- Paperback: 264 pages
- Publisher: Intercultural Press Inc; 1 edition (4 May 2006)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 1931930163
- ISBN-13: 978-1931930161
- Product Dimensions: 22.9 x 15.5 x 2.1 cm
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,093,530 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Michael Cook, author of The Koran: A Very Short Introduction
A really good one-stop book on Islam and Muslims. Up-to-date, well-informed, insightful, and sympathetic without being evasive.
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This is an authoritative and comprehensive guide to Islam and Muslims, which allows readers to appreciate a diverse culture and understand real people in their everyday lives. While many books are devoted to the study of Islam, and dozens more to specific Muslim societies (usually Arab ones), this is the first to bring together both, explaining Islam in theory and in practice across the diverse Muslim world. Readers learn not just what Islam says about everything from the nature of God to marriage to politics, but also how individual Muslims (traditional or modern, devout or barely observant) apply teachings in everyday life.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Despite being a non Muslim, I found this book very interesting. It gives an informative view on one of the largest religions in the world in plain English. It s very important that in a world beset with so many ethnic conflicts that we understand other cultures to further the cause of secularism. Tolerance is a great virtue and it is a pity that more books on the same subject tend to be very biased in their outlook.
Thee are some really interesting chapters such as why Islam is deeply misunderstood in the West and the political potential might of Wahabbism; the strictest form of Islam and its influence on daily life in Saudi Arabia and its lesser reaches in other parts of the Muslim world. Comparisons to Egypt and Turkey are widespread and you can understand why recent pro secular demonstrations in the latter country were so successful.
Recommended for everybody...A must read !!!
Thee are some really interesting chapters such as why Islam is deeply misunderstood in the West and the political potential might of Wahabbism; the strictest form of Islam and its influence on daily life in Saudi Arabia and its lesser reaches in other parts of the Muslim world. Comparisons to Egypt and Turkey are widespread and you can understand why recent pro secular demonstrations in the latter country were so successful.
Recommended for everybody...A must read !!!
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
An evenhanded, straightforward evaluation
6 Jan 2007
Format:Paperback
Dr. Mark Sedgwick (associate professor of modern Middle East history, American University in Cairo) introduces Western readers to the Islamic world and explores the various different Muslim societies in Islam & Muslims: A Guide to Diverse Experience in a Modern World. Accessible to lay readers of all backgrounds, regardless of personal familiarity with Islam, Islam & Muslims briefly surveys the faith's history but is much more strongly concerned with Muslims in the present day - from world view and worship practices to family practices, daily life, the intersection of Islam and politics including the unfortunate reality of Islamic political violence. An evenhanded, straightforward evaluation, to be commended especially for its close scrutiny of the cultural differences that at first glance make Islamic and Muslim practices alien to Westerners, and Western culture confusing to or misinterpreted by Muslims.
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