The Arab Middle East / Martin Bunton -- West Africa / David Owusu-Ansah -- East Africa / Valerie J. Hoffman -- Turkey / Markus Dressler -- Iran / Elton L. Daniel -- Central Asia / Devin DeWeese -- Southeast Asia / Nelly van Doorn-Harder -- Europe / John R. Bowen -- The Diaspora in the West / Amir Hussain -- The Quran / Gordon Nickel and Andrew Rippin -- Muhammad / Michael Lecker -- Sunni law / Robert Gleave -- Theology : freewill and predestination / Suleiman Ali Mourad -- Ritual life / Zayn Kassam -- Rites of Passage / Zayn Kassam -- Sufism / Art Buehler -- Shi'ism / William Shepard -- Relations with other religions / David Thomas -- The Arabic language / Mustafa Shah -- Philosophy / Oliver Leaman -- The scientific tradition / George Saliba -- Education / Jeffrey C. Burke -- The transmission of knowledge / Paul L. Heck -- Travel / David Waines -- 'Abd al-Jabbar / Gabriel Said Reynolds -- Na'im al-Mulk / Neguin Yevari -- Al-Ghazali / Frank Griffel -- Ibn 'Arabi / Sajjad H. Rizvi -- Ibn Taymiyya / David Waines -- Nasir al-Din al-Tusi / Zayn Kassam -- Al-Suyti / Suleiman Ali Mourad -- Shah Wali Allah / Marcia Hermansen -- Bedi'zzaman Said Nursi / Zeki Saritoprak -- Sayyid Qutb / William Shepard -- Fazlur Rahman / Earle H. Waugh -- Art / Hussein Keshani -- Architecture / Hussein Keshani -- Material culture / James E. Lindsay -- Military organization and warfare / Niall Christie -- Popular piety and cultural practices / Earle H. Waugh -- Music / Michael Frishkopf -- Cinema / Ganal Danmez-Colin -- Civilization / Akbar Ahmed -- Social change / Ebrahim Moosa -- Secularism / Amila Buturovic -- Public ethics / Amyn B. Sajoo -- Marriage, family, and sexual ethics / Kecia Ali -- Women, gender and human rights / Simonetta Calderini -- Religious minority rights / Christopher Buck.
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"The Islamic World is a guide to Islamic faith and culture in all its geographical and historical diversity. Written by a distinguished international team of Islamic scholars, it elucidates the history, philosophy and practice of one of the world's great religious traditions. Its grounding in contemporary scholarship makes it an ideal reference source for students and scholars alike." "Edited by Andre Rippin, a leading scholar of Islam, the volume offers insight into all aspects of Muslim life including the Qur'an and law, philosophy, science and technology, art, literature, and film and much else. It explores the concept of an 'Islamic' world: what makes it distinctive and how uniform is that distinctiveness across Muslim geographical regions and through history?"--Jacket.