Includes bibliographical references (p. 150-166) and index

|tIslam /|rShawkat M. Toorawa --|tQur'an /|rRoger Allen -- |tMuhammad /|rTahera Qutbuddin --|tHadith and Sunna / |rScott C. Lucas --|tShariʻa /|rAron Zysow --|tIslamic philosophy /|rJon McGinnis --|tSufism /|rAhmet T. Karamustafa --|tShiʻites, Shiʻism /|rAbdulaziz Sachedina - -|tSunnis, Sunnism /|rScott C. Lucas --|tMosque /|rRuba Kana'an --|tIslamic government /|rJoseph E. Lowry -- |tWomen and Islam /|rHomayra Ziad --|tIslam and Judaism / |rMark S. Wagner --|tIslam and Christianity /|rPaul Löffler and Mark N. Swanson --|tIslam in America /|rJane I. Smith

In Islam: A Short Guide to the Faith, editors Roger Allen and Shawkat M. Toorawa have assembled fifteen chapters by fifteen noted scholars, each of which provides a lucid description and exploration of an aspect of Islam, its institutions, doctrines, and interactions, notably with Christianity, Judaism, and the modern world