Modern Muslim Societies

Florian Pohl

Marshall Cavendish, Sep 1, 2010 - Juvenile Nonfiction - 416 pages

Contains essays on Muslim society in various countries and regions, including the Eastern Mediterranean and the Arabian Peninsula, sub-Saharan Africa, Central Asia, Turkey and Eastern Europe, the US and Canada, and Australia and the Pacific. Topics covered include architecture, religion, language, and anthropology of modern Muslim society, along with areas such as family life, education and employments, institutions and organizations, civil and human rights, and Islamism.

Contents

• Contributors and Consultants: 5
• Polygamy Sulafa AbouSamra: 32
• Divorce Dawoud elAlami: 58
• Wearing the Veil Mohammad Hassan Kalil: 84
• INSTITUTIONS AND ORGANIZATIONS: 129
• STATES POLITICS AND POLITICAL GROUPS: 145
• Civil Rights in the United States: 188
• Response to Extremism Naznin Hirji: 216
• THE EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN AND THE ARABIAN PENINSULA Dona J Stewart: 221
• IRAN Kornel Zathureczky: 236
• NORTHERN AFRICA Patricia K Spurles: 246
• SUBSAHARAN AFRICA Akel Ismail Kahera: 260
• SOUTH ASIA Lawrence Ziring: 274
• SOUTHEAST ASIA Florian Pohl: 292
• CENTRAL ASIA Ebru Erdem: 304
• CHINA Jacqueline ArmijoHussein: 314
• TURKEY AND EASTERN EUROPE Mentor Mustafa: 322
• WESTERN EUROPE Kimberly Jansen: 334
• UNITED STATES AND CANADA Akel Ismail Kahera: 348
• MEXICO CENTRAL AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN: 361
• Mark LindleyHighfield: 362
• SOUTH AMERICA Mark LindleyHighfield: 370
• AUSTRALASIA AND THE PACIFIC Nahid Kabir: 378
• Further Reading and Research: 389
• Index: 396

Bibliographic information

• Title: Modern Muslim Societies; Muslim World
• Editor: Florian Pohl
• Contributor: Marshall Cavendish Reference
• Publisher: Marshall Cavendish, 2010
• ISBN: 0761479279, 9780761479277
• Length: 416 pages
• Subjects: Juvenile Nonfiction / Religion / Islam; Juvenile Nonfiction / Social Science / Customs, Traditions, Anthropology; Juvenile Nonfiction / Social Science / Sociology