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Islam & Muslims : a guide to diverse experience in a modern world / Mark Sedgwick.
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Sedgwick, Mark J.
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Language
English
Published/Created
Boston : Nicholas Brealey Pub., 2006.
Description
xvii, 252 p. : map ; 23 cm.
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Subject(s)
Islam
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Theology
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Islam
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Customs and practices
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Islam
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Doctrines
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Islam
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Essence, genius, nature
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Islam and politics
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Islamic countries
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Relations
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Europe
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Bibliographic references
Includes bibliographical references (p. [239]-242) and index.
Contents
A cave in the desert: what is Islam?
Islam and monotheism
The early history of Islam
The islamic ideal
The spread of Islam
Where Muslims live now
Who's in charge here? the construction of Islam
Denominations
Interpretation
The Ulema
The sharia
The Ulema today
Smiles and frowns: types of Muslim
Tradition and modernity
Modernity
Religiosity
Tolerance
God and angels: the Muslim world-view
God and creation
Angels and jinn and unseen forces
Saints and miracles
Birth, death, destiny, and judgment
How to do Islam: worship
Prayer
Alms
Fasting
Pilgrimage
Reading the Koran
Remembering God
Inside the hareem: the family
Men and women
Sex and segregation
Marriage
Children
Polygamy and divorce
Death and inheritance
Feminism
Food, frocks, and funds: daily life
General principles
Food and drink
Dress
The arts
Business
In and out: community life
The Umma
Mazhabs and muftis
Local communities
Race
Crime
Punishment
Violence
Good Muslims, bad Muslims: ethics
Slander and hypocrisy
Virtues and vices
More Moors: other denominations
Shiism
Wahhabism
Smaller denominations and sects
The nation of Islam
Traditionalism
Murder in the name of God: Islam and politics
The medieval Muslim state
Religion and state today
The origins of political Islam
Islamism today
Support for Islamism
Alternatives to Islamism
The clash of civilizations: Islam and the West
Islam and non-Muslims
Muslims and Israel
The Muslim world and the West
Muslims in the West
Conclusion.
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Islam and Muslims
ISBN
1931930163
LCCN
2006004414
OCLC
63680052
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