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Islam in the world today : a handbook of politics, religion, culture, and society / edited by Werner Ende and Udo Steinbach.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Ithaca, N.Y. : Cornell University Press, 2010.Description: xviii, 1114 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9780801445712 (cloth : alk. paper)
  • 080144571X (cloth : alk. paper)
  • 40017897665
Uniform titles:
  • Islam in der Gegenwart. English.
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 297 22
Contents:
World of Islam: a brief historical survey / Heribert Busse -- Sunni Islam / Bernd Radtke -- Shi'i Islam / Werner Ende -- Revivalist movements in Islam from the eighteenth to the twentieth century and the role of Islam in modern history: anticolonialism and nationalism / Rudolph Peters -- Distribution of Muslims throughout the world: figures and information on the present situation / Peter Heine and Riem Spielhaus -- Intra-Islamic discussion on a modern economic and social system / Johannes Reissner -- Islamic economics in practice: interest-free financial management / Volker Nienhaus -- Developments in law / Hans-Georg Ebert -- Status of Islam and Islamic law in selected countries -- Islamic Diaspora: Europe and America -- Discussion within Islam on secularism, democracy, and human rights / Alexander Flores -- Situation of women in Islamic countries / Wiebke Walther -- Islamist groups and movements / Guid Steinberg and Jan-Peter Hartung -- Mystical brotherhoods and popular Islam / Frederick De Jong -- Sects and social groups / Werner Schmucker -- Islam and non-Islamic minorities / Johanna Pink -- International Islamic organizations / Johannes Reissner -- "Orientalistics" and Orientalism / Reinhard Schulze -- Islam and cultural self-assertion / Rotraud Wielandt -- Islam and local traditions / Olaf Schumanm and Lode Frank Brakel -- Is there an Islamic linguistic sphere? / Otto Jastrow -- Islam reflected in the contemporary literature of Muslim peoples / Johann Cristoph Bürgell -- Contemporary painting and graphic art in the Islamic world / Peter Heine -- Contemporary "Islamic" architecture and representational art / Mohamed Scharabi
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Item type Current library Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Books Books Library, Independent University, Bangladesh (IUB) Available at Centre for Social Science Research 297 I821 2012 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 01 Not For Loan 022976
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Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

World of Islam: a brief historical survey / Heribert Busse -- Sunni Islam / Bernd Radtke -- Shi'i Islam / Werner Ende -- Revivalist movements in Islam from the eighteenth to the twentieth century and the role of Islam in modern history: anticolonialism and nationalism / Rudolph Peters -- Distribution of Muslims throughout the world: figures and information on the present situation / Peter Heine and Riem Spielhaus -- Intra-Islamic discussion on a modern economic and social system / Johannes Reissner -- Islamic economics in practice: interest-free financial management / Volker Nienhaus -- Developments in law / Hans-Georg Ebert -- Status of Islam and Islamic law in selected countries -- Islamic Diaspora: Europe and America -- Discussion within Islam on secularism, democracy, and human rights / Alexander Flores -- Situation of women in Islamic countries / Wiebke Walther -- Islamist groups and movements / Guid Steinberg and Jan-Peter Hartung -- Mystical brotherhoods and popular Islam / Frederick De Jong -- Sects and social groups / Werner Schmucker -- Islam and non-Islamic minorities / Johanna Pink -- International Islamic organizations / Johannes Reissner -- "Orientalistics" and Orientalism / Reinhard Schulze -- Islam and cultural self-assertion / Rotraud Wielandt -- Islam and local traditions / Olaf Schumanm and Lode Frank Brakel -- Is there an Islamic linguistic sphere? / Otto Jastrow -- Islam reflected in the contemporary literature of Muslim peoples / Johann Cristoph Bürgell -- Contemporary painting and graphic art in the Islamic world / Peter Heine -- Contemporary "Islamic" architecture and representational art / Mohamed Scharabi

Translated from the German.

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