The convert: a tale of exile and extremism
The marble library. al-Hijrah : the escape ; The Mawlana ; Doubt -- Jahiliyya, the age of barbarism and ignorance. The misfit ; Paagal Khanaah ; The convert -- The concrete library. The renegade ; A war between and within ; The lifted veil
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| Type de support: | Imprimé Livre |
| Langue: | Anglais |
| Service de livraison Subito: | Commander maintenant. |
| Vérifier la disponibilité: | HBZ Gateway |
| Fernleihe: | Fernleihe für die Fachinformationsdienste |
| Publié: |
Minneapolis, Minn
Graywolf Press
2011
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| Dans: | Année: 2011 |
| Sujets / Chaînes de mots-clés standardisés: | B
USA
/ Judaïsme
/ Conversion (Religion)
/ Islam
B USA / Juive / Conversion / Musulmane / Migration / Pakistan B Maryam Jameelah 1934-2012 B Maudūdī, Abu-'l-Aʿlā al- 1903-1979 |
| Sujets non-standardisés: | B
Muslim converts
Biography
United States
B Muslim Women Biography United States B Maryam Jameelah 1934- Correspondence B Maudoodi, Syed Abul ʻAla 1903-1979 B Muslim Women Biography Pakistan Lahore B Maryam Jameelah 1934- B converts to Islam Biography Pakistan |
| Résumé: | The marble library. al-Hijrah : the escape ; The Mawlana ; Doubt -- Jahiliyya, the age of barbarism and ignorance. The misfit ; Paagal Khanaah ; The convert -- The concrete library. The renegade ; A war between and within ; The lifted veil What drives a young woman raised in a postwar New York City suburb to convert to Islam, abandon her country and Jewish faith, and embrace a life of exile in Pakistan? The convert tells the story of how Margaret Marcus of Larchmont became Maryam Jameelah of Lahore, one of the most trenchant and celebrated voices of Islam's argument with the West |
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| Description: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 227-243) |
| ISBN: | 1555975828 |