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Recent political upheavals such as the disintegration of the Soviet Union and international crises such as the Salman Rushdie affair, the collapse of the Bank of Credit and Commerce International (BCCI), the Gulf War and 'ethnic cleansing' in Bosnia raise questions about the nature of Islam and its relationship with the West that need urgent consideration. Islam is the dominant world religion, followed by more than a fifth of the world's population, and Muslims today cover the world, from Samarkand in Central Asia to Stornoway in Scotland. But what is Islam? Its history? Its culture? Its values? Akbar S. Ahmed, one of the world's leading scholars on Islam, answers these fundamental questions. He examines the conflict between Islam and the ideologies of the West and the particular problems Muslims face in the modern world. He considers three great Muslim empires, the Ottomans, the Safavids and the Mughals, and three modern Muslim nations, Turkey, Iran and Pakistan, which are inspired by them. He looks at the pressures, conflicts and practices of Muslims living as minorities, whether in India, Israel, the USA or the United Kingdom, including the impassioned issue of racism. The groun

Author

Ahmed, Akbar S

Publisher

London: BBC Books

Published

1993

Language

EN

ISBN

9780563364412

Subjects

History, Islam, Humanities