The global Muslim community at a crossroads
Subtitle: understanding religious beliefs, practices, and infighting, to end the conflict
By: Abdul Basit, editor
Series: Practical and applied psychology
Publisher: Praeger
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Santa Barbara, Calif
Language: eng
Number of pages: 202
ISBN-13: 9780313396977; 9780313396984
Subjects: Civilization; Islamic countries; Muslims; Social conditions; Islam and social problems; Islam and culture
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Rise and fall of the Islamic civilization : a historical background; title: Review of the global Muslim community : analyzing the current state of turmoil and upheaval / Abdul Basit; title: A review of religious beliefs and practices; title: Understanding the core concepts of Islam / Abdul Basit; title: A critical review of Hadith / Abdul Basit; title: Sharia and contemporary issues / Abdul Basit; title: A review of social and moral issues; title: Islam and democracy / Abdul Basit; title: Muslims and pluralism : past, present, and future / Javeed Akhter; title: Removing the veil : clarifying the role of women in Islam / Abdul Basit; title: Refining the "Islamic" : the import of critical gender analysis / C. A. Lizzio; title: Reforming madrassas and social reform in Muslim society; title: Reforming the Indian madrassas / Akhtarul Wasey; title: Education in Muslim societies : learning from the past / Aurangzeb Haneef; title: Scholastic theology and social reform in Muslim society : Shaykh Ghazali's approach / Benaouda Bensaid and Fadila Grine; title: Glorifying the past; title: Idealizing the past : does it prevent the Muslim community from moving forward? / Tariq Ahmed Khan; title: Does Islam provide guidance in all aspects of life? / Abdul Basit; title: New strategy to resolve intractable problems; title: Road to recovery : how can Muslims resolve the intractable problems and end the conflict? / Abdul Basit; title: Summary and conclusions / Abdul Basit; title: Appendix I: Global information about the Muslim world / Prepared by Khurshid Alam Lala; title: Appendix II: Similarities and differences among three monotheistic religions / Abdul Basit; title: Glossary; title: About the editor and contributors; title: About the series editor; title: Index.