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New at Lamppost!
The 'Negro' In Arab-Muslim Consciousness
A NEW WORK by Dr. Abdullah bin Hamid Ali. This groundbreaking book shows how “racial conceptions and perceptions can and have influenced aesthetic standards, social inclusion, and legal norms.” A particular aim of this work is to underscore how racial conceptions and perceptions can and have influenced aesthetic standards, social inclusion, and legal norms. The work also demands that its reader reconsider any preset ideas about reified races, which contributes to confusion about the dynamics of race and racism in current times.

New at Lamppost!
In Defence Of The Four Imams by Ibn Taymiyyah
A NEW Translation by Dr. Abdullah bin Hamid Ali. This controversial work shatters the common misconception that Ibn Taymiyyah opposed the Islamic schools of law. This fascinating new work is now available at Lamppost. Click the link below for more details and order your copy today!
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“A Return to Purity in Creed” by Imam Abu Hamid al-Ghazzali translated by Dr. Abdullah bin Hamid Ali. Order your copy of this special reprint of the last work of Imam al-Ghazzali. Limited Copies of this work remain-get your copy today!