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Books on: nation of islam founding

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Islam and the Search for African American Nationhood: Elijah Muhammad, Louis Farrakhan, and the Nation of Islam

Book by Dennis Walker; Clarity, 2005

Subjects:

African American Muslims--History, African Americans--Religion--History, Elijah Muhammad--1897-, Farrakhan, Louis, Nation Of Islam (Chicago, Ill.), United States--Race Relations--History

Collections: Religious Studies, History, Entire Library

...Muhammad, Louis Farrakhan and the Nation of Islam by Dennis Walker CLARITY...Muhammad, Louis Farrakhan, and the Nation Of Islam / by Dennis Walker. p. cm...1897- . 5. Farrakhan, Louis. 6. Nation of Islam (Chicago, 111.) I. Title. BP221...
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In the Name of Elijah Muhammad: Louis Farrakhan and the Nation of Islam

Book by Mattias Gardell; Duke University Press, 1996

Subjects:

Black Muslims

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

...important predecessor to the Nation of Islam. Black Muslim Slaves and Scholars...1930s , the decade in which the Nation of Islam was founded. It is, however, obvious...as it did in the creed of the Nation of Islam. Elijah Muhammad taught that...
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Competing Visions of Islam in the United States: A Study of Los Angeles

Book by Kambiz GhaneaBassiri; Greenwood Press, 1997

Subjects:

Islam--California--Los Angeles

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

...United States; rather, they see Islam as a faith that can aid individuals...the United States. There are, of course, many Shiis in the United...ISNA indi- cated that the National American Trust, which it had...represent the views of their founding countries, has caused many...
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The Oxford History of Islam

Book by John L. Esposito; Oxford University Press, 1999

Subjects:

Islam--History

Collections: Religious Studies, History, Entire Library

...Rock in Jerusalem is the third holiest site in Islam. Built over the remains of Solomons tem- ple, the structure is thought...of later periods would follow this precedent by founding new capitals to symbolize the start of what they...
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The Politicization of Islam: Reconstructing Identity, State, Faith, and Community in the Late Ottoman State

Book by Kemal H. Karpat; Oxford University Press, 2000

Subjects:

Islam And State--Turkey, Panislamism, Turkey--History--1878-1909, Turkey--History--Mehmed V, 1909-1918

Collections: Religious Studies, History, Entire Library

Combining international and domestic perspectives, this book analyzes the transformation of the Ottoman Empire over the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. It views privatization of state lands and the increase of domestic and foreign trade as key factors in the rise of a Muslim middle class, which ...
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Combining international and domestic perspectives, this book analyzes the transformation of the Ottoman Empire over the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. It views privatization of state lands and the increase of domestic and foreign trade as key factors in the rise of a Muslim middle class, which, increasingly aware of its economic interests and communal roots, then attempted to reshape the government to reflect its ideals.
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Journal Articles on: nation of islam founding

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The International Face of Islam

Journal article by Douglas Pratt; New Zealand International Review, Vol. 26, 2001

Subjects:

Afghanistan--Religious aspects, Islam--International aspects, Taliban--Analysis

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

...movements and ideologies that claim Islam, as they interpret...according to an idealised image of Islams founding period .... Hence...expression of secularity and nation-statehood within the world of Islam. Therefore, any and all forms...
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Islam and Nation Building in Southeast Asia: Malaysia and Indonesia in Comparative Perspective

Journal article by Kikue Hamayotsu; Pacific Affairs, Vol. 75, 2002

Subjects:

Indonesia--Political aspects, Indonesia--Religious aspects, Islam and politics--Analysis, Islam--Analysis, Islamic fundamentalism--Military aspects, Islamic fundamentalism--Political aspects, Islamic law--Political aspects, Malaysia--Political aspects, Malaysia--Religious aspects, Muslims--Political activity, Postcolonialism--Political aspects, Postcolonialism--Religious aspects

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

...concluded that national unity would...ideology -- Islam in particular...as the basis of the state for...aspirations among the founding fathers, however...while setting Islam aside. The National Mandate Party...Therefore, the founding principle of secular-nationalism...
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Rolling Back Radical Islam

Journal article by Ralph Peters; Parameters, Vol. 32, 2002

Subjects:

Islam--Analysis, Middle East--Military aspects, Muslims in the United States--Analysis, Muslims--Analysis, Muslims--United States, Religion--Analysis, United States--Military aspects

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

...reporter, covering this nation of 200 million Muslims...is that Indonesian Islam poses no danger whatsoever...comes from models of Islam exported from Saudi...through infusions of cash, missionaries...seeming to be Indonesias national sport. Yet, as one...
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National Identity, Islam and Politics in Post-Communist Bosnia-Hercegovina (1)

Journal article by Aydin Babuna; East European Quarterly, Vol. 39, 2005

Subjects:

Bosnia and Herzegovina--History, Bosnian Muslims--History, Islam--Bosnia and Herzegovina, Islam--Political aspects, Izetbegovic, Alija--Political activity, Muslims, Bosnian--History, National identity--Religious aspects, Peace Accord, 1995, Yugoslavia-Croatia-Bosnia-Herzegovina

Collections: Religious Studies, History, Entire Library

...ideology. Multi-Party Politics, Islam and National Identity: Towards the Bosnian war The early 1990s witnessed the collapse of the communist regime and the emergence...the leader of the new party in its founding convention held on May 26, 1990...
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The Debate on Islam and Secularism in Egypt

Journal article by Fauzi M. Najjar; Arab Studies Quarterly (ASQ), Vol. 18, 1996

Subjects:

Egypt--Religion, Islam--Analysis, Secularism--Analysis

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

...history is a nation without a...Belief that Islam is the religion of reason, and...Raziqs al-Islam wa Usul al-Hukm...tradition of enlightenment...extremism, national unity and...campaign against Islam and Muslims...a student of Western philosophy...dealing with national issues, and...

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Magazine Articles on: nation of islam founding

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Looking for World in the Eye: Samuel Huntington Is a Mild-Mannered Man Whose Sharp Opinions - about the Collision of Islam and the West, about the Role of the Military ..

Magazine article by Robert D. Kaplan; The Atlantic Monthly, Vol. 288, December 2001

Subjects:

American writers, College faculty--United States, Huntington, Samuel, United States--Public opinion

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

...the Collision of Islam and the West, about the Role of the Military...opinion magazine The Nation, had ridiculed...militaries. The Founding Fathers, Huntington...conflict between Islam and the West...first, to draw the nations of the West more...
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Into Indonesia Next?

Magazine article by Suzanne Charle; The Nation, Vol. 274, February 11, 2002

Subjects:

Indonesia--Political aspects, Islam--Political aspects, War on Terrorism, 2001---Political aspects

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

...as the head of a struggling nation heavily dependent on funds from...attack and winning promises of economic support without provoking...journalism: Goenawan Mohamad, a founding editor of Tempo magazine, points...Robert Hefner, author of Civil Islam: Muslims and Democratization...
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One Nation under Many Gods

Magazine article by Richard John Neuhaus; First Things: A Monthly Journal of Religion and Public Life, October 2001

Subjects:

A New Religious America: How a "Christian Country" Has Become the World's Most Religiously Diverse Nation (Book)--Reviews, Books--Reviews

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

...agitate for a nation under many...redefinition of American society...For orthodox Islam, the final...waged by real nations who have created...bloody borders of Islam...Buddhism, and Islam are all heavily...activism. Some of my Hindu students...Religiously Diverse Nation. It is instead...
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The Faith of the Founding

Magazine article by Michael Novak; First Things: A Monthly Journal of Religion and Public Life, April 2003

Subjects:

American Revolution, 1775-1783--Religious aspects, Bernes, Walter--Attitudes, Locke, John--Attitudes, Maritain, Jacques--Attitudes, Religion and politics--History

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

...at major state functions and national celebrations. Moreover, the...public choice was not a matter of mere reflex, without argument...But the third feature of these founding documents is even more striking...separate from the created world, Islam. These other world religions...
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H. Rap Brown/Jamil Al-Amin: A Profoundly American Story

Magazine article by Ekwueme Michael Thelwell; The Nation, Vol. 274, March 18, 2002

Subjects:

Book reviews, Books--Book reviews, Die Nigger Die! A Political Autobiography (Book)

Collections: Entire Library

...whom McGeorge Bundy reportedly commented at the founding gathering of the National Urban Coalition, "Wouldnt you, wouldnt all of us...the media as H. Rap Brown converted to orthodox Islam and emerged as Jamil Abdullah Al-Amin, a Sunni Muslim...

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Newspaper Articles on: nation of islam founding

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Wahid Remembered as Eccentric Muslim Who Had a Liberal Interpretation of Islam

Newspaper article by Abraham Rabinovich; The Washington Times, October 22, 1999

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...eccentric. Indonesia, the largest Muslim nation in the world, had no relations with...too in his liberal interpretations of Islam. "The wish of Muslims everywhere...His father, he said, was one of the founding fathers of Indonesia and served as...
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Misreading the Prime Minister; Real War Should Be within Islam

Newspaper article; The Washington Times, March 21, 2006

Subjects:

Islam

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...was democratized long ago. Its founding father, Mustafa Kemal Ataturk...and made secularism a key part of his "revolution." There are...equal religion. But it takes Islam as its frame of reference. We...talks because it is a secular nation, not because it is a Muslim...
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Around the Nation

Newspaper article; Manila Bulletin, January 12, 2006

Subjects:

Islam

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...the values and virtues of Islam. Tomawis made the call as he led the celebration of Eidal Adha (Feast of Sacrifice...will be tackled during the national directorate meeting of the...9-14 commemorating the 410th Founding Anniversary of the Parish...
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Cradle of Terror; Forget Saddam. It's America's Ally, Run by a Corrupt, Brutal Regime, That Fuels Muslim Hatred and Spawned Al Qaeda. but Are the Days Numbered for the House of Saud's

Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), June 24, 2004

Subjects:

Saud, Ibn, King of Saudi Arabia

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...schools to small children. Jihad is in the nations DNA. Its the Saudis Wahhabi version of Islam which has spread its poison across the world...single princely palace? But ji had, the Kingdoms founding principle, has now come to haunt the autocratic...
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Islam Is Faith with Many Faces

Newspaper article by David R. Sands; The Washington Times, October 21, 2001

Subjects:

Taliban

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...ISMAILIS: Ismailism is a branch of Shiite Islam that traces its founding to a division over who should succeed...Captions: C) Thomas W. Lippman, author of "Understanding Islam," says traveling from one Muslim nation to another is a trip through two...

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Encyclopedia Articles on: nation of islam founding

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Iran

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...established the Shiite sect of Islam as the state religion; it reached...during the reign (1587 1629) of Shah Abbas I (Abbas the Great...increasing pressure of European nations, particularly czarist Russia...ending the Qajar dynasty and founding the new Pahlevi dynasty. Reza...
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Indonesia

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...banned the PKI, reestablished close ties with the United States, and reentered (1966) the United Nations. Indonesia became one of the founding countries of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) in 1967. On Mar. 12, 1967, the national...
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Malaysia

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...Malayas place in the United Nations and the Commonwealth, and in 1967 it became one of the founding members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN). The new state was immediately confronted with the hostility of Indonesia, which...
4.

Bahrain

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...Indians, and other Asians. Islam (75 % Shiite and 25% Sunni) is the religion of most of the population, and...to be the first Persian Gulf nation to run dry of oil, and steps...national assembly. Bahrain was a founding member of the Gulf Cooperation...

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