Muslim Diversity: Local Islam in Global Contexts (Nordic Institute of Asian Studies : Nias Studies in Asian Topics, Number 26)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: RoutledgeCurzon
Published: March 5, 1999
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 260
ISBN-13: 9780700711048
Subjects: Islamic studies; Religion; Ethnic Issues; Ethnic Studies - General; Cross-cultural studies; Islam; Social Science / Ethnic Studies; Islam - General
First sentence: The Orientalist perspective, according to Edward Said, has created the notion that 'Islam does not develop, and neither do Muslims; they merely are' (Said 1979: 317), and furthermore, that Islam is seen to be about texts rather than people.