Peace Movements In Islam Av Juan Cole

<B>A fascinating, in-depth exploration of the messianic idea in Sunni Islam through four significant movements from different times and places</B><BR><BR>Expectation of a redeemer is a widespread phenomenon across many civilizations....

<p>No word in English evokes more fear and misunderstanding than ''jihad''. To date the books that have appeared on the subject in English by Western scholars have been either openly partisan and polemical, or subtly traumatised...

Tells the story not only of the six years of negotiation and the peace process that transformed a country, its secret contacts, its international implications, and difficulties and achievements but also of the two previous decades in which Colombia oscillated...

This book discusses inner peace from an Islamic theological and spiritual perspective, the writings of Said Nursi, a twentieth century Muslim scholar. Inner peace is a topic of great interest in the world at present. While happiness and mental health...