Publication
Imprint: London ; New York : I.B. Tauris Publishers, 2008, c1999. Responsibility: Akbar S. Ahmed. OCLC Number: 41078532. Physical: Text : 1 volume : xv, 253 pages ; 22 cm. Features: Includes bibliography, index.
Call number
Commentary / Ahmed
ISBN
1860642578 / 9781860642579
Collections
CSS Library Notes
Description: An introduction to Islam attempts to overcome decades of bigotry and misunderstandings as it explains the tenets of a religion practiced by more than one billion people, explaining the traditions that lie at this belief's heart.
Contents:
1. Introduction: raising questions ---
2. What is Islam? ---
3. The challenge of the past: empires and dynasties ---
4. When worlds collide: Muslim nations and Western modernity ---
5. Muslims as minorities ---
6. Islam in the age of the Western media.
FY2002
Contents:
1. Introduction: raising questions ---
2. What is Islam? ---
3. The challenge of the past: empires and dynasties ---
4. When worlds collide: Muslim nations and Western modernity ---
5. Muslims as minorities ---
6. Islam in the age of the Western media.
FY2002
Physical description
xv, 253 p.; 22 cm
Description
Although there are over one billion Muslims in the world, and over ten million in the West, most discussions of Islam are based on clichés or outright prejudice. This lively and compelling book sets out to bridge the gulf of misunderstanding. Islam, argues Akbar Ahmed, does not mean the subordination of women, contempt for other religions, opposition to the modern world, or barbaric punishments for petty crimes. One cannot fully come to terms with modern Islam without understanding its sources and traditions.
Language
Original language
English