Encyclopedia of IslamFrom the Publisher's Website: Encyclopedia of Islam provides high school and junior college students, as well as laypeople, with everything they need to know about this religion. In about 550 A-to-Z entries, this encyclopedic guide explores the terms, concepts, personalities, historical events, and institutions that helped shape the history of this religion and the way it is practiced today. An informative introduction provides readers with an overview of Islam, and a chronology, a detailed bibliography, an index, and approximately 80 black-and-white photographs complete this timely resource. Entries include: Abbasid Caliphate, Abraham, Adultery, Akbar, Almsgiving, Alphabet, Anti-Semitism, Arab League, Arabesque, Arabian Nights, Yasir Arafat, Archaeology, Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, Ayatollah, Baha'i faith, Bazaar, Bedouin, Birth control and family planning, Bosnia and Herzegovena, Calligraphy, Christianity and Islam, Cinema, Colonialism, Dhimmi, Evil eye, Fatwa, Five Pillars, Hajj, Hamas, Hanafi Legal School, Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, Ibn Battuta, Malcolm X, Names of God, Ottoman Dynasty, Politics and Islam, Jalal al-Din Rumi, Salman Rushdie, Slavery, Sufism, Ulama, Usama bin Ladin, Women, Zamzam. |
Contents
About the Editors and Contributors | ix |
List of Illustrations and Maps | xv |
Preface | xvii |
Acknowledgments | xix |
Introduction | xxi |
Chronology | xxxvii |
Entries A to Z | xlix |
A | 1 |
L | 439 |
M | 446 |
N | 515 |
O | 532 |
P | 541 |
Q | 563 |
R | 578 |
S | 597 |
B | 81 |
C | 120 |
D | 177 |
E | 206 |
F | 222 |
G | 254 |
H | 278 |
I | 323 |
J | 386 |
K | 419 |
T | 651 |
U | 683 |
V | 702 |
W | 704 |
Y | 715 |
Z | 718 |
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20th century Abbasid Afghanistan Africa Ahmad al-Din Allah American Arabic Asia authority Baghdad became believe British Cairo CALIPHATE Cambridge Christian colonial countries cultural death Delhi dhimmis DYNASTY early Egypt Egyptian Empire Europe European Fatimid FIQH Further reading God's groups hadith HAJJ Hindu holy human Husayn ibn Abi ijtihad Imam India Iran Iranian Iraq Islamic law Islamist Ismaili Israel Jerusalem Jews JIHAD jurists Kaaba Khan known language leader LEGAL SCHOOL madrasas major Mecca medieval Medina ment Middle East modern mosque movement Mughal Muham Muhammad Muslim community mystical non-Muslims North Ottoman Pakistan Palestine Palestinian percent Persian philosophy political population prayer Princeton prophet Quran reform region religion religious ritual rule rulers sacred saints Saudi Arabia Sayyid scholars secular SHARIA Shaykh Shia Shii SHIISM society spiritual Sufi SUFI ORDER SUFISM sultan sunna Sunni Syria tion tradition TWELVE-IMAM SHIISM ULAMA Umayyad Wahhabi York