Politics & Contemporary History

Die 22-jährige Iranerin Mahsa Amini starb, weil sie den Hidschab in der Öffentlichkeit nicht korrekt getragen hatte. Zu Besuch in der Hauptstadt Teheran war sie von der Sittenpolizei festgenommen worden, nach drei Tagen war sie tot. Ihr Schicksal hat weltweites Entsetzen und große Solidarität hervorgerufen sowie heftige Proteste im Iran ausgelöst. Bald weiteten sich die Demonstrationen, an deren Spitze Frauen und Jugendliche stehen, auf das ganze Land aus. Das islamische Regime reagierte mit skrupelloser Gewalt, es gab zahlreiche Tote und Verletzte sowie Tausende Festnahmen. Bahman Nirumand, einer der besten Kenner der Kultur, Geschichte und Politik des Irans, analysiert die aktuelle Protestbewegung im historischen Kontext. Denn der Kampf um Frauenemanzipation, persönliche Freiheitsrechte und selbstbestimmtes Leben begleitet den Gottesstaat seit der Islamischen Revolution im Jahre 1979. Heute fordern die Menschen nach vielen enttäuschenden Reformversuchen mit Nachdruck den Sturz des islamischen Regimes. Wie stehen die Chancen, dass mit dem Slogan »Frau, Leben, Freiheit« und unterstützt durch die Möglichkeiten moderner Kommunikationsmedien die Veränderung endlich gelingt?

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'Wolf Hall for the Ottoman Empire . . . History at its most gripping' Daily Telegraph on The Lion HouseA ground-breaking, present-tense reconstruction of the life and world of one of the most consequential figures in world history, Suleyman the Magnificent, from the author of The Lion HouseChosen by The Times as one of the Best Books of 2025'A wonderful book - entrancing, addictive, full of effortless erudition' Rory StewartIstanbul, 1538. The greatest of the Ottoman Sultans is at the pinnacle of world power, while his family and future are at the mercy of their own dynastic law: whichever of his five sons succeeds him must eventually kill all the others. So why not get a head start?For the next fifteen years, as Suleyman the Magnificent and his terrifying pirate captain Barbarossa face down imperial enemies across two hemispheres, the self-fulfilling curse of the Ottomans gathers its own unstoppable momentum.From the burning pyres of Paris to the rain-lashed mountains of Transylvania, from Buda to Basra, from Crimea to the coast of India, The Golden Throne is an intensely gripping yet entirely historical reconstruction of the life and world of the most feared and powerful man of the sixteenth century, revealing the price of succession and the terrible cost of success.'The pace, the language and the story-telling are simply magnificent' Victoria Hislop'Thrilling entertainment created out of meticulously researched history' Robert Peston'Mesmerizing, superb, impossible to put down' Simon Sebag Montefiore'Wonderful and highly enjoyable' Margaret MacMillan

A panoramic history of the Muslim world from the age of the Prophet Müammad to the birth of the modern era<BR><BR>This book describes and explains the major events, personalities, conflicts, and convergences that have shaped the history of the Muslim world. The body of the book takes readers from the origins of Islam to the eve of the nineteenth century, and an epilogue continues the story to the present day. Michael Cook thus provides a broad history of a civilization remarkable for both its unity and diversity.<BR><BR>After setting the scene in the Middle East of late antiquity, the book depicts the rise of Islam as one of the great black swan events of history. It continues with the spectacular rise of the Caliphate, an empire that by the time it broke up had nurtured the formation of a new civilization. It then goes on to cover the diverse histories of all the major regions of the Muslim world, providing a wide-ranging account of the key military, political, and cultural developments that accompanied the eastward and westward spread of Islam from the Middle East to the shores of the Atlantic and the Pacific.<BR><BR>At the same time, A History of the Muslim World contains numerous primary-source quotations that expose the reader to a variety of acutely insightful voices from the Muslim past.

'A brilliant and captivating work ... There is simply no better book on Islam in history' Eugene RoganFrom its birth in seventh-century Arabia, Islam has been a faith on the move. In Worlds of Islam, James McDougall explores its origins and transformations from Late Antiquity to the digital age.Over the span of a thousand years, armies, missionaries, and merchants carried it to the edges of Europe, the coasts of Southeast Asia, and the remote interior of China. By the nineteenth century, Islam encompassed a world of great diversity, from Muslim-ruled empires to nations where Muslims lived out their faith among many others. In the twentieth century, while monarchs in the Gulf asserted dynastic privilege and fundamentalists in Egypt and Pakistan preached social morality, revolutionaries from Algeria to Indonesia fought for national self-determination, and activists in North America and Europe campaigned for civil liberties and social justice.As empires fell and new superpowers rose, Muslims proved to be as adaptable and dynamic as modernity itself. Sweeping and authoritative, Worlds of Islam narrates the epic story of how Muslims emerged as a community, built empires, traversed the globe, came to number in the billions, and became modern.

Selten zuvor hat ein Buch in solch einem Detailreichtum und mit so großer Erzählkraft die Geschichte der Beziehungen zwischen Juden und Muslimen nachgezeichnet. Angesichts der gegenwärtigen kriegerischen Auseinandersetzungen im Nahen Osten wird oft übersehen, dass Muslime und Juden eine lange, komplexe, eng verflochtene Geschichte teilen, die über 1400 Jahre in die Vergangenheit reicht - längst nicht immer standen sie sich als Feinde gegenüber. Marc David Bear zeigt mit seiner umfassenden Darstellung, dass Interaktionen zwischen Juden und Muslimen seit ihren ersten Begegnungen zur Zeit Mohammeds stets vielfältig waren und das ganze Spektrum menschlicher Emotionen umfassten - von Aggression und Hass über Anerkennung und Wertschätzung bis hin zu Liebe und Freundschaft. Reich an Anekdoten und in bildhafter, lebhafter Sprache erzählt Baer von Jahrhunderten jüdisch-muslimischen Lebens etwa in Spanien, Marokko oder der Türkei: 'Kinder Abrahams' ist eine umfassende Geschichte der muslimisch-jüdischen Beziehungen vom 7. Jahrhundert bis in die Gegenwart und ein wichtiger Beitrag zum Verständnis und zur Orientierung in unserer heutigen Zeit. 'Ein unverzichtbares Buch zum Verständnis von Zusammenleben und Konflikt zwischen Muslimen und Juden - eine Geschichte, die viel zu wenig bekannt und doch für unsere heutige Welt von größter Relevanz ist.' - Simon Sebag Montefiore 'Faszinierend und beeindruckend ... ein umfassendes und zugleich nuanciertes Buch.' - BBC History MagazineEin Financial Times Book to Read 2026

In Road to October 7, Erik Skare argues that Palestinian Islamism is far more complex and dynamic than generally assumed. The phenomenon has continuously developed through disputes between moderates and hardliners. These struggles have largely been settled by external drivers – intra-Palestinian competition, Israeli violence and repression, or shifts in the regional power balance.

Die Protagonisten dieses Buches heißen Kai, Cazim und Patrik. Das sind nicht ihre richtigen Namen. Zwei von ihnen sind zum Islam konvertiert, der dritte stammt aus einem muslimischen Haushalt. Sie kommen aus Deutschland und Österreich. Sie eint: Als Jugendliche haben sie sich dem militanten Salafismus verschrieben.Warum ziehen junge Männer, die in modernen Gesellschaften aufgewachsen sind, in den Dschihad? Warum unterwerfen sie sich einer autoritären und gewaltverherrlichenden Ideologie?Dieses Buch beschreibt auf der Basis einzigartiger Interviews mit Aussteigern, Eltern und Angehörigen, anhand von Gerichtsprotokollen und Dokumenten der Propaganda, wie sich 'dschihadistische Karrieren' vollziehen. Ausgangspunkt sind die Erfahrung und Praxis der Akteure, doch zeigt sich, dass ihre Wege verschiedene soziale und gesellschaftliche Bedingungen haben.Der Autor zeichnet das Bild junger Männer, die im kollektiven Gefüge einer 'totalen Subkultur' das Ideal eines absoluten religiösen Lebens finden und in den Sog seiner Verwirklichung geraten. So vermittelt er tiefe Einblicke in die Lebenswege 'ganz normaler junger Männer', die im Auftrag einer vermeintlich höheren Macht die Gewalt gegen Andersdenkende als einzig richtigen Weg zu erkennen meinen.

“A must read for anyone who wants to learn more about the history of the Islamic world” (San Francisco Chronicle) <BR>                <BR> We in the West share a common narrative of world history. But our story largely omits a whole civilization whose citizens shared an entirely different narrative for a thousand years as the Islamic world saw it, from the time of Mohammed through the fall of the Ottoman Empire to the events of 9/11 and beyond. <BR>   <BR> In Destiny Disrupted, Tamim Ansary tells the rich story of world history as the Islamic world saw it. He clarifies why our civilizations grew up oblivious to each other, what happened when they intersected, and how the Islamic world was affected by its slow recognition that Europe—a place it long perceived as primitive and disorganized—had somehow hijacked destiny. <BR>   <BR> With sympathy to Muslim and Western perspectives alike, Destiny Disrupted offers a fresh and vital perspective on world conflicts we thought we understood.

NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST • #1 NATIONAL BESTSELLER • From Booker Prize winner Salman Rushdie, a searing, deeply personal account of enduring—and surviving—an attempt on his life thirty years after the fatwa that was ordered against him<BR><BR>A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: The New York Times Book Review, The New Yorker, Time, NPR, Town & Country, New York Post, Chicago Public Library, Kirkus Reviews<BR><BR>On the morning of August 12, 2022, Salman Rushdie was standing onstage at the Chautauqua Institution, preparing to give a lecture on the importance of keeping writers safe from harm, when a man in black—black clothes, black mask—rushed down the aisle toward him, wielding a knife. His first thought: So it’s you. Here you are.<BR><BR> What followed was a horrific act of violence that shook the literary world and beyond. Now, for the first time, and in unforgettable detail, Rushdie relives the traumatic events of that day and its aftermath, as well as his journey toward physical recovery and the healing that was made possible by the love and support of his wife, Eliza, his family, his army of doctors and physical therapists, and his community of readers worldwide.<BR><BR> Knife is Rushdie at the peak of his powers, writing with urgency, with gravity, with unflinching honesty. It is also a deeply moving reminder of literature’s capacity to make sense of the unthinkable, an intimate and life-affirming meditation on life, loss, love, art—and finding the strength to stand up again.

'Vital, important' WILLIAM DALRYMPLE'Perspective-shattering' CAROLINE SANDERSON 'Offers a fresh, bracing perspective on European history' THE TIMESFor over 1,400 years, Muslims have been an integral part of Europe's story, yet their contributions have been pushed to the margins or erased altogether. In Muslim Europe, award-winning author Tharik Hussain restores this forgotten history.In a revelatory journey across the continent, we tread in the footsteps of the first Muslims who arrived on European soil in 647 AD. We travel through Cyprus, Sicily, Malta, Portugal and Spain, learning about the continent's great Caliphate culture and Muslim commonwealth, encountering red-haired European Sultans and Arabic-speaking Christian Kings, the Sufi lodges of Cyprus and the palaces of Sicily.Forgotten Muslim pioneers like Abbas Ibn Firnas gave us flight, Ibn Rushd gifted us modern philosophy and the cross fertilisation of faiths and cultures birthed Europe's Christian Renaissance. For twelve centuries, Muslim Europe was a sanctuary for the continent's Jews. Recalling the poignant voices of Hasdai Ibn Shaprut and Abraham Ibn Daoud, Jews flourished under Muslim protection triggering the Jewish Golden Age.For the first time, Muslim Europe lays bare the cause of our collective Islamic amnesia by mapping Europe's 'anti-Muslim DNA' through medieval Crusade narratives and nation-building myths. But Islam was never a sideshow to Western culture; it was integral to its development for over 1,400 years.Deep, learned and utterly convincing, this first Muslim Eurocentric history of the continent dismantles the myth of Europe's Judaeo-Christian cultural foundation, and offers nothing less than a profound shift in our self-understanding.'Uncovers a world of which few are fully aware' COLIN THUBRON

A TIMES, NEW STATESMAN and WASHINGTON POST Book of the Year'Absolutely gripping' GUARDIAN'A marvel' SUNDAY TIMES'Magisterial' SUNDAY TELEGRAPH'Extraordinary and generous' WASHINGTON POST'A gripping testimony of terror and loss' OBSERVERA moving, hard-hitting account of the Paris attacks trial by France's leading non-fiction writerOn 13 November 2015, nine attackers wearing suicide bombs killed 130 people and left hundreds wounded at sites in and around Paris in the deadliest attack on French soil since the Second World War. V13 was the code name for the much-awaited trial of those who helped to carry out these attacks. Lasting nine months, from September 2021 to June 2022, it consisted of 14 defendants, 2,400 plaintiffs, 350 lawyers and a file 53 metres high.In V13, Emmanuel Carrère follows this landmark trial from its first day to its last, taking us behind the scenes to the lawyers, survivors, family members and the defendants. He assembles, in painstaking and subtle detail, a human portrait of the crime - a study of good and evil, and the philosophical journey through the borderlands between the two.Over the course of his career, Emmanuel Carrère has reinvented non-fiction writing. In a search for truth in all its guises, he dispenses with the rules of genre, fusing passion, curiosity and a profoundly humane intellect, making him one of the most distinctive and important literary voices today.