Defining Islam: a reader
Editorial EQUINOX PUBLISHING
Festland Spanien
- Verlag EQUINOX PUBLISHING
- ISBN13 9781845530600
- ISBN10 1845530608
- Gegenstandsart Buch
- Buchseiten 388
- Jahr der Ausgabe 2007
- Bindung Gebunden
Defining Islam: a reader
Editorial EQUINOX PUBLISHING
Festland Spanien
Buch Details
"Defining Islam: A reader" aims to present original source material and scholarly reflections on how the word "Islam" is to be used and understood. Ever since a group of people came into existence who called themselves Muslims, questions of what it meant to be a member of that group, who was to be included and who excluded, and what the requirements for membership were, have proven to be both divisive and defining for the community itself. Likewise for scholars, the issue of what constitutes "Islam" when they talk about the emergence of the religion or when they compare local traditions or when the media debates whether the phrase "Muslim terrorist" is meaningful or appropriate, is always a central one for debate.