Discovering Islam | Making Sense of Muslim History and Society | Akbar

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Discovering Islam

ABSTRACT

First published in 1989. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

chapter 1|12 pages

Introduction: discovering Islam

part |2 pages

PART ONE The Pattern of Islamic History

chapter 2|15 pages

Muslim ideal: holy Book and Prophet

chapter 3|35 pages

A theory of Islamic history

chapter 4|25 pages

The great Muslim empires: Ottomans, Saffavids and Mughals

chapter 5|17 pages

Sufis and scholars

chapter 6|10 pages

Islam of the periphery

chapter 7|24 pages

Under European rule: the colonial impact on Muslim society

part |2 pages

PART TWO Contemporary Muslim Society

chapter 8|29 pages

Princes and paupers: Muslim societies in Saudi Arabia and south India

chapter 9|28 pages

Muslim society turned inside out: ethnicity, women and refugees

chapter 10|17 pages

The reconstruction of Muslim thought

chapter 11|15 pages

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