TY  - BOOK
AU  - Ahmed, Akbar S.
TI  - Islam today :   : a short introduction to the muslim world /   
SN  - 1860642578 paperback 
AV  - BP163 .A35 1999  
PY  - 1999///
CY  - London, New York
PB  - I.B. Tauris Publishers
KW  - Islam
KW  - 20th century
KW  - History
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages [241]-243) and index; |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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