This fully revised new edition comprehensively encompasses the religion, history and culture of the Islamic world in some 1300 entries. It covers aspects of religious belief, ritual, practices, prayer, significant political movements, spiritual and political leaders, art, architecture, sects, law, social institutions, history, ethnography, nations and states, languages, science, major cities and centres of learning. This edition includes a double-column page on the Taliban - where they arose from, why, and what they aspire to. Also included are several other organizations and movements which bear upon the crisis that has descended upon the world, West and East alike.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Stacey International
ISBN-13
9781900988063
eBay Product ID (ePID)
91841399
Product Key Features
Subject Area
Social Organisations
Author
Cyril Glasse
Publication Name
The Concise Encyclopaedia of Islam
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Subject
Writing & Reading
Publication Year
2001
Type
Reference
Number of Pages
582 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height
256mm
Item Width
175mm
Additional Product Features
Title_Author
Cyril Glasse
Topic
Islam
Country/Region of Manufacture
United Kingdom
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