Islam : a very short introduction / Malise Ruthven.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ruthven, Malise.

Contributor:

Ruthven, Malise.

Series:

Very short introductions ; 7

3-CD Set.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Islam.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiv, 162 p.) ill., maps ;

Edition:

Abridged.

Place of Publication:

New York : Oxford University Press, 1997.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

audio file

Summary:

Islam features widely in the news, often in its most militant versions, but few people in the non-Muslim world really understand the nature of Islam. Malise Ruthven’s Very Short Introduction contains essential insights into various issues such as the major divisions between movements like the Shi’ites, the Sunnis and the Wahhabis; and the central importance of the Shar’ia (Islamic law) in Islamic life Music: From the Naxos catalogue

Contents:

1. Islam, Muslims, and Islamism

2. The Quran and the Prophet

3. Divine unicity

4. The Shariʻa and its consequences

5. Women and family

6. The two Jihads.

Participant:

Narrator: Malise Ruthven.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780192853349

0192853341

9780192853899

0192853899