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The Islamic Texts Society is a publishing house founded in
1981 and registered as an educational charity in the UK (reg.
no. 283832). The Society produces English translations of works
of traditional importance to the Islamic faith and culture,
including editions of hitherto unpublished manuscripts, and
also sponsors contemporary works on Islamic subjects by scholars
from all parts of the world. The Society hopes thereby to promote
a greater understanding of Islam among both Muslims and non-Muslims,
catering for laypersons as well as academics in the field of
Islamic studies.
To date the Society has published over forty books
on various aspects of Islam and the Islamic heritage, ranging
from the best-selling and award-winning biography by Martin Lings,
Muhammad:
His Life Based on the Earliest Sources, generally acknowledged
as the best book in English on the Prophet Muhammad, through works
of hadith, jurisprudence and sufism. One of the major and on-going
projects of the Society is the publication in English of the most
important works of the great medieval theologian Muhammad Abu
Hamid al-Ghazali. So far five volumes have appeared in this series
of which two have won the British Book Design and production Award
for the best general paperback: Al-Ghazali
on Invocations and Supplications (1991) and Al-Ghazali
on The Ninety-nine Beautiful Names of God (1993). A new project
for the Society is the Muslim Personalities Series which is dedicated
to the lives, ideas and writings of Muslims who have contributed
to Islamic thought throughout the centuries. The high quality
of content and book-production to which the Islamic Texts Society
is committed have become the hallmark of its publications. The
long term aim of the Islamic texts Society is to provide a comprehensive
library on Islam and its various disciplines.
As a registered charity, the Islamic Texts Society
is dependent on fund-raising to achieve its aims and objectives.
If you are interested in supporting the activities of the Islamic
Texts Society please contact us at funds@its.org.uk.
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