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100 1 $aAhmed, Akbar S.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n50033194
245 10 $aIslam today :$ba short introduction to the Muslim world /$cAkbar S. Ahmed.
260 $aLondon ;$aNew York :$bI.B. Tauris Publishers,$c1999.
300 $axv, 253 pages ;$c22 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 00 $g1.$tIntroduction: Raising Questions.$tIslam and the West.$tLocating the key to unlock Muslim society.$tMisunderstanding Muslims.$tQuestions for our age --$g2.$tWhat is Islam?$tThe messenger: the Prophet of Islam.$tThe message: the holy Quran.$tSunni and Shia divisions in Islam.$tSufism: the Muslim universal way --$g3.$tThe Challenge of the Past: Empires and Dynasties.$tEarly Muslim history: the great Arab dynasties.$tThe ideal model of European society: Muslim Spain.$tThe Ottomans (1300-1922).$tThe Safavids (1501-1722).$tThe Mughals (1526-1857) --$g4.$tWhen Worlds Collide: Muslim Nations and Western Modernity.$tThe dilemmas of modern Turkey.$tIran's Islamic quest.$tIndia and the creation of Pakistan and Bangladesh.$tIssues in modernity: democracy, family and identity --$g5.$tMuslims as Minorities.$tThe 'problem' of Muslim minorities.$tMuslims in the West.$tFrontier Muslims: Islam in the Outer Hebrides.$tIslam in Central Asia.$tThe Muslims of India: a people in search of a destiny --
505 80 $g6.$tIslam in the Age of the Western Media.$tIslam and the West: confrontation or consensus?$tConcluding thoughts.
520 1 $a"Islam, argues Akbar S. Ahmed, does not mean the subordination of women, contempt for other religions, opposition to the modern world or 'barbaric' punishments for petty crime. Yet outsiders can learn to appreciate the beauty, depth and variety of Islamic tradition only by returning to its sources. Islam Today starts with the life of the Prophet Muhammad and the Qur'an's 'five pillars', which govern the beliefs and behaviour of Muslims everywhere.
520 8 $aIt goes on to show how the great Ottoman, Safavid and Mughal empires have deeply marked the successor states in Turkey, Iran, Pakistan and India, and explores how the Muslim minorities in the West struggle to maintain their identities and ideals in uncomprehending or hostile environments. Ahmed explores these issues with insight and sympathy, penetrating beyond the stereotypes to the realities of Islamic life."--BOOK JACKET.
650 0 $aIslam$y20th century.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85068392
650 0 $aIslam$xHistory.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh87000556
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852 00 $bbar$hBP161.2$i.A36 1999g
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