Islam Today —— A Short Introduction to the Muslim World

----- 今天的伊斯兰教

ISBN: 9781860642579 出版年：1998 页码：270 Akbar S Ahmed Bloomsbury Publishing

Part 1 Introduction: raising questions - Islam and the west locating the key to unlock Muslim society misunderstanding Muslims questions for our age. Part 2 What is Islam? the messenger - the prophet of Islam the message - the holy Quran Sunni and Shia divisions in Islam. Part 3 The challenge of the past - empires and dynasties: early Muslim history - the great Arab dynasties the ideal model of European society - Muslim Spain the Ottomans, 1300-1922 the Safavids, 1501-1857. Part 4 When worlds collide - Muslim nations and western modernity: the dilemmas of modern Turkey Iran's Islamic quest India and the creation of Pakistan and Bangladesh issues in modernity -democracy, family, and identity. Part 5 Muslims as minorities: the problem of Muslim minorities Muslims in the west frontier Muslims -Islam in the Outer Hebrides Islam in central Asia the Muslims of India - a people in search of a destiny. Part 6 Islam in the age of the western media: Islam and the west - confrontation or consensus? concluding thoughts.