TY  - BOOK
AU  - Ahmed, Akbar S
TI  - The Sage Handbook of Islamic Studies
SN  - 9780761943259
U1  - SS80 
PY  - 2010///
CY  - London
PB  - Sage Publications
N1  - 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
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