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Download or read book Heaven on Earth written by Sadakat Kadri and published by Random House. This book was released on 2013 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Shari'a is the code of conduct in Islam, but what does it really mean? British-based civil rights lawyer Kadri explains how legal ideas gradually emerged in Islam, how shari'a is practiced in different countries today, and how in the last decades it has been appropriated by extremists to the detriment of everyone."--Library Journal.
Download or read book Heaven on Earth written by Sadakat Kadri and published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux. This book was released on 2012-04-10 with total page 387 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Heaven on Earth is a vivid, revealing, and essential narrative history of shari'a law--the widely contested and misunderstood code of Islamic justice--and how the application of its concepts has changed over time and, with it, the face of Islam. Some fourteen hundred years after the Prophet Muhammad first articulated God's law--the shari'a--its earthly interpreters are still arguing about what it means. Hard-liners reduce it to amputations, veiling, holy war, and stonings. Others say that it is humanity's only guarantee of a just society. And as colossal acts of terrorism made the word "shari'a" more controversial than ever in the early twentieth century, the legal historian and human rights lawyer Sadakat Kadri realized that many people in the West harbored ideas about Islamic law that were hazy or simply wrong. Heaven on Earth describes his journey, through ancient texts and across modern borders, in search of the facts behind the myths. Kadri brings lucid analysis and enlivening wit to the turbulent story of Islam's foundation and expansion, showing how the Prophet Muhammad's teachings evolved gradually into concepts of justice. Traveling the Muslim world to see the shari'a's principles in action, he encounters a cacophony of legal claims. At the ancient Indian grave of his Sufi ancestor, unruly jinns are exorcised in the name of the shari'a. In Pakistan's madrasas, stern scholars ridicule his talk of human rights and demand explanations for NATO drone attacks in Afghanistan. In Iran, he hears that God is forgiving enough to subsidize sex-change operations--but requires the execution of Muslims who change religion. Yet the stories of compulsion and violence are only part of a picture that also emphasizes compassion and equity. Many of Islam's first judges refused even to rule on cases for fear that a mistake would damn them, and scholars from Delhi to Cairo maintain that governments have no business enforcing faith. The shari'a continues to shape explosive political events and the daily lives of more than a billion Muslims. Heaven on Earth is a brilliantly iconoclastic tour through one of humanity's great collective intellectual achievements--and an essential guide to one of the most disputed but least understood controversies of modern times.
Book Synopsis Journey Into Ancient Arabia by : Mamade Kadreebux
Download or read book Journey Into Ancient Arabia written by Mamade Kadreebux and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Southern Gates Of Arabia - A Journey In The Hadbramaut by : Freya Stark
Download or read book The Southern Gates Of Arabia - A Journey In The Hadbramaut written by Freya Stark and published by Read Books Ltd. This book was released on 2013-04-17 with total page 297 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.
Book Synopsis Journey Into Anciet Arabia by : Mamade Kadreebux
Download or read book Journey Into Anciet Arabia written by Mamade Kadreebux and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 126 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Here, There, and Back Again by : Wanda Blackgrave
Download or read book Here, There, and Back Again written by Wanda Blackgrave and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2009-12-01 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A young woman who marries an Arabian finds herself facing dangers and challenges that she never thought imaginable. She starts her journey traveling to one of the oldest countries in the world. Her new home in Arabia turns out very different than she expected. The way she was raised as an American is all but forgotten when forced to learn the new ways of an ancient culture. She soon discovers that she must learn their language and abide by their religion if she is to survive in their country. After almost fourteen years of living in Arabia she becomes desperate to return to her beloved country to live. She captured her one chance to leave with her three young children and made it back to her hometown. She lived with her three children only for a short while before he came to take them back to Arabia. Her worst nightmare had begun. She unexpectedly met an American man from her hometown who saved her life as she adventured on yet another dangerous journey traveling alone to Arabia in hope of being reunited with her children. This woman’s true life experiences along with various research makes this one of the most intriguing books about the real everyday life of the people in ancient Arabia. This is her true story, finally told.
Book Synopsis Journey Through Arabia Petraea, to Mount Sinai, and the Excavated City of Petra, the Edom of the Prophecies by : Leon De Laborde
Download or read book Journey Through Arabia Petraea, to Mount Sinai, and the Excavated City of Petra, the Edom of the Prophecies written by Leon De Laborde and published by Kessinger Publishing. This book was released on 2009-04 with total page 424 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work.
Book Synopsis An Arabian Journey by : Levison Wood
Download or read book An Arabian Journey written by Levison Wood and published by Atlantic Monthly Press. This book was released on 2019-02-05 with total page 380 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The acclaimed author of Walking the Americas shares his epic journey through the war-torn Arabian Peninsula in this fascinating travelogue. Following in the footsteps of famed explorers such as Lawrence of Arabia and Wilfred Thesiger, British explorer Levison Wood brings us along on his most complex expedition yet: a circumnavigation of the Arabian Peninsula. Starting in September 2017 in a city in Northern Syria, a stone’s throw away from Turkey and amidst a deadly war, Wood set forth on a 5,000-mile trek through the most contested region on the planet. Wood moved through the Middle East for six months, from ISIS-occupied Iraq through Kuwait and along the jagged coastlines of the Emirates and Oman; across Yemen—in the midst of civil war—and on to Saudia Arabia, Jordan, and Israel, before ending on the shores of the Mediterranean in Lebanon. Like his predecessors, Wood travelled through some of the harshest and most beautiful environments on earth, seeking to challenge our perceptions of this part of the world. Through the people he meets—and the personal histories and local mythologies they share—Wood examines how the region has changed over thousands of years and what it means to its people today.
Book Synopsis Journey Through Arabia Petraea by : Léon marquis de Laborde
Download or read book Journey Through Arabia Petraea written by Léon marquis de Laborde and published by . This book was released on 1836 with total page 480 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Narrative of a Year's Journey Through Central and Eastern Arabia by : William Gifford Palgrave
Download or read book Narrative of a Year's Journey Through Central and Eastern Arabia written by William Gifford Palgrave and published by Gregg Revivals. This book was released on 1865 with total page 500 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A Winter in Arabia written by Freya Stark and published by Abrams. This book was released on 2011-03-23 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The renowned explorer recounts her expedition to find a lost Arabian city in this “treasure of rare distinction among travel books” (The New York Times Book Review). One of the most unconventional and courageous explorers of her time, Freya Stark chronicled her extraordinary Travels in the Near East, establishing herself as a Twentieth Century heroine. A Winter in Arabia recounts her 1937–8 expedition in what is now Yemen, a journey which helped secure her reputation not only as a great travel writer, but also as a first-rate geographer, historian, and archaeologist. There, in the land whose “nakedness is clothed in shreds of departed splendor,” she and two companions spent a winter in search of an ancient South Arabian city. Offering rare glimpses of life behind the veil—the subtleties of business and social conduct, the elaborate beauty rituals of the women, and the bitter animosities between rival tribes—Freya Stark conveys the “perpetual charm of Arabia . . . that the traveler finds his own level there simply as a human being.”
Book Synopsis Heirs to Forgotten Kingdoms by : Gerard Russell
Download or read book Heirs to Forgotten Kingdoms written by Gerard Russell and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2014-11-20 with total page 470 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Despite its reputation for religious intolerance, the Middle East has long sheltered many distinctive and strange faiths: one regards the Greek prophets as incarnations of God, another reveres Lucifer in the form of a peacock, and yet another believes that their followers are reincarnated beings who have existed in various forms for thousands of years. These religions represent the last vestiges of the magnificent civilizations in ancient history: Persia, Babylon, Egypt in the time of the Pharaohs. Their followers have learned how to survive foreign attacks and the perils of assimilation. But today, with the Middle East in turmoil, they face greater challenges than ever before. In Heirs to Forgotten Kingdoms, former diplomat Gerard Russell ventures to the distant, nearly impassable regions where these mysterious religions still cling to survival. He lives alongside the Mandaeans and Ezidis of Iraq, the Zoroastrians of Iran, the Copts of Egypt, and others. He learns their histories, participates in their rituals, and comes to understand the threats to their communities. Historically a tolerant faith, Islam has, since the early 20th century, witnessed the rise of militant, extremist sects. This development, along with the rippling effects of Western invasion, now pose existential threats to these minority faiths. And as more and more of their youth flee to the West in search of greater freedoms and job prospects, these religions face the dire possibility of extinction. Drawing on his extensive travels and archival research, Russell provides an essential record of the past, present, and perilous future of these remarkable religions.
Book Synopsis Journey through Arabia Petraea to Mount Sinai by : Léon marquis de Laborde
Download or read book Journey through Arabia Petraea to Mount Sinai written by Léon marquis de Laborde and published by . This book was released on 1836 with total page 482 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Narrative of a Year's Journey Through Central and Eastern Arabia by : William Gifford Palgrave
Download or read book Narrative of a Year's Journey Through Central and Eastern Arabia written by William Gifford Palgrave and published by Nabu Press. This book was released on 2014-02 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book.
Book Synopsis Journey Through Arabia Petraea, to Mount Sinai, and the Excavated City of Petra, the Edom of the Prophecies (1838) by : Leon De Laborde
Download or read book Journey Through Arabia Petraea, to Mount Sinai, and the Excavated City of Petra, the Edom of the Prophecies (1838) written by Leon De Laborde and published by Kessinger Publishing. This book was released on 2009-04 with total page 424 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work.
Book Synopsis Journey through Arabia Petræa to Mount Sinai, and the excavated city of Petra, the Edom of the Prophecies. [Translated from the French.] by : Léon Emmanuel Simon Joseph de Marquis LABORDE
Download or read book Journey through Arabia Petræa to Mount Sinai, and the excavated city of Petra, the Edom of the Prophecies. [Translated from the French.] written by Léon Emmanuel Simon Joseph de Marquis LABORDE and published by . This book was released on 1836 with total page 422 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Southern Arabia - [History] by : MEENACHISUNDARAM.M
Download or read book The Southern Arabia - [History] written by MEENACHISUNDARAM.M and published by MS SOFTWARE LABORATORIES. This book was released on 2024-09-04 with total page 513 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Title: THE SOUTHERN ARABIA Author: M. Meenachi Sundaram [Translator] TABLE OF CONTENTS Title: SOUTHERN ARABIA.. 2 THE SOUTHERN ARABIA.. 4 CHAPTER I: MANAMAH AND MOHAREK. 4 CHAPTER II: THE MOUNDS OF ALI 22 CHAPTER III: OUR VISIT TO RUFA'A.. 38 MASKAT. 54 CHAPTER IV: SOME HISTORICAL FACTS ABOUT OMAN.. 54 CHAPTER V: MASKAT AND THE OUTSKIRTS. 74 THE HADHRAMOUT. 84 CHAPTER VI: MAKALLA.. 84 CHAPTER VII: OUR DEPARTURE INTO THE INTERIOR. 96 CHAPTER VIII: THE AKABA.. 104 CHAPTER IX: THROUGH WADI KASR. 116 CHAPTER X: OUR SOJOURN AT KOTON.. 132 CHAPTER XI: THE WADI SER AND KABR SALEH.. 149 CHAPTER XII: THE CITY OF SHIBAHM... 168 CHAPTER XIII: FAREWELL TO THE SULTAN OF SHIBAHM... 192 CHAPTER XIV: HARASSED BY OUR GUIDES. 209 CHAPTER XV: RETRIBUTION FOR OUR FOES. 236 CHAPTER XVI: COASTING EASTWARD BY LAND.. 249 CHAPTER XVII: COASTING WESTWARD BY SEA.. 261 DHOFAR AND THE GARA MOUNTAINS. 269 CHAPTER XVIII: MERBAT AND AL HAFA.. 269 CHAPTER XIX: THE GARA TRIBE. 288 CHAPTER XX: THE GARA MOUNTAINS. 303 CHAPTER XXI: THE IDENTIFICATION OF ABYSSAPOLIS. 317 CHAPTER XXII: SAILING FROM KOSSEIR TO ADEN.. 328 AN AFRICAN INTERLUDE: THE EASTERN SOUDAN.. 340 CHAPTER XXIII: COASTING ALONG THE RED SEA.. 340 CHAPTER XXIV: HALAIB AND SAWAKIN KADIM... 352 CHAPTER XXV: INLAND FROM MERSA HALAIB. 358 CHAPTER XXVI: MOHAMMED GOL. 366 CHAPTER XXVII: 'DANCING ON TOM TIDDLER'S GROUND, PICKING UP GOLD' 371 CHAPTER XXVIII: BEHIND THE JEBEL ERBA.. 387 THE MAHRI ISLAND OF SOKOTRA.. 407 CHAPTER XXIX: KALENZIA.. 407 CHAPTER XXX: ERIOSH AND KADHOUP. 419 CHAPTER XXXI: TAMARIDA OR HADIBO.. 428 CHAPTER XXXII: WE DEPART FOR THE LAND'S END—i.e. RAS MOMI 440 CHAPTER XXXIII: MOUNT HAGHIER AND FEREGHET. 448 CHAPTER XXXIV: BACK TO THE OCEAN.. 463 BELED FADHLI AND BELED YAFEI 473 CHAPTER XXXV: EXPERIENCES WITH THE YAFEI SULTAN.. 473 CHAPTER XXXVI: AMONG THE FADHLI 489 CHAPTER XXXVII: FROM THE PLAIN OF MIS'HAL TO THE SEA.. 501 ABOUT THE AUTHOR. 512 THE SOUTHERN ARABIA CHAPTER I: MANAMAH AND MOHAREK The first Arabian journey that we undertook was in 1889, when we visited the Islands of Bahrein in the Persian Gulf; we were attracted by stories of mysterious mounds, and we proposed to see what we could find inside them, hoping, as turned out to be the fact, that we should discover traces of Phœnician remains. The search for traces of an old world takes an excavator now and again into strange corners of the new. Out of the ground he may extract treasures, or he may not—that is not our point here—out of the inhabitants and their strange ways he is sure, whether he likes it or not, to extract a great deal, and it is with this branch of an excavator's life we are now going to deal. We thought we were on the track of Phœnician remains and our interest in our work was like the fingers of an aneroid, subject to sudden changes, but at the same time we had perpetually around us a quaint, unknown world of the present, more pleasing to most people than anything pertaining to the past. The group of islands known as Bahrein (dual form of Bahr, i.e. two seas) lies in a bay of the same name in the Persian Gulf, about twenty miles off the coast of El Hasa in Arabia.
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