A Companion to the Muslim World

by Sajoo, Amyn B.

• ISBN13: 9781848851931
• ISBN10: 1848851936
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2009-08-15
• Publisher: Bloomsbury

Summary

What exactly is the Qur'an? How does this extraordinary document -- literally "recitation" -- relate to the life and times of the Prophet Muhammad? And why did the religion of the Prophet, which came to be called "Islam" (or submission to God's will), at the center of which lies the Qur'an, give birth to a legacy so richly diverse in faith, law and civilization? This immaculately researched, but at the same time thoroughly accessible, book offers a journey into the full range of experience -- past and present, secular and sacred -- of the peoples and cultures that share in Islamic tradition. The volume examines a broad diversity of themes and topics. Poets, cities and the architecture of mosques are as much a part of its exploration as the role of science in belief, ways of reading scripture, the relationship of women to the faith and the emergence of a "digital community" of believers. In the aftermath of 9/11, the so-called "war on terror" and a new global geopolitics defined by reaction and response to the perils of fundamentalism and extremism, it is imperative to understand -- across all its frontiers -- what Islam is about and what Muslims believe.A Companion to the Muslim Worldcomprises an attractive and coherent attempt by distinguished scholars to contibute towards that vital process of comprehension.

Author Biography

Amyn B. Sajoo is a specialist in international human rights, civil society and public ethics. Prior to joining the Institute of Ismaili Studies in 2007, he lectured at the University of British Columbia and Simon Fraser University. He is the author and editor of Pluralism in Old Societies and New States (1994), Civil Society in the Muslim World (2001), Muslim Ethics (2004, paperback edition 2008) and Muslim Modernities: Expressions of the Civil Imagination (2008).

Table of Contents

About the Contributors	p. xi
List of Illustrations	p. xvii
Introduction	p. 1
The Prophet's City	p. 25
Reading the Quran	p. 55
Islam in the Plural	p. 87
Networks of Solidarity	p. 107
Women and Social Change	p. 133
Inclusive Governance: A Fatimid Illustration	p. 157
The Art and Architecture of the Mosque	p. 177
The Umma in the City	p. 209
Cultures of Learning	p. 237
A Conference of Bards: Rumi to Adonis	p. 263
The Digital Umma	p. 291
Index	p. 311
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