Emmanuel Karagiannis explains how various Islamists have endorsed human rights, democracy, and justice to gain influence and mobilize supporters.

Hassan Abbas provides a nuanced, compelling portrait of this towering yet divisive figure and the origins of sectarian division within Islam.

This book will make a major contribution to the debate over succession. Wilferd Madelung's book The Succession to Muhammad has been awarded the Best Book of the Year prize by the Islamic Republic of Iran for the year 1997.

' All?h. The editors searched around and we have been unable to find a larger compendium of muslim names anywhere. In print or in ebook for the English speaking reader. We pray that this book reaches you all in good health and Iman.

In this gripping narrative history, Lesley Hazleton tells the tragic story at the heart of the ongoing rivalry between the Sunni and Shia branches of Islam, a rift that dominates the news now more than ever.

This book is an accessible and comprehensive account of political Islam in the twenty-first century.

Egypt's lack of a common national identity is the basis for much of its internal conflict--Coptic Christians have been particularly affected.