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ISLAM IN THE WORLD is an indispensable guide to the Islamic world from its orgins to the present. It is the only work in English to satisfactorily explain how Islam has become a political force in the modern world. Fully revised and updated throughout, this second edition includes an important new chapter on recent developments: the Rushdie affair, the reinterpretation of the jihad to encompass terrorism, and the internal strife that countries such as Algeria, Iran, Israel and Egypt are experiencing. 'A clear and readable account of a large and complex subject' -- TLS
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This work is an introduction to the Islamic world - past and present -and to the challenges it presents to western society. Fully revised for this second edition, it includes chapters on the spiritual richness of the religion, the law and how it reflects attitudes to society and to women in particular, as well as an incisive analysis of various Muslim sects, their links and conflicts. A new chapter discusses such issues as the Rushdie affair, the reinterpretation of the doctrine of Jihad to encompass terrorism, and the internal strife that countries such as Algeria, Iran, Israel and Egypt are experiencing, bringing this stimulating analysis up to the present day.
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Malise Ruthven has been a staff writer and editor with the BBC's External Services, a visiting professor of religion at Dartmouth College, New Hampshire, and has taught journalism and history at the University of California, San Diego. He is the author of A Very Short Introduction to Islam (OUP). He lives in London.
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- PublisherPenguin
- Publication date2000
- ISBN 10 0140153705
- ISBN 13 9780140153705
- BindingPaperback
- Edition number2
- Number of pages496
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