The Tile Book: Decorating and Using Tiles--Simple Ideas to Transform Your Home

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A practical guide to painting and designing with tiles, and using them creatively in the home.

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Highlighting the dynamic, pluralistic nature of Islamic civilization, Sufia Uddin examines the complex history of Islamic state formation in Bangladesh, formerly the eastern part of the Indian province of Bengal. Uddin focuses on significant moments in the region's history from medieval to modern times, examining the interplay of language, popular and scholarly religious literature, and the colonial experience as they contributed to the creation of a unique Bengali-Islamic identity.

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The volume makes a significant contribution to understanding nursing from the perspective of Islamic society. It also presents nursing in a broad social context while simultaneously presenting country-specific examples through well-written country vignettes from Iraq, Lebanon, Malaysia, Saudi Arabia and Bangladesh. The editor of this volume spent significant time working in Islamic countries. This experience helped her understand the tremendous need for nurses in Islamic societies. However, she also learned about the reluctance of young Muslim women to join this profession for reasons ranging from poor remuneration and working conditions to traditional and cultural constraints including its low status and image. Among other issues contributors discuss nursing education, midwifery and violence against nurses.

God Willing: The Politics of Islamism in Bangladesh

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Good observations
Welcome to the mind of a confused babbler!!

God Willing: The Politics of Islamism in Bangladesh
Ali Riaz
Manufacturer: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.
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ASIN: 0742530841

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Is Bangladesh becoming a Taliban state? The question has become urgent in light of the growing strength of militant groups supposedly aligned with Al Quaida, the landslide victory of the center-right coalition in the general election of October 2001, and the deliberate and planned violence against religious minorities that followed. God Willing explores the explosive issue of Talibanization by analyzing the politics of Islamism in the world's third most populous Muslim country. Ali Riaz helps the reader to understand the emergence of Islamism as a legitimate democratic political in a largely secular state, as opposed to the media's sensational portrayal of Bangladesh as a country overrun by Islamist forces with a supranational agenda. The author compares Bangladesh with Indonesia and Pakistan, thus adding a valuable global context for evaluating the politics of Muslim countries.

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Good observations.......2006-03-06

Its a good reading. Although the book is decorated with endless academic jargon, it presents the modern history of Bangladesh in a less-biased way. The authors style is very academic and he looks at the political set-up in a secular way. The reader can actually feel there is a sort of leftist touch when he sees that the author is referring to Gramsci not infrequently. But then the author is determined to explain the forces and motivation behind the ruling clique in a socio-political structure. I liked his observations.

Welcome to the mind of a confused babbler!!.......2005-12-23

This is not a book, it's more like a bland paper to be submitted to scome academic journal. The author claims that bangladesh is becoming a hotbed of fundamentalism, yet the constitution is firmly based on secular principles. They even have Christmas, Doorga Pooja, Diwali as state holidays. If you're interested in reading the biased opinion's of a perosn, you might like the book, but if you want intelligent interpretation / exposition of facts, you'll be disappointed.

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disconnect with reality
Excellent analysis
A politically biased book

Bangladesh: The Next Afghanistan?
Hiranmay Karlekar
Manufacturer: SAGE Publications
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ASIN: 0761934014

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In recent years, Bangladesh has experienced an alarming rise in Islamist fundamentalism. The world began to take serious notice of this after the grenade attack on the Awami Leagues rally in Dhaka on August 21, 2004 almost succeeded in killing off the entire top leadership of the party. This book shows that terrorist acts such as this are part of a systematic attempt to destroy Bangladeshs secular and democratic political parties, as well as its vibrant intellectual and cultural life, and to convert the country into a hardline Islamic one. The author further argues that the headquarters of Islamic terrorism is shifting from Afghanistan to Bangladesh, which he describes as a soft state with an ineffective government and police force, and which Islamist groups, with their organized and well-armed cadres, can easily dominate. Islamists are being systematically placed in key positions in government, and an Islamist state within a state is being built for the ultimate takeover of Bangladesh as the base for Islamist-including Al Qaeda and Taliban-operations in South and Southeast Asia. This lucid, hard-hitting and well-documented book analyzes in detail the circumstances-historical, social, cultural and political-which account for the rise of violent Islamist fundamentalism in Bangladesh, a country known for its cultural plurality and religious tolerance. The author also discusses the chances of halting the process, through a determined and well-strategized effort by those committed to keeping Bangladesh a moderate and tolerant modern Islamic nation.

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disconnect with reality.......2007-07-06

The author equates possibly the most tolerant of all Muslim countries as being the next Afghanistan. This is a country of 150 million and it is not difficult to find individual crimes committed against a member of religeous minority, if that is the object to begin with. As with practically all countries there is a violent right wing element as well. The author prefers to overlook the rejection of such elements by mainstream Bengali culture and the actions taken by the government against violent radicals. Also he either intentionally ignores, or is ignorant of, the differences in culture, history, and national structure which go against his hypothesis. The author assumes his theory his correct and tries to find specific facts that support it, rather than taking an impartial stance to see whether the broad body of evidence supports his theory, which it does not.

Excellent analysis.......2007-03-05

Very nice job of explaining the influence of Islam in Bangladesh today. Is the author biased? Of course, as is the reviewer below. But a veneer of bias does not change the plethora of facts set forth by the author nor does it invalidate the logical conclusions he reaches. Read it for yourself.

A politically biased book.......2006-08-29

The author created fictional connections between few internal events with islamic fundamentalism which I beleive to cater the western audience to steer them away from the facts. Bangladesh had been a progressive country whose major population happens to be muslim. Given the recent 'not so well' relationship with India, the author of Indian origin paints a grim picture showing isolated political events to crate propaganda and anti bangladesh sentiment. In contrast, India sees more racial/fundamentalist voilence than Bangladesh and creates economical barrier for smaller neighboring countries like Bangladesh to develop by creating bad press and international influence.

Songs at the River's Edge: Stories from a Bangladeshi Village

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Songs at the River's Edge: Stories from a Bangladeshi Village
Katy Gardner
Manufacturer: Pluto Press (UK)
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ASIN: 074531094X

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Well worth the money!.......2003-01-26

Katy Gardner has done a wonderful job in packaging her research as a secular anthropologist into a format that is both entertaining to read and intensely informative. While living with a Muslim family in Bangladesh she gained valuable insights that should be read by any outsider who is serious about understanding Bangladeshi village culture.

The Crescent and the Pen: The Strange Journey of Taslima Nasreen

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The Crescent and the Pen: The Strange Journey of Taslima Nasreen
Hanifa Deen
Manufacturer: Praeger Publishers
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ASIN: 0275991679

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This is a book about a writer, Islamic fundamentalism, mythmaking, and international literary politics. It is the story of Taslima Nasreen, a former medical doctor and protest writer who shot to international fame in 1993 at the age of thirty-four after she was accused of blasphemy by religious fanatics in Bangladesh and her book Shame was banned. In order to escape a warrant for her arrest, the controversial writer went underground and, as the official story has it, fled to the West where she became a human rights celebrity, a female version of Salman Rushdie. Taslima Nasreen's name almost became a household word in 1994, when she was awarded the Sakharov Prize by the European Parliament, and she was feted by presidents, chancellors, mayors, and famous writers and intellectuals around Europe for two years. She is still remembered and widely admired as a modern-day feminist icon who fought the bearded fundamentalists in her own country and whose life was in danger. This is the official story that most people are familiar with, and the one that is widely believed by Taslima supporters around the world. However, as The Crescent and the Pen reveals, in the style of a literary detective tale, the true story behind the international campaign to save Taslima has bever been told until now. Following on the trail of Taslima, Deen questions the reasoning behind the international "crusade" to save her, in the process debunking much of the current thinking that has shaped Islam into the new global enemy. She discovers that the story of what really happened to Taslima is a fascinating labyrinth where memory and myth have merged, the tale having acquired a life of its own with a hundred different authors.

Embodying Charisma: Saints, Cults and Muslim Shrines in South Asia

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Embodying Charisma: Saints, Cults and Muslim Shrines in South Asia
Pnina Werbner
Manufacturer: Routledge
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ASIN: 0415151007

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The continued vitality of Sufism as a living embodied postcolonial reality challenges the argument that Sufism has "died" in recent times. Throughout India and Bangladesh, Sufi shrines exist in both the rural and urban areas, from the remotest wilderness to the modern Asian city, lying opposite banks and skyscrapers. This book illuminates the remarkable resilience of South Asian Sufi saints and their cults in the face of radical economic and political dislocations and breaks new ground in current research. It addresses the most recent debates on the encounter between Islam and modernity and presents important new comparative ethnographic material.

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Women In The Islamic Societies Of Bangladesh And Pakistan

Broken Bangles
Hanifa Deen
Manufacturer: Penguin Books Ltd
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ASIN: 0140288570

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Hanifa Deen travelled through Bangladesh and Pakistan to discover the many faces of Muslim women today, meeting and talking to mavericks, feminists and starry-eyed foreign wives; actresses and socialites; urban professionals and rural women who had never left their village. With humour, compassion and insight, Deen relates stories of their fight against opression, of the friendship of women, of the joys and frustrations of the extended family, of the unwritten laws that govern women's lives and the violence that can threaten them.

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Women In The Islamic Societies Of Bangladesh And Pakistan.......2007-04-29

Hanifa Deen is an Australian author of Pakistani ancestry, which makes her the perfect author to bring these stories to the readers of western societies. "Broken Bangles" has some stories which may make you laugh, some which may make you cry, and some which will probably shock you. All of the stories will teach you something more about women living in Bangladesh and Pakistan, and their struggle to survive, adapt and grow in those Islamic societies.

Some may feel that the description of the societies of Bangladesh and Pakistan as being male dominated is a stereotype, but it is very clear from the stories which Hanifa Deen relates that there are significant restrictions on women in both those countries. These stories are about the way the women work within the biases, or even defy them, to varying degrees of success. The bangles are a metaphor for the shackles which these women have placed on them, while the women themselves where the colorful bangles as ornament.

The book is divided into two sections. The first is about Hanifa Deen's visit to Bangladesh, initially to learn about Taslima Nasreen, a Bangladesh woman who had been embraced by the west as a symbol of an Islamic woman who has stood up against the unfair treatment of women. Hanifa soon learns though that Taslima is not viewed inside Bangladesh, by women, in the same way. The bulk of this section is about Hanifa's experience in Bangladesh, and the stories of many of the women who she met there. The reader learns a lot about the way life works there, especially in the urban areas. The stories build, until at last the story of Yasmeen Akhter is told, giving the reader a stark realistic view of the way society works outside of the city.

The second section is about Hanifa in Pakistan. Here again she tells the story of various women from different social groups. She even has a chapter about foreign women who married Pakistani men and are living in Pakistan. Once again the reader learns a lot about Pakistani society, which is similar and yet has differences from that of Bangladesh. As with the first section, there is one key story which really impacts the reader in the telling. The violence towards and the betrayal of Zainab Noor will impact anyone who reads it.

While those who want to attack Islam can undoubtedly use the stories of Yasmeen Akhter and Zainab Noor as evidence, they would have missed the main message of those stories, and certainly of the book as a whole. If anything, this book inspires hope for the future. Progress has been incredibly slow, and so often it seems as if some of these societies are moving in the wrong direction, but the reality is that things are improving. There is a short Postscript by Hanifa after she returned to Bangladesh. She brings closure to the two key stories. While one can never forget the horrible events which happened to those two women, it is clear that those events are not accepted by either society.

I found this to be an exceptional book. Hanifa Deen relates the stories as much without bias as possible, and does an excellent job of relating her own position with regards to the women she interviewed. Those from western societies will undoubtedly be enlightened as to the culture and societies of Pakistan and Bangladesh.

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Microcredit And Poverty Alleviation
Tazul Islam
Manufacturer: Ashgate Publishing
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Cases in the Muhammadan Law of India, Pakistan and Bangladesh

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Cases in the Muhammadan Law of India, Pakistan and Bangladesh
Asaf A. A. Fyzee , and Tahir Mahmood
Manufacturer: Oxford University Press, USA
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ASIN: 0195654501

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This is the second edition of a classic first published in 1965. This updated edition contains concise extracts of landmark judgements relating to Muslim law in India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh. It contains all the leading cases on most important issues such as Interpretation of Text, Who is a Muslim, Hybrids, Customs, Marriage, Dower, Dissolution of Marriage, Acknowledgements of Paternity and Legitimacy, Guardianship, Illegitimate Child, Gift, Life Interest, Wakf, Mosque, Pre-emption, Administration of Estates, Inheritance, Customary Law, Will, Testamentary Power, with recent updates and cases from India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh. Edited by Inida's most outstanding scholar of Islamic law this volume will be an essential read for all libraries and institutions that catalogue books on Islamic law/studies. This is an essential reading for scholars and students of law and religion. It will be especially important to lawyers and judges as Fyzee is still considered the greatest authority on Islamic law. It will also be useful to scholars and students of applied jusriprudence and philosophy.

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