Islam Observed: Religious Development in Morocco and Indonesia, Paperback - Clifford Geertz

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This Element draws together two bodies of work: Islamic social movements and political Islam in Indonesia and Malaysia and explains the transformat...

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Islamic political movements utilise vastly different means to pursue their goals. This book examines why some Islamic movements facing the same soc...

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This book explores the relationship between transnational and local Islam as expressed in public discourse and policy-making, as represented in the...

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This collection of case studies, covering the period from classical Islam to the present, and taken from across the Islamic world, compares the rol...

This book will interest scholars and students of comparative politics, Middle East politics, religion, and collective action. Examining the rise of...

Thoughtful and challenging, this book argues for a reassessment of the role historically played by Islam in Africa, and offers new hope for in crea...

Publisher: Beacon PressAuthor(s): Rachel S. MikvaNumber of pages: 264Publication date: 2021Dimensions: 153 x 228 x 25Cover type: Paperback / softba...

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The ideal photo album of Morocco, peppered throughout with `souvenirs' such as ticket stubs, posters, newspapers, labels and postcards.

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Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLCAuthor(s): Gokhan (Palacky University, Czech Republic.) BacikNumber of pages: 248Publication date: 2021Dimensio...

Digging a little deeper into the myth of Morocco, Barbara and Rene Stoeltie bring us this eclectic selection of homes that demonstrate all that is ...