Islamic life & practice – The Bell Bookshop

Inshallah United

Emma — Thu, 11 Apr 2024 00:00:00 +0000

Longlisted for the William Hill Sports Book of the Year Awards 2023

‘There was always hope. There was always next season. Inshallah.’

Inshallah United is about growing up as a strictly halal Stretford Ender; a devout Muslim and diehard Manchester Red. It’s about praying five times a day that United would sign Alan Shearer and knock the Scousers off their perch. And it’s a deeply personal account of life as a Muslim Asian Mancunian kid in the late 80s and 90s, bookmarked by the most successful period in Manchester United’s history.

Magisteria

Emma — Thu, 11 Jan 2024 00:00:00 +0000

Most things you ‘know’ about science and religion are myths or half-truths that grew up in the last years of the nineteenth century and remain widespread today.

‘A deeply researched history of the interplay between the two ways of understanding the world.’ ECONOMIST, BEST BOOKS OF 2023

The true history of science and religion is a human one. It’s about the role of religion in inspiring, and strangling, science before the scientific revolution. It’s about the sincere but eccentric faith and the quiet, creeping doubts of the most brilliant scientists in history – Galileo, Newton, Faraday, Darwin, Maxwell, Einstein. Above all it’s about the question of what it means to be human and who gets to say – a question that is more urgent in the twenty-first century than ever before.

From eighth-century Baghdad to the frontiers of AI today, via medieval Europe, nineteenth-century India and Soviet Russia, Magisteria sheds new light on this complex historical landscape. Rejecting the thesis that science and religion are inevitably at war, Nicholas Spencer illuminates a compelling and troubled relationship that has definitively shaped human history.

Magisteria

Emma — Thu, 02 Mar 2023 00:00:00 +0000

Most things you ‘know’ about science and religion are myths or half-truths that grew up in the last years of the nineteenth century and remain widespread today.

‘A deeply researched history of the interplay between the two ways of understanding the world.’ ECONOMIST, BEST BOOKS OF 2023

Islam

Emma — Thu, 07 Jun 2018 00:00:00 +0000

From Ramadan and the Qur’an, to the traditional dress and artistic motifs, learn all about the world’s fastest growing religion in this unique guide.

Packed with stories of Islam’s evolution and spread, Eyewitness Islam comes with colourful images, detailed illustrations of ancient objects, and narratives that bring Islamic culture alive on the page. Delve into Islam’s rich heritage and community, discover the trade and travel stories of Muslim armies, learn about the traditional attire and symbols of the religion, and much more.

This children’s book explores the religion’s vibrant history while answering questions such as why Muslims fast, what the five pillars of Islam are, and what happens during the pilgrimage to Mecca. The visual guide helps you understand how Islam travelled across countries, from Spain to China, and gives a fascinating account of how the Islamic faith influenced cultures around the world.

Gain insight into the layout of a mosque, the lives of important figures, as well as scholarly feats in astronomy, mathematics, medicine, and other sciences.

All this and more makes Eyewitness Islam the perfect guide for kids, helping them to understand this important religion and discover its fascinating history and culture.

Submission

Emma — Thu, 01 Sep 2016 00:00:00 +0000

As the 2022 French Presidential election looms, two candidates emerge as favourites: Marine Le Pen of the Front National, and the charismatic Muhammed Ben Abbes of the growing Muslim Fraternity. Forming a controversial alliance with the political left to block the Front National’s alarming ascendency, Ben Abbes sweeps to power, and overnight the country is transformed. This proves to be the death knell of French secularism, as Islamic law comes into force: women are veiled, polygamy is encouraged and, for our narrator François – misanthropic, middle-aged and alienated – life is set on a new course.

Submission is a devastating satire, comic and melancholy by turns, and a profound meditation on faith and meaning in Western society.