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BOOKS

These are the books authored or co-authored by Abdelwahab El-Affendi.

 

> Who Needs an Islamic State? (expanded second edition), Malaysia Think Tank London, 2008 (1st edition 1991; Turkish translation by Hasan Kosebalaban, Istanbul: Elke, 1994; Indonesian translation also in 1994)

“When it was first published in 1991, Who Needs An Islamic State? was a groundbreaking text designed to kick start fresh thinking on Muslim political thought. Almost two decades later, it has lost none of its potency.”   
-Professor Ziauddin Sardar, January 2008-

Link: http://myislamicstate.wordpress.com/
Reviews:
http://www.iculture.org.uk/articles/siyassa/book-review-who-needs-an-islamic-state
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2008/feb/27/whoneedsacaliphate
http://mrzine.monthlyreview.org/2009/sikand140709.html
http://forum.hizbuttahrir.org/showthread.php?t=1448

 

> Turabi's Revolution: Islam and Power in Sudan, 209pp., Grey Seal Books, 1991, ISBN 1-85640-004-2 (sole author) (Turkish translation by Hasan Kosebalaban, Elke, Istanbul, 1994).

Reviews:
http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayFulltext?type=1&fid=5193088&jid=MES&volumeId=25&issueId=01&aid=5193084
http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayAbstract?fromPage=online&aid=5193084

 

> Rethinking Islam and Modernity: Essays in Honour of Fathi Osman, 194pp., Islamic Foundation, 2001, (editor) ISBN 0 86037 380 0.

 

> For a State of Peace: Conflict and the Future of Democracy in Sudan, 54pp., CSD, University of Westminster, CSD Perspectives Series, 2002, ISBN 0-85374-769-2

 
> (Co-author) Islamic Movements and Their Impact on Stability in the Arab World, 253pp., Emirates Centre for Strategic Studies, 2003,  ISBN 9948-00-545-7 (Arabic original Al-Hrakat al-Islamiyya wa Atharuha fi’l-Istiqrar fi’l-‘Alam al-‘Arabi, 235pp., 2002, ISBN 9948-00-007-2)
 

> (Co-author) Towards Freedom in the Arab World: The Arab Human Development Report 2004, 248pp., UNDP, 2005, ISBN 92-1-126165-1 (published simultaneously in Arabic and French).

Full text: http://hdr.undp.org/en/reports/regional/arabstates/name,3278,en.html

 
> The Conquest of Muslim Hearts and Minds? Perspectives on U.S. Reform and Public Diplomacy Strategies, Brookings Project on U.S. Policy towards the Islamic World, Working Paper, September 2005.
Full text: http://www.brookings.edu/papers/2005/09islamicworld_el-affendi.aspx
 

> Translation of: Hassan Turabi The Islamic Movement in Sudan: Its Development, Approach and Achievements, 319pp., Arab Scientific Publishers, 2009, ISBN 978-9953-87-547-7.

 

> Azmat Darfur: Nazra fi’l-Judhur wa’l-Hulul al-Mumkina, (The Darfur Crisis: Roots and Possible Solutions), Abu Dhabi: The Emirates Centre for Strategic Studies and Research, 2009.

 

> (co-author) Contextualising Islam in Britain: Exploratory  Perspectives, a report published jointly by the Universities of Cambridge, Exeter and Westminster, October, 2009.

Full text: http://www.cis.cam.ac.uk/CIBPReportWeb.pdf

 

> Liman Taqum al-Dawla al-Islamiyya (Translation of the Second Edition of Who Needs an Islamic State?), Amman: Freedom Forum, 2010

 

> About Muhammad: The Other Western Perspective on the Prophet of Islam, Richmond: Legacy Publishing, 2010.

 
 
 
 

 

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