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Islam in the World Today: A Handbook of Politics, Religion, Culture, and Society

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Considered the most authoritative single-volume reference work on Islam in the contemporary world, the German-language Der Islam in der Gegenwart, currently in its fifth edition, offers a wealth of authoritative information on the religious, political, social, and cultural life of Islamic nations an...

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Other Authors: Ende, Werner (Other) , Steinbach, Udo (Other)
Format: Book/Monograph
Language:English
Published: Ithaca, N.Y. Cornell University Press [2010]
Volumes / Articles: Show Volumes / Articles.
DOI:10.7591/9780801464836
Subjects:
Geschichte 1800-2010
Kunst
Kultur
Gesellschaft
Politik
Islam
Europa
Afrika
Asien
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Author Notes:Udo Steinbach, Werner Ende
Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • Part One: Historical Expansion, Political and Religious History
  • I. The World of Islam: A Brief Historical Survey
  • II. Sunni Islam
  • III. Shi’i Islam
  • IV. Revivalist Movements in Islam from the Eighteenth to the Twentieth Century and the Role of Islam in Modern History: Anticolonialism and Nationalism
  • V. The Distribution of Muslims throughout the World: Figures and Information on the Present Situation
  • Part Two: The Political Role of Islam in the Present
  • I. The Intra-Islamic Discussion on a Modern Economic and Social System
  • II. Islamic Economics in Practice: Interest-Free Financial Management
  • III. Developments in Law
  • IV. The Status of Islam and Islamic Law in Selected Countries
  • 1. Turkey
  • 2. Iran
  • 3. Afghanistan
  • 4. Russia, the Islamic Republics of the Caucasus, and Central Asia
  • 5. The People’s Republic of China
  • 6. India
  • 7. Pakistan
  • 8. Bangladesh
  • 9. Southeast Asia
  • 10. Maghreb
  • 11. The Independent States of Sub-Saharan Africa
  • 12. The Islamization of Sub-Saharan Africa
  • 13. Horn of Africa
  • 14. Libya
  • 15. Egypt
  • 16. Sudan
  • 17. Israel and the Occupied Territories
  • 18. Syria
  • 19. Iraq
  • 20. Jordan
  • 21. Lebanon
  • 22. Saudi Arabia
  • 23. The Small Gulf States
  • 24. Yemen
  • V. The Islamic Diaspora: Europe and America
  • 1. Western Europe
  • 2. France, Great Britain, the Netherlands, and Germany
  • 3. Eastern and Southeastern Europe
  • 4. The Americas
  • VI. The Discussion within Islam on Secularism, Democracy, and Human Rights
  • VII. The Situation of Women in Islamic Countries
  • VIII. Islamist Groups and Movements
  • IX. Mystical Brotherhoods and Popular Islam
  • X. Sects and Special Groups
  • XI. Islam and Non-Islamic Minorities
  • XII. International Islamic Organizations
  • Part Three: Present-Day Islamic Culture and Civilization
  • I. “Orientalistics” and Orientalism
  • II. Islam and Cultural Self-Assertion
  • III. Islam and Local Traditions
  • IV. Is There an Islamic Linguistic Sphere?
  • V. Islam Reflected in the Contemporary Literature of Muslim Peoples
  • VI. Contemporary Painting and Graphic Art in the Islamic World
  • VII. Contemporary “Islamic” Architecture and Representational Art
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • About the Authors
  • Name Index
  • Subject index
  • Geographical Index

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