The plight of religious minorities in the Middle East is often attributed to the failure of secularism to take root in the region Religious Difference in a Secular Age challenges this assessment by examining four cornerstones of secularism--political & civil equality minority rights religious freedom & the legal separation of private & public domains Drawing on her extensive fieldwork in Egypt with Coptic Orthodox Christians & Bahais--religious minorities in a predominantly Muslim country--Saba Mahmood shows how modern secular governance has exacerbated religious tensions & inequalities rather than reduced them Tracing the historical career of secular legal concepts in the colonial & postcolonial Middle East she explores how contradictions at the very heart of political secularism have aggravated & amplified existing forms of Islamic hierarchy bringing minority relations in Egypt to a new historical impasse Through a close examination of Egyptian court cases & constitutional debates about minority rights conflicts around family law & controversies over freedom of expression Mahmood invites us to reflect on the entwined histories of secularism in the Middle East & Europe A provocative work of scholarship Religious Difference in a Secular Age challenges us to rethink the promise & limits of the secular ideal of religious equality ...

The eye-opening story of one woman's incredible appetite for life Prue Leith judge of C4's GREAT BRITISH BAKE OFF & former judge of BBC2's GREAT BRITISH MENU Now fully revised & updated 560 pages Leith Prue ...

Two fantastic miniseries from master storyteller Warren Ellis collected in one great flip-book trade paperback! RELOAD with art by Paul Gulacy & Jimmy Palmiotti (CATWOMAN) is an espionage thriller that tells the story of Secret Service Agent Chris Royal & his mad scramble to find the woman who assassinated the US President MEK featuring art by Steve Rolston (Pounded) & Al Gordon (TOM STRONG) is a tale of revenge set in a not-too-distant feature where robotic enhancement has become the latest trend ...

This 1955 tempean production was directed by Henry Cass & stars American John Carroll & Virginia Bruce It was also produced by the prolific duo of Robert S Baker & Monty Berman In this romantic comedy four children are seemingly orphaned & remanded to their Aunt & Uncle custody after their parents renowned explorers are lost The proper English Aunt a sensitive dignified entomologist Laura Weeks (Virginia Bruce) is the sister of the missing mother; the Uncle a playboy money-to-burn & girl-chasing Texas oilman Jeff Longstreet (John Carroll) is the brother of their father Naturally the disparate duo dislike each other at first ...

Please note this is a region B Blu-ray & will require a region B or region free Blu-ray player in order to play Mohsin Hamid&s international best-seller concerning a Pakistani Princeton graduate whose life is forever altered by the 911 terrorist attacks arrives on the screen courtesy of celebrated filmmaker Mira Nair (MONSOON WEDDING SALAAM BOMBAY!) Age Rating 15 ...

The Euro crisis has served as a stark reminder of the fundamental importance of Germany to the larger European project But the image of Germany as the dominant power in Europe is at odds with much of its recent history Reluctant Meister is a wide-ranging study of Germany from the Holy Roman Empire through the Second & Third Reichs & it asks not only how such a mature & developed culture could have descended into the barbarism of Nazism but how it then rebuilt itself within a generation to become an economic powerhouse Perhaps most important Stephen Green examines to what extent Germany will come to dominate its relationship with its neighbors in the European Union & what that will mean ...

From the anime series Re Zero Starting Life in Another World comes this officially licensed statue made from PVC stands 22 cm tall & comes with a display base ...

From Bandai's Ichibansho- series comes this officially licensed PVC statue It stands approx 17 cm tall & comes in a window box ...

Tracklist Living Well Is The Best Revenge Man-Sized Wreath Supernatural Superserious Hollow Man Houston Accelerate Until The Day Is Done Mr Richards Sing For The Submarine Horse To Water Explicit I'm Gonna DJ ...

Tracklist How The West Was Won & Where It Got Us The Wake-Up Bomb New Test Leper Undertow E-Bow The Letter Leave Departure Explicit Bittersweet Me Explicit Be Mine Binky The Doormat Zither So Fast So Numb Low Desert Electrolite ...