Islam a very short introduction - Malise Ruthven
KORTE INHOUD
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, both as Ideology and religion.
Malise Ruthven's Very Short Introduction contains essential insights into issues such as why Islam has such major divisions between movements such as the Shi'ites, the Sunnis, and the Wahabis, and the central importance of the Sharia (Islamic law) in Islamic life. It also offers fresh perspectives in contemporary questions: Why is the greatest 'Jihad' (holy war) now against the ennemies of Islam, rather than the struggle against evil? Can women findfulfillment in Islamic societies? How must Islam adapt as it confronts the modern world?
'Malise Ruthven's book answers the urgent need for an introduction to Islam...He addresses major issues with clarity and directness, engages dispassionately with the disparate stereotypes and polemics on the subjects, and guides the reader surely through urgent debates about fundamentalism.'
(Michael G...
Malise Ruthven's Very Short Introduction contains essential insights into issues such as why Islam has such major divisions between movements such as the Shi'ites, the Sunnis, and the Wahabis, and the central importance of the Sharia (Islamic law) in Islamic life. It also offers fresh perspectives in contemporary questions: Why is the greatest 'Jihad' (holy war) now against the ennemies of Islam, rather than the struggle against evil? Can women findfulfillment in Islamic societies? How must Islam adapt as it confronts the modern world?
'Malise Ruthven's book answers the urgent need for an introduction to Islam...He addresses major issues with clarity and directness, engages dispassionately with the disparate stereotypes and polemics on the subjects, and guides the reader surely through urgent debates about fundamentalism.'
(Michael G...
