Islam in world cultures : comparative perspectives / edited by R. Michael Feener. - Santa Barbara, Calif. : ABC-CLIO, c2004. - x, 387 p. : ill., maps ; 26 cm. - Religion in contemporary cultures .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Islam: historical introduction and overview / Islam after empire: Turkey and the Arab Middle East / Shi'ite Islam in contemporary Iran: from Islamic revolution to moderating reform / Debating orthodoxy, contesting tradition: Islam in contemporary South Asia / Islam in contemporary Central Asia / Islam in China: accommodation or separatism? / Muslim thought and practice in contemporary Indonesia / Religion, language, and nationalism: Harari Muslims in Christian Ethiopia / Race, ideology, and Islam in contemporary South Africa / Peril and possibility: Muslim life in the United States / R. Michael Feener -- Gregory Starrett -- David Buchman -- Robert Rozehnal -- Adeeb Khalid -- Dru C. Gladney -- Anna Gade and R. Michael Feener -- Tim Carmichael -- Abdulkader Tayob -- Edward E. Curtis IV.

1576075168 (hardback : alk. paper) 1576075192 (e-book)

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Islam--21st century.
Islam and civil society.
Islam and state--Islamic countries.


Islamic countries--Civilization--21st century.

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