment of intelligence, counterintelligence, and other security organs in the Middle East today. With a chronology, an introductory essay, and over 300 cross-referenced dictionary entries on important events and key organizations involved in all aspects of intelligence gathering and analysis, as well as the biographies of key players, this is an important reference on the current situation in the Middle East.
