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This volume offers a summary of key developments concerning scholarship on Islam in China and presents a record of research on this topic. The first part of the book is a narrative introduction to the history of Islam in China, the coexistence of Chinese and Muslim cultures, and contemporary issues.

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In the Middle Ages, a varied and vibrant Islamic culture flourished in all its aspects, from religious institutions to legal and scientific endeavors. The authors explore the role that non-Muslim minorities played within this culture and they detail the splits within the Muslim world that continue to this day.

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A sociological study of the recontextualisation of Islam as school knowledge in the UK education system.

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A sociological study of the recontextualisation of Islam as school knowledge in the UK education system. It explores the conceptualisation of school-based Islam on two levels: as a symbolic category in English religious education as a consequence of policy shifts, and as pedagogic discourse at the local community level in state and Muslim schools.

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Islam 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.

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Offers an introduction to the contemporary challenges and key issues facing Islam. Illustrated with examples and case studies taken from lived religion, this title looks at Islam in a modern context, and modern issues relevant to the religion. It provides an overview of the Islamic faith, its history and basic theological tenets.

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An introduction to the contemporary challenges and key issues facing Islam. Illustrated with examples and case studies taken from lived religion, it looks at Islam in a modern context, and modern issues relevant to the religion. It provides an overview of the Islamic faith, its history and basic theological tenets.

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A guide to three global religions that have established local communities in South Africa. A resource for exploring the rich diversity of religion.

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Tackles the issue of how should Muslims respond to challenges of modernity without betraying their identity

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Introduces Islam to readers with Christian or Jewish backgrounds. This book starts with the central feature of Muslim faith and life: the Quran. It compares Jesus and Muhammad, describes Islamic commandments and rituals, details the structures of Sunni and Shi'ite communities, and lays out central Islamic beliefs on war, women, and mysticism.

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Narrates the history of the spread of Islam all over the world, from its birth in Arabia in the seventh century. With 180 maps and 200 illustrations, this book appeals to readers interested in political, dynastic, and contemporary developments.

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Professor Von Grunebaum's essays deal with three fundamental problems in Islamic civilization: the growth among Muslims of a consciousness of political thought, attitude toward science, and urban structure; and the interaction of Islam with other civilizations.

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In recent years, all over the western world, a conversation has begun about the role of Islamic law or Shariah in secular liberal democratic states. Often this has focused on the area of family law, including matters of marriage and divorce. Islamic Family Law in Australia considers this often-controversial issue through the lens of multiculturalism and legal pluralism.

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By viewing Islamic fundamentalism as a reactive response to modern challenges and political structures, this book presents analysis of how and why Islamic values have become such a potent contemporary political force, and sheds light on a much-misunderstood situation.

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By viewing Islamic fundamentalism as a reactive response to modern challenges and political structures, this book presents analysis of how and why Islamic values have become such a potent contemporary political force, and sheds new light on a much-misunderstood situation.

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The book presents the first integrated study of the relationship between official Islamic leadership (muftiship), non-official Islamic authorities, grassroots Muslim communities and the state in post-Communist Eurasia. It employs a history-based perspective and compares this relationship to that in both the Middle East and Western Europe.

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The book presents the first integrated study of the relationship between official Islamic leadership (muftiship), non-official Islamic authorities, grassroots Muslim communities and the state in post-Communist Eurasia. It employs a history-based perspective and compares this relationship to that in both the Middle East and Western Europe.

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How do Islamic courts work What sorts of cultural understandings inform judicial process and litigants' strategies How do women's claims fare Addressing such questions, this book provides ethnographic, historical, and transnational perspectives on contemporary Islam in the shifting landscape of an important region of the world - Malaysia.

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In a study of the vitality of Islam in late-nineteenth-century north India, Barbara Metcalf explains the response of Islamic religious scholars ('ulama) to the colonial dominance of the British and the collapse of Muslim political power. Originally published in 1982. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again

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