The Islamic World is an outstanding guide to Islamic faith and culture in all its geographical and historical diversity. Written by a distinguished international team of scholars, it elucidates the history, philosophy and practice of one of the world's great religious traditions. Its grounding in contemporary scholarship makes it an ideal reference source for students and scholars alike. Edited by Andrew Rippin, a leading scholar of Islam, the volume covers the political, geographical, religious, intellectual, cultural and social worlds of Islam, and offers insight into all aspects of Muslim life including the Quraan and law, philosophy, science and technology, art, literature, and film and much else. It explores the concept of an aIslamica world: what makes it distinctive and how uniform is that distinctiveness across Muslim geographical regions and through history?Islamic banks and other financial institutions thatwork without interest are available, as are aIslamically acceptablea investments inthe stock market. accalAl meat isincreasingly to be found in grocery stores, as are other acyalAl products. Howeveranbsp;...
Title | : | The Islamic World |
Author | : | Andrew Rippin |
Publisher | : | Routledge - 2013-10-23 |
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