Islam in World Cultures: Comparative PerspectivesIslam in World Cultures analyzes differences in Islamic culture and practice by looking not simply at matters of doctrine, but also at how Islam interacts with local cultures.
Islam in World Cultures gathers the work of ten eminent scholars, each of whom has expertise in the Muslim culture of a particular country or geographical area. Individual chapters explore contemporary developments in the Islamic experience in Turkey, Iran, Pakistan, Central Asia, China, Indonesia, South Africa, Ethiopia, and the United States. This broad treatment provides an introduction to the full range of issues relating to Islam in the context of globalization.
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His publications focus on Islam, politics, and culture in Ethiopia, Kenya, and Yemen. ... Korea, Malaysia, Fiji, Turkey, and the U.S. (1998); Ethnic ix Identity in China: The Making of a Muslim Minority Nationality www.abc-clio.com ...
The ultimate reliance on God's will expressed in such statements should not, however, lead us to think that Muslims are passive recipients of divinely decreed fate. For the sense of moral responsibility and the requirement to act in ...
His writings on reforming Islam drew considerably on the works of medieval Hanbali scholars such as Ibn Taymiyya; however, he claimed to be an independent reformer who derived his arguments directly ... But God guides us and guides you!
The chapters that follow prompt us to move beyond simplified essentializations of Islam to ask the who, what, where, and when of Islamic expressions in working toward understandings of both historical and contemporary phenomena.
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Chapter TwoIslam after Empire Turkey and the Arab Middle East | 41 |
Chapter ThreeShiite Islam in Contemporary Iran From Islamic Revolution to Moderating Reform | 75 |
Chapter FourDebating Orthodoxy Contesting Tradition Islam in Contemporary South Asia | 103 |
Chapter FiveIslam in Contemporary Central Asia | 133 |
Chapter SixIslam in China Accommodation or Separatism? | 161 |
Chapter SevenMuslim Thought and Practice in Contemporary Indonesia | 183 |
Chapter EightReligion Language and Nationalism Harari Muslims in Christian Ethiopia | 217 |
Chapter NineRace Ideology and Islam in Contemporary South Africa | 253 |
Chapter TenPeril and Possibility Muslim Life in the United States | 283 |
Chapter ElevenSuggestions for Further Reading and Internet Resources | 309 |
Chapter TwelveKey Terms | 337 |
Index | 361 |