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Recent economic crises have made the centrality of debt, and the instability it creates, increasingly apparent. This realization has led to cries for change—y
Jihad Beyond Islam
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By observing the current crisis of identity among ordinary Muslims, this book explores why, and in what circumstances Muslims speak of jihad. In the end, jihad
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Jihad' is a highly charged word. Often mistranslated as 'Holy War', it has become synonymous with terrorism. Current political events have entirely failed to ta
Beyond Timbuktu
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Authors: Ousmane Oumar Kane
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Timbuktu is famous as a center of learning from Islam’s Golden Age. Yet it was one among many scholarly centers to exist in precolonial West Africa. Ousmane K