Islamic Texts Society
The Islamic Texts Society (ITS) is a peer-reviewed, British publishing house which concentrates on academic and general titles on Islam. It is registered as an educational charity in the UK.
Islamic Texts Society
- Founded
- 1981.
- Headquarters
- Cambridge.
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The Islamic Texts Society (ITS) is a peer-reviewed, British publishing house which concentrates on academic and general titles on Islam. It is registered as an educational charity in the UK.
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Key facts
• Founded — 1981 • Country — United Kingdom • Headquarters — Cambridge • Distribution — Worldwide • Publications — Books • Topics — Islam, Islamic legal studies (fiqh), Sufism • Url — http: www.its.org.uk
History
History
The Islamic Texts Society was founded in Cambridge, United Kingdom, in 1981, by a group of scholars including Aisha Gray Henry. Since its inception, ITS has worked in collaboration with scholars including Prince Ghazi bin Muhammad, David Burrell, Mohammad Hashim Kamali, Martin Lings, Seyyed Hossein Nasr, Eric Ormsby, and Timothy Winter (Abdal Hakim Murad).
Imprints
Imprints
The ITS also had an imprint, Quinta Essentia, focused on symbolism, the arts, and universal spirituality. This has since been transferred to the American publisher Fons Vitae.
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Islamic Texts Society is associated with United Kingdom.
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1981
Islamic Texts Society established.
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Islamic Texts Society is associated with United Kingdom.
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The Islamic Texts Society has published over sixty titles, including the bestselling biography by Martin Lings, Muhammad: His Life Based on the Earliest Sources, and key works on Hadith studies, Islamic jurisprudence and Sufism. The long-term aim of the Islamic Texts Society is to provide a comprehensive English library on Islam and its various disciplines. One project of the ITS is the “Ghazali Series”, aiming to publish in English works of Muhammad Abu Hamid al-Ghazali. Two of its volumes won the British Book Design and Production Award (best general paperback) in 1991 and 1993. Another ITS project is the “Fundamental Rights and Liberties in Islam Series”, which includes several studies by Mohammad Hashim Kamali.
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scholarly publication
- Citizenship and Accountability of Government: An Islamic Perspective (Fundamental Rights and Liberties in Islam series). By Mohammad Hashim Kamali. Cambridge: Islamic Texts Society, 2011. Pp. 321. ISBN: 978-1903682616. $34.95, Islamic Law and Society, 2013
Scholarly · Crossref registry · 2013
- KAMALI, MUHAMMAD HASHIM, Principles of Islamic Jurisprudence, revised edition (Cambridge: Islamic Texts society, 1991), xxi+417 pp. Bibliography. Glossary. Index. Cloth. £ 35.00/$ 49.95, Islamic Law and Society, 1995
Scholarly · Crossref registry · 1995
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- Gemeinsame Normdatei 5070437-0, Islamic Texts Society.
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- Library of Congress Name Authority File, Islamic Texts Society (no2001091756).
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- Wikidata, structured authority record Q15999872: Islamic Texts Society
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- “Islamic Texts Society”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
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- 1.“Islamic Publishing Is Poised for Growth”, by Marcia Z. Nelson, Publishers Weekly, vol. 246, issue 46, 11/13/2000.
- 2.See Matheson Trust/Publishers.
- 3.See bio entry at The Muslim 500: The World’s 500 Most Influential Muslims.
- 4.Bio chapter in Women of Sufism: A Hidden Treasure, Shambhala, 2003, 254–256.
- 5.David B. Burrell, Questing for Understanding: Persons, Places, Passions, Wipf and Stock Publishers, 2012, p.68.
- 6.Mention of QE in the profile of Gray Henry at Circle of One.
- 7.Ranked “#1 in Islamic Studies” and “#17 in Religious History of Islam” by Amazon UK as of August 2019.
- 8.Cover calligraphy by Tom Perkins.
- 9.List of Kamali titles at ConstitutionNet.
- 10.ITS About page.
- 11.Schlegell, Barbara von. Translating Sufism. Journal of the American Oriental Society. 122. 3. 9. July–September 2002.
- 12.Charity Commission. 283832 - ISLAMIC TEXTS SOCIETY.
- 13.Elma Ruth Harder, “Reclaiming the Islamic Intellectual Tradition”, Center for Islam and Science. Also available from Brill’s Index Islamicus.
- 14.Archived copy.
- 15.“Books on Islam for the West”, a 1993 article in the New Straits Times.
- 16.Review of Medicine of the Prophet, by A. H. L. Holdijk , Al-Ahram Weekly, 11–17 May 2000.
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