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020			_a1860642578 paperback
020			_a9781860642578 paperback
050			_aBP163 _b.A35 1999
100			_aAhmed, Akbar S.
245			_aIslam today : _ba short introduction to the muslim world / _cAkbar S. Ahmed
260			_aLondon : _aNew York : _bI.B. Tauris Publishers, _c1999
300			_axv, 253 pages ; _c22 cm
500			_aIncludes bibliographical references (pages [241]-243) and index
505			_a|tPreface; l1|tIntroduction: Raising Questions|p1
505			_a|tIslam and the West|p1 ; |tLocating the key to unlock Muslim society|p4
505			_a505 |tMisunderstanding Muslims|p8 ; |tQuestions for our age|p10
505			_a|l2|tWhat is Islam?|p12 ; |tMessenger: the Prophet of Islam|p12
505			_a |tMessage: the holy Quran|p28 ; |tSunni and Shia divisions in Islam|p42
505			_a|tSufism: the Muslim universal way|p49 ; |l3|tChallenge of the Past: Empires and Dynasties|p52
505			_a|tEarly Muslim history: the great Arab dynasties|p55 ; |tIdeal model of European society: Muslim Spain|p62
505			_a|tOttomans (1300-1922)|p72 ; |tSafavids (1501-1722)|p80 ; |tMughals (1526-1857)|p83
505			_al4|tWhen Worlds Collide: Muslim Nations and Western ; Modernity|p96 ; |tDilemmas of modern Turkey|p97
505			_atIran's Islamic quest|p105 ; |tIndia and the creation of Pakistan and Bangladesh|p121 ;|tIssues in modernity: democracy, family and identity|p132
505			_a|l5|tMuslims as Minorities|p163 ; |tThe 'problem' of Muslim minorities|p163 ;|tMuslims in the West|p171
505			_atFrontier Muslims: Islam in the Outer Hebrides|p181 ;|tIslam in Central Asia|p184 ;|tMuslims of India: a people in search of a destiny|p207
505			_al6|tIslam in the Age of the Western Media|p216 ;|tIslam and the West: confrontation or consensus?|p216 ;|tConcluding thoughts|p229
505			_atGlossary|p238 ;|tReferences|p241 ;|tIndex|p245 ;|d19990512
650			_aIslam _y20th century.
650			_aIslam _xHistory.
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