ISLAMIC POLITICAL THOUGHT / AN INTRODUCTION

Each chapter offers a sophisticated yet accessible introduction to its topic. Written by specialists and incorporating the latest sc holarship, the alphabetically arranged chapters cover the topics of authority, the caliphate, fundamentalism, government, jihad, kno wledge, minorities, modernity, Muhammad, pluralism and tolerance, the Qur'an, revival and reform, shari'a (sacred law), traditional political thought, 'ulama' (religious scholars), and women. Read separately or together, these chapters provide an indispensable res ource for...[Read more]