The Islamic world
By: [edited by] Andrew Rippin.
Contributors: Rippin, Andrew, 1950-
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2008
Place of publication: London; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 678
ISBN-13: 9780415366465
Subjects: Civilization, Islamic; Islam -- 20th century; Islamic countries -- History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Table of contents: title: The Arab Middle East / Martin Bunton; title: West Africa / David Owusu-Ansah; title: East Africa / Valerie J. Hoffman; title: Turkey / Markus Dressler; title: Iran / Elton L. Daniel; title: Central Asia / Devin DeWeese; title: Southeast Asia / Nelly van Doorn-Harder; title: Europe / John R. Bowen; title: The Diaspora in the West / Amir Hussain; title: The Quran / Gordon Nickel and Andrew Rippin; title: Muhammad / Michael Lecker; title: Sunni law / Robert Gleave; title: Theology : freewill and predestination / Suleiman Ali Mourad; title: Ritual life / Zayn Kassam; title: Rites of Passage / Zayn Kassam; title: Sufism / Art Buehler; title: Shi'ism / William Shepard; title: Relations with other religions / David Thomas; title: The Arabic language / Mustafa Shah; title: Philosophy / Oliver Leaman; title: The scientific tradition / George Saliba; title: Education / Jeffrey C. Burke; title: The transmission of knowledge / Paul L. Heck; title: Travel / David Waines; title: 'Abd al-Jabbar / Gabriel Said Reynolds; title: Na'im al-Mulk / Neguin Yevari; title: Al-Ghazali / Frank Griffel; title: Ibn 'Arabi / Sajjad H. Rizvi; title: Ibn Taymiyya / David Waines; title: Nasir al-Din al-Tusi / Zayn Kassam; title: Al-Suyti / Suleiman Ali Mourad; title: Shah Wali Allah / Marcia Hermansen; title: Bedi'zzaman Said Nursi / Zeki Saritoprak; title: Sayyid Qutb / William Shepard; title: Fazlur Rahman / Earle H. Waugh; title: Art / Hussein Keshani; title: Architecture / Hussein Keshani; title: Material culture / James E. Lindsay; title: Military organization and warfare / Niall Christie; title: Popular piety and cultural practices / Earle H. Waugh; title: Music / Michael Frishkopf; title: Cinema / Ganal Danmez-Colin; title: Civilization / Akbar Ahmed; title: Social change / Ebrahim Moosa; title: Secularism / Amila Buturovic; title: Public ethics / Amyn B. Sajoo; title: Marriage, family, and sexual ethics / Kecia Ali; title: Women, gender and human rights / Simonetta Calderini; title: Religious minority rights / Christopher Buck.