Lebanon War (1975-1990) This book deals with the track that led Lebanon to war in 1975, and the weakness of the Lebanese state and eventually its incapability to hold its society firmly. Besides, the confessional regime, the multi-culturalism, and the unbalanced development all ... More                 Germany and Islam in the Nineteenth and the Twentieth Centuries The book focuses on the German-Moslem relations. It deals with German interests in the Ottoman State, the Arab orient, northern and eastern Africa, in addition to the “Boxer Uprising” in China in which Germany was involved. Besides, the book handles the enlightened period of German Orientalism through the Islamology scholar Fritz Steppat. More                 Der Libanon Heute The book is co-author of fourteen professors and scholars from Lebanon and abroad, it addresses the post-Ta’if Agreement from 1989 till the end of the century. It examines the sectarian, political and social causes of the war in Lebanon between 1975 and 1990, as well as the external factor in the Lebanese crisis. Moreover, the book deals with the political sectarianism and the way it prevented Lebanon from being a modern state. More                 Sinno Family Association The Eightieth Anniversary This booklet discuses the importance of the family in the Lebanese society, and how the capital city of Beirut embraced families of different religious communities in Lebanon... More                 Trends of Islamic nationalities in the Ottoman Empire Towards Autonomy This book discusses both matters of the religious identity and the “national” identity of the Islamic nationalities in the ottoman State beginning with the Russian-Ottoman war (1877-1878) that threatened ... More                 German Interests in Syria and Palestine (1841-1898) Missionary Activities and Politico-Economic Influence The book is an attempt to analyze the religious, cultural, economic, and political German influences in Syria and Palestine within the German policy towards the Near East. The first chapter deals with the Prussian-British project to establish an Evangelical Bishopric in Jerusalem; that was the first bond in launching the activities of the German missionaries in the region. Chapters 2-8 survey the activities of the German Evangelical and Catholic associations and the goals of their missionary activities as well as the close relationship between those goals and the German economic and political goals, and hence, the link established between missionary activities and colonization. More                           ABDELRAUFSINNO.COM © 2009-2011 Created by Star Point Star