Author: Abdur RaufPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Islam
Languages : en
Pages : 194
Book Description
Islamic Culture & Civilization in Pakistan
Author: Abdur RaufBooks-In-Brief: Studies in Islamic Civilization
Author: Ahmed EssaPublisher: International Institute of Islamic Thought (IIIT)
ISBN: 156564591X
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 33
Book Description
Studies in Islamic Civilization draws upon the works of Western scholars to make the case that without the tremendous contribution of the Muslim world there would have been no Renaissance in Europe. For almost a thousand years Islam was arguably one of the leading civilizations of the world spanning a geographic area greater than any other. It eliminated social distinctions between classes and races, made clear that people should enjoy the bounties of the earth provided they did not ignore morals and ethics, and rescued knowledge that would have been lost, if not forever, then at least for centuries. The genius of its scholars triggered the intellectual tradition of Europe and for over seven hundred years its language, Arabic, was the international language of science. Strange then that its legacy lies largely ignored and buried in time. In the words of Aldous Huxley, “Great is truth, but still greater, from a practical point of view, is silence about truth. By simply not mentioning certain subjects... propagandists have influenced opinion much more effectively than they could have by the most eloquent denunciations.” Studies in Islamic Civilization is a compelling attempt to redress this wrong and restore the historical truths of a “golden age” that ushered in the Islamic renaissance, and as a by-product that of the West. In doing so it gives a bird’s eye view of the achievements of a culture that at its height was considered the model of human progress and development. (2010).
The Cambridge History of Islam: Volume 2B, Islamic Society and Civilisation
Author: P. M. HoltPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521291385
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 582
Book Description
This is a most comprehensive and ambitious collaborative survey of Islamic history and civilization.
Area Handbook for Pakistan
Author: Richard F. NyropPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Pakistan
Languages : en
Pages : 726
Book Description
Values in Islamic Culture and the Experience of History
Author: N. S. KirabaevPublisher: CRVP
ISBN: 9781565181335
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 388
Book Description
Encyclopedia of Women and Islamic Cultures
Author: Suad JosephPublisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004128182
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 873
Book Description
Family, Law and Politics, Volume II of the Encyclopedia of Women & Islamic Cultures, brings together over 360 entries on women, family, law, politics, and Islamic cultures around the world.
The Concise Garland Encyclopedia of World Music, Volume 2
Author: Garland Encyclopedia of World MusicPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1136096027
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 1092
Book Description
The Concise Garland Encyclopedia of World Music comprises two volumes, and can only be purchased as the two-volume set. To purchase the set please go to: http://www.routledge.com/9780415972932
Re-centering the Sufi Shrine
Author: Irfan Moeen KhanPublisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
ISBN: 3110781557
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 464
Book Description
Recentering the Sufi Shrine is a study of ritual, Sufi eschatology, and vernacular theopoetics of pilgrimage to Sufi shrines in the Indus region of Pakistan. The book examines the distinction between two different ritual contestations over pilgrimage to Sufi tombs: (1) an exposition of Ṭariqa-i Muhammadiyya’s millenarian Scripturalist reform of Sufism, and (2) Bulleh Shah’s (d. 1767) vernacular Sufism, a hard-hitting Sufi-poet of textual ("bookish") knowledge of religious scholars. This is the first work examining the legal theology of ritual intervention in using scripture to regulate the resurrected bodies of saints, on the one hand, and the ritual metaphysics of presence in understanding the significance and meaning of Sufi shrines, on the other.
Pakistan, a Country Study
Author: World Yearbook of Education 1966
Author: George Z. F. BeredayPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1136168621
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 374
Book Description
First published in 2005. Broadly speaking, church-state relations in education turn nowadays upon two chief issues: I. Should religion be taught in state schools? And if so, may the state interfere with the teaching? 2. In countries where separate schools, under church control, exist should they have a share of public funds? Church and state issues flare up anew whenever there appears a repressive government action or a dynamic drive of the churches for a larger share of privileges. Both occur frequently enough to make this World Year Book a lively read.