Islam today : a short introduction to the muslim world / Akbar S. Ahmed

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TextPublication details: London : New York : I.B. Tauris Publishers, 1999 Description: xv, 253 pages ; 22 cmISBN:

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Contents:

|tPreface; l1|tIntroduction: Raising Questions|p1

|tIslam and the West|p1 ; |tLocating the key to unlock Muslim society|p4

505 |tMisunderstanding Muslims|p8 ; |tQuestions for our age|p10

|l2|tWhat is Islam?|p12 ; |tMessenger: the Prophet of Islam|p12

|tMessage: the holy Quran|p28 ; |tSunni and Shia divisions in Islam|p42

|tSufism: the Muslim universal way|p49 ; |l3|tChallenge of the Past: Empires and Dynasties|p52

|tEarly Muslim history: the great Arab dynasties|p55 ; |tIdeal model of European society: Muslim Spain|p62

|tOttomans (1300-1922)|p72 ; |tSafavids (1501-1722)|p80 ; |tMughals (1526-1857)|p83

l4|tWhen Worlds Collide: Muslim Nations and Western ; Modernity|p96 ; |tDilemmas of modern Turkey|p97

tIran's Islamic quest|p105 ; |tIndia and the creation of Pakistan and Bangladesh|p121 ;|tIssues in modernity: democracy, family and identity|p132

|l5|tMuslims as Minorities|p163 ; |tThe 'problem' of Muslim minorities|p163 ;|tMuslims in the West|p171

tFrontier Muslims: Islam in the Outer Hebrides|p181 ;|tIslam in Central Asia|p184 ;|tMuslims of India: a people in search of a destiny|p207

l6|tIslam in the Age of the Western Media|p216 ;|tIslam and the West: confrontation or consensus?|p216 ;|tConcluding thoughts|p229

tGlossary|p238 ;|tReferences|p241 ;|tIndex|p245 ;|d19990512

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Current library	Collection	Call number	Copy number	Status	Barcode
Joshua & Timothy School of Theology Library (JTSOT) General Circulation	Non-fiction	BP163 .A35 1999 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	1	Available	069421

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Includes bibliographical references (pages [241]-243) and index