Religion — Markus Wiener Publishers

Subject: Religion

Islamic Art and Literature
	Grabar, Oleg and Cynthia Robinson, editors Subject: Middle East, Religion	Edited by Oleg Grabar, one of the leading experts in Islamic art history, along with Cynthia Robinson, this book breaks new ground in the field of Middle Eastern art history. While illuminated manuscripts from Persia and the Arab world are … More Information

Islamism in Morocco: Religion, Authoritarianism, and Electoral Politics
	Zeghal, Malika (translated by George Holoch) Subject: Africa, Middle East, Religion	French Selection for the PEN World Voices Literary Festival Winner of the PEN America-France Award Malika Zeghal analyzes the historical roots and recent evolution of Moroccan Islamist movements in the context of a new political system … More Information

Islamophobia and Anti-Semitism
	Schenker, Hillel and Ziad Abu-Zayyadis, editors Subject: Middle East, Religion	Islamophobia and anti-Semitism, based on often-interchangeable historic stereotypes, fan the flames of fear and hatred against the “other.” Thus Jews and Muslims serve as convenient scapegoats for many of society’s ills and leaders’ misguided agendas. In the post-9/11 world, the … More Information

Jews and Judaism in African History
	Hull, Richard Subject: Africa, Religion, Middle East, Jewish Studies	This timely book is the first to cover the history of Jews from the times of Alexander the Great and Caesar to Idi Amin and Nelson Mandela. Jews have often been a marginalized minority, yet they have played a role … More Information

Jews of a Saharan Oasis: The Elimination of the Tamantit Community
	Hunwick, John Subject: Africa, Religion, Jewish Studies, Middle East	“Jews spread out from Israel into northern Africa after the Roman destruction of much of Jerusalem in 70 C.E. and settled in Saharan oases. Although there was no love for Jews after the birth of Islam five centuries later, Muslim … More Information

Jews of Nigeria: An Afro-Judaic Odyssey
	Miles, William F. S. Subject: Africa, Religion, Jewish Studies	While Jews have long had a presence in Ethiopia and the Maghreb, Africa’s newest Jewish community of note is in Nigeria, where upwards of twenty thousand Igbos are commonly claimed to have adopted Judaism. Bolstered by customs recalling an Israelite … More Information

Jihad: A History in Documents (2016 Expanded Edition)
	Peters, Rudolph F. Subject: Religion, Middle East	This updated and expanded 2016 edition of the classic text on Muslim thinking about war and peace features new chapters on jihad after 9/11, including translations and analyses of fatwas from ISIS and al-Qaeda. “Helps us understand the wider … More Information

Kabul Under Siege: Fayz Muhammad’s Account of the 1929 Uprising
	Muhammad, Fayz (translated by R. D. McChesney) Subject: Middle East	In January 1929, the reigning monarch of Afghanistan, Amir Aman Allah Khan, was driven from his capital by a former soldier turned outlaw. The uprising was a response to the ruler’s attempts to modernize the tribal culture of Afghanistan. Kabul, … More Information

Law and Society in Islam
	Stewart, Devin J., Baber Johansen, and Amy Singer Subject: Religion	This book covers significant themes explaining the practice of Islamic law. The first essay treats taqiyyah (literally, “caution”), the concealment of one’s religion when to reveal it would incur danger, which is based on a Koranic passage. The author provides … More Information

Modern Iran: A History in Documents
	Nabavi, Negin Subject: Middle Eastern History	Covering the period from the early nineteenth century to the present day, Modern Iran: A History in Documents brings together primary sources in translation that shed light on aspects of the political, social, cultural, and intellectual history of … More Information