Subject(s): Science -- History | Scientists -- History | Religion and science -- History | Religion and state -- History Summary: Ronald Numbers has recruited the leading scholars in this new history of science to puncture the myths, from Galileo's incarceration to Darwin's deathbed conversion to Einstein's belief in a personal God

Subject(s): Islam and the performing arts -- Malaysia | Islam and the performing arts -- Indonesia | Islam and culture -- Malaysia | Islam and culture -- Indonesia | Popular culture -- Malaysia | Popular culture -- Indonesia Summary: "This volume focuses on performing arts, popular culture and piety in the Muslim-majority nations of Malaysi

Subject(s): Domestic relations (Islamic law) Summary: "While there are many books on Islamic family law, the literature on its enforcement is scarce. This book focuses on how Islamic family law is interpreted and applied by judges in a range of Muslim countries, Sunni and Shi'a, as well as Arab and non-Arab. It thereby aids the understa

Subject(s): East and West -- 21st century | Culture conflict -- 21st century -- Arab countries | Civilization, Arab -- 21st century | Western countries -- Relations -- Arab countries | Arab countries -- Relations -- Western countries | Islamic countries -- Relations -- Western countries | Western countries -- Relations -- Islamic countries

Subject(s): Sufi literature, Persian -- History and criticism | Sufi poetry, Persian -- History and criticism | Persian literature -- History and criticism -- 1500-1796 | Persian poetry -- History and criticism -- 1500-1796 | Sufism in literature | Iran -- History -- Safavid dynasty, 1501-1736 Holdings: ,Book - General,Syed Muhamm

Subject(s): Malaysia -- History | Malaysia -- Politics and government | Malaysia -- Social conditions | Malaysia -- Social life and customs Summary: On political cultural and traditional heritage in Malaysia. Holdings: ,Book - General,Syed Muhammad Naquib al-Attas Library,General Collection,Open Shelf,DS596 W277N 2013,Available,111

Subject(s): Islam -- 21st century Holdings: ,Book - General,Syed Muhammad Naquib al-Attas Library,General Collection,Open Shelf,BP161.3 L436C 2014,Available,11100372933

Subject(s): Muhammad, Prophet, d.632 Holdings: ,Book - General,Syed Muhammad Naquib al-Attas Library,General Collection,Open Shelf,BP75.2 K96S 2007,Available,00011229948

Subject(s): Islam -- Thailand | Waqf -- Thailand Summary: "This book addresses the complexity of Islam in Thailand, by focusing on Islamic charities and institutions affiliated to the mosque. By extrapolating through Islam and the waqf (Islamic charity) in different regions of Thailand the diversity in races and institutions, it demonstrate

Subject(s): Faysal I, King of Iraq, 1885-1933 | Iraq -- Biography -- Kings and rulers | Iraq -- Politics and government -- 1921-1958 Summary: " Born in 1885, King Faisal I of Iraq was a seminal figure not only in the founding of the state of Iraq but also in the making of the modern Middle East. In all the tumult leading to the dissolution