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The Twin Horse Gods
The Dioskouroi in Mythologies of the Ancient World
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 2015
The twin deities known by the ancient Greeks as the Dioskouroi, and by the Romans as the Gemini, were popular figures in the classical world. They were especially connected with youth, low status and service, and were embraced by the common people in a way that eluded those gods associated with regal...
The Post-Colonial State and Civil War in Sudan
The Origins of Conflict in Darfur
Language: English
Release Date: August 25, 2015
The humanitarian crisis in Darfur, a consequence of the civil war and ongoing violence, has attracted significant international media attention. Here, Noah Bassil offers a re-conception of the conflict in Darfur by examining the origins and progression of the conflict through the broader issue of...
Beatson's Mutiny
The Turbulent Career of a Victorian Soldier
Language: English
Release Date: March 23, 2015
Over a long and varied career, Major-General William Beatson earned a fine reputation as a leader of irregular cavalry in the nineteenth century. He trained many future commanders of the Victorian army, saw action in Spain and British India, and rode with the Heavy Brigade at the Battle of Balaklava....
Kennedy and the Middle East
The Cold War, Israel and Saudi Arabia
Language: English
Release Date: October 30, 2017
At the height of the Cold War, the John F. Kennedy administration designed an ambitious plan for the Middle East - its aim was to seek rapprochement with Nasser's Egypt in order to keep the Arab world neutral and contain the perceived communist threat. In order to offset this approach, Kennedy sought...
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Language: English
Release Date: August 9, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: August 9, 2013
The prominent Buddhist religious leader and advocate for peace, Daisaku Ikeda, has placed dialogue at the centre of his efforts towards securing global justice and conflict resolution. However, far from constituting abstract plans for the future of the world, Ikeda's dialogues represent very concrete...
The Euro Crisis in the Media
Journalistic Coverage of Economic Crisis and European Institutions
Language: English
Release Date: July 28, 2015
The Euro Crisis produced the most significant challenge to European integration in 60 years - testing the structures and powers of the European Union and the Eurozone and threatening the common currency. This book explores how the financial and political crisis was portrayed in the European press...
Martyrdom and Sacrifice in Islam
Theological, Political and Social Contexts
Language: English
Release Date: November 14, 2016
Martyrdom in the Muslim world is increasingly integral to conversations about international security. Over the years, the beliefs around self-sacrifice have become key to understanding the Middle East and its political relationships with the West, although much of the conversation has been restricted...
Averroes, Kant and the Origins of the Enlightenment
Reason and Revelation in Arab Thought
Language: English
Release Date: January 17, 2014
The twelfth-century philosopher Averroes is often identified by modern Arab thinkers as an early advocate of the Enlightenment. Saud M. S. Al-Tamamy demonstrates that an historical as well as comparative approach to Averroes' thought refutes this widely held assumption. The philosophical doctrine...
New Directions in Islamic Thought
Exploring Reform and Muslim Tradition
Language: English
Release Date: February 25, 2011
How are Muslims to reconcile their beliefs with the imperatives and pressures of the modern world? How should they handle the tension between their roles as private citizens and their religious affiliations and identities? This groundbreaking volume shows in what ways prominent Muslim intellectuals...
Minority Jurisprudence in Islam
Muslim Communities in the West
Language: English
Release Date: March 24, 2016
According to many Islamic jurists, the world is divided between dar al-Islam (the abode of Islam) and dar al-harb (the abode of war). This dual division of the world has led to a great amount of juridical discussion concerning what makes a territory part of dar al-Islam, what the status of Muslims...
The Gülen Movement in Turkey
The Politics of Islam and Modernity
Language: English
Release Date: September 6, 2016
What is the Gülen Movement and why is Erdogan so
by Amyn Sajoo
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2012
Taking ethics seriously means coming to terms with the real world where our sense of right and wrong plays out. At their best, faith traditions require daily life to face the tests of philosophy - and confront philosophy with the tests of daily living. If faith-inspired ethics govern all of one's...
The Great Betrayal
How America Abandoned the Kurds and Lost the Middle East
Language: English
Release Date: November 29, 2018
The twentieth century saw dramatic changes in the once Kurd-dominated Kirkuk region of Iraq. Despite having repeatedly relied on the Kurdish population of Iraq for military support, on three occasions the United States have abandoned their supposed allies in Kirkuk. The Great Betrayal provides a political...
Dissent and Revolution in a Digital Age
Social Media, Blogging and Activism in Egypt
Language: English
Release Date: March 22, 2013
During the Arab uprisings of early 2011, which saw the overthrow of Zine el-Abadine Ben Ali in Tunisia and Hosni Mubarak in Egypt, the role of digital media and social networking tools was widely reported. This was also recognized by the very authorities fighting against popular pressure for change,...