Islam Today: A Short Introduction to the Muslim World

Part 1 Introduction: raising questions - Islam and the west locating the key to unlock Muslim society misunderstanding Muslims questions for our age. Part 2 What is Islam? the messenger - the prophet of Islam the message - the holy Quran Sunni and Shia divisions in Islam. Part 3 The challenge of the past - empires and dynasties: early Muslim history - the great Arab dynasties the ideal model of European society - Muslim Spain the Ottomans, 1300-1922 the Safavids, 1501-1857. Part 4 When worlds collide - Muslim nations and western modernity: the dilemmas of modern Turkey Iran's Islamic quest India and the creation of Pakistan and Bangladesh issues in modernity -democracy, family, and identity. Part 5 Muslims as minorities:…