Buku ini menjelaskan kajian bahwa perlakuan tidak adil terhadap perempuan menjadi bukti kuat karakter represif praktik-praktik sosial dan politik fundamentalis. Legitimasi Islam yang digunakan para islamis semakin memudar seiring dengan semakin lebarnya gap yang terjadi antara si kaya dan si miskin, dan semakin meningkatnya korupsi terang-terangan yang dilakukan oleh para penguasa autokrat, mem…
Is Islam compatible with democracy? Must fundamentalism win out in the Middle East, or will democracy ever be possible? In her groundbreaking new book, Moroccan sociologist Fatima Mernissi explores the ways in which people on dramatically opposing sides - feminists and defenders of democracy versus violent fundamentalists - must use the same sacred texts to prove different views. Islam and Demo…
After September 11, Americans agonized over why nineteen men hated the United States enough to kill three thousand civilians in an unprovoked assault. Analysts have offered a wide variety of explanations for the attack, but the one voice missing is that of the terrorists themselves. This penetrating book is the first to present the inner logic of al-Qa’ida and like-minded extremist groups by …
Buku ini memuat pembahasan singkat mengenai komunitas muslim sebagai minoritas di beberapa negara Eropa (Perancis, Jerman, Belanda, Inggris, Spanyol, Italia, dan Rusia), Amerika Serikat, China, Afrika Selatan dan Australia. Aspek-aspek yang diuraikan antara lain ialah sejarah singkat, demografi organisasi-organisasi dan masalah-masalah yang dihadapi oleh umat Islam di masing-masing negara, sepe…
Sumargono is identical with Kisdi (the Indonesian Commitee for World Muslim Solidarity). His position as the general manager of Kisdi has been made as a target of slander by those who are not fond of him. Kisdi is indeed able to make those who are inclined to be anti-Islamic feel hot under the collar. Because of that, Sumargono is not affraid to be called a fundamentalist, if its reason comes f…
The book examines in particular the influence of the medieval rational school of theology known as the Mu'tazila, which all but disappeared in Sunni Islam in the late Middle Ages, but which has been rediscovered by modernist Muslim intellectuals as part of their challenge against fundamentalist interpretations of Islam
This volume explores the relation between Islam and the state in Buddhist-majority Myanmar from both an empirical and a comparative perspective. It provides an informed response to contemporary issues facing the Muslim communities of Myanmar, furthering knowledge of the interaction between state institutions, government policies, and society past and the present.
China is the second home of Buddhism where many Buddhist sects were originated. Since Buddhism wa introduced to the country some 2.000 years ago, innumerable Buddhist classics have been translated and disseminated. Among the world's three major schools of Buddhism, Pali Language Buddhism, Han-Language Buddhism and Tibetan Language Buddhism, the latter two were both born in China.
Every religion has its unique quality, Buddhism included. Each Buddhist country has different pratices, and this may sometimes to confusing to foreign visitors. This book is intended to provide a concise clarification of Buddhist practice in Thailand and to help foreign visitors enjoy their visit.
Why the Dalai Lama Matters is not only a book about Tibet or the Dalai Lama. It offers revealing, provocative solutions for a world in conflict, dealing with the very fundamentals of human rights and freedom. Why the Dalai Lama Matters explores why he has earned the world's love and respect, and how restoring Tibet's autonomy within China is not only possible, but also highly probable.