num_pages: 144
description: This guide explains Islamic history, the Qur’an, sharia law, and Islam’s relationship with the West. It analyzes the struggle within the faith for a more humane interpretation of the religion, issues surrounding women, democracy, and economic development, and the outlook post-9/11 and the Iraq war. Merryl Wyn Davies is a writer, anthropologist, and TV producer. The author of Knowing One Shaping an Islamic Anthropology, she also co-authored the international bestseller Why Do People Hate America? Ziauddin Sardar is a writer, broadcaster, and cultural critic. His works include Postmodernism and the Other, Orientalism, and Why Do People Hate America?, written with Merryl Wyn Davies.
language: English
title: The No-Nonsense Guide to Islam
titlecomplete: The No-Nonsense Guide to Islam (No-Nonsense Guides)
genres: Islam, Religion, Nonfiction, Politics
ratings_count: 41
series: No-Nonsense Guides
publisher: New Internationalist