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The Oxford Dictionary of Islam

Engelsk Paperback

The Oxford Dictionary of Islam

Engelsk Paperback
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The dictionary focuses primarily on the 19th and 20th centuries, stressing topics of most interest to Westerners. What emerges is a highly informative look at the religious, political, and social spheres of the modern Islamic world. Naturally, readers will find many entries on topics of intense current interest, such as terrorism and the Taliban, Osama bin Laden and al-Qaida, the PLO and HAMAS. But the coverage goes well beyond recent headlines. There are biographical profiles, ranging from Naguib Mahfouz (the Nobel Prize winner from Egypt) to Malcolm X, including political leaders, influential thinkers, poets, scientists, and writers. Other entries cover major political movements, militant groups, and religious sects as well as terms from Islamic law, culture, and religion, key historical events, and important landmarks (such as Mecca and Medina). A series of entries looks at Islam in individual nations, such as Afghanistan, the West Bank and Gaza, Bosnia-Herzegovina, and the United States, and the
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The dictionary focuses primarily on the 19th and 20th centuries, stressing topics of most interest to Westerners. What emerges is a highly informative look at the religious, political, and social spheres of the modern Islamic world. Naturally, readers will find many entries on topics of intense current interest, such as terrorism and the Taliban, Osama bin Laden and al-Qaida, the PLO and HAMAS. But the coverage goes well beyond recent headlines. There are biographical profiles, ranging from Naguib Mahfouz (the Nobel Prize winner from Egypt) to Malcolm X, including political leaders, influential thinkers, poets, scientists, and writers. Other entries cover major political movements, militant groups, and religious sects as well as terms from Islamic law, culture, and religion, key historical events, and important landmarks (such as Mecca and Medina). A series of entries looks at Islam in individual nations, such as Afghanistan, the West Bank and Gaza, Bosnia-Herzegovina, and the United States, and the
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Sprog: Engelsk
Sider: 384
ISBN-13: 9780195125597
Indbinding: Paperback
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ISBN-10: 0195125592
Kategori: Opslagsværker
Udg. Dato: 4 nov 2004
Længde: 24mm
Bredde: 140mm
Højde: 216mm
Forlag: Oxford University Press Inc
Oplagsdato: 4 nov 2004
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Kategori Opslagsværker


ISBN-13 9780195125597


Sprog Engelsk


Indbinding Paperback


Sider 384


Udgave


Længde 24mm


Bredde 140mm


Højde 216mm


Udg. Dato 4 nov 2004


Oplagsdato 4 nov 2004


Forlag Oxford University Press Inc