The Sage Handbook of Islamic Studies

includes index and biblioraphy

1. Islam and multiculturalism..............1 Islam as a Community of Discourse and a world-system ......3 Islam, Diaspora, and Multiculturalism .17 Andalusian jurist, berber commander, and Mozarab rebel: Understanding Iberia`s Islamic Experience...34 2. Foundations of Islam ...55 The Qur`an .57 Islamic concepts of Justice...........69 Islamic Economics : Salient features and a Critical Survey.83 From madrasa to University- the Challenges and Formats of Islamic Education............106 Political Philosophy and political Thought in the Medieval Arabic- Islamic Tradition of the Middle east..........140 3. Culture of Islam ....161 Arabic - Islamic Literature..........163 Islamic Art.............188 4. Contemporary issues in Islam .....211 Women`s Agency in Muslim society.....213 Islam and Democracy: Is Turkey an Exception or a Role model ?.....240 Islam in the west....262 5. Diversity within Islam ......283 Shi`a Islam ....285 Doctrinal Sufism and theoretical Gnosis......304 Contemporary sufism : Islam without borders...............327