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Introduction : approaching the subject - History of the community - On the eve of Islam : the Hellenistic-Iranian world - Arabia : Muhammad and history of Islam to about 700 CE - Expansion and flowering : history of Islam from about 700 to 1700 CE - Aspects of Islam -- The Qur'an - The prophet Muhammad : "the best of all creation" - Rituals and celebrations - Divisions in the umma : sects, political theory - Those who know : scholars and learning - To know God's will : Islamic law - Theology and philosophy - The path to God : Sufism and wisdom - Three major figures : a philosopher, a scholar-mystic, and a reformer - Culture and counter-culture : literature and other arts - Modern developments - Modern challenges : Western imperialism and Muslim response - Turkey : secularist reform - Ideology and politics in Egypt : between secularism and Islamism - Ideology and politics in Iran : from secularism to Islamic revolution - Indonesia : Islamic society or Islamic state? - Globalization