Islam today
Subtitle: a short introduction to the muslim world
By: Akbar S. Ahmed.
Publisher: I.B. Tauris Publishers
Published: 2008
Place of publication: London; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 253
ISBN-13: 9781860642579
Subjects: Islam -- 20th century; Islam
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [241]-243) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: raising questions; title: What is Islam?; title: The challenge of the past: empires and dynasties; title: When worlds collide: Muslim nations and Western modernity; title: Muslims as minorities; title: Islam in the age of the Western media.