The Concise Encyclopædia of Islam

The Concise Encyclopædia of Islam
Author: Cyril Glassé
Publisher:
Total Pages: 534
Release: 2001
Genre: Islam
ISBN: 9781900988063

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.

Encyclopedia of Women and Islamic Cultures

Encyclopedia of Women and Islamic Cultures
Author: Suad Joseph
Publisher: BRILL
Total Pages: 873
Release: 2003
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 9004128182

Family, Law and Politics, Volume II of the Encyclopedia of Women & Islamic Cultures, brings together over 360 entries on women, family, law, politics, and Islamic cultures around the world.

A Concise Encyclopedia of Islam

A Concise Encyclopedia of Islam
Author: Gordon Darnell Newby
Publisher:
Total Pages: 599
Release: 2002
Genre: Electronic books
ISBN: 9786000013080

This concise reference guide is designed specifically for readers and students who wish to learn more about the world''s fastest-growing religion. Fully illustrated, the encyclopedia contains hundreds of alphabetically arranged entries which give succinct yet authoritative information on everything from the Qur''an and its origins to the role of Islam in the USA.

Shorter Encyclopaedia of Islam

Shorter Encyclopaedia of Islam
Author: Hamilton Alexander Rosskeen Gibb (Sir).)
Publisher: Brill
Total Pages: 704
Release: 1991
Genre: Architecture
ISBN:

The Shorter Encyclopaedia of Islam is an unequalled reference work of all subjects which concern, or touch on, the religion and law of Islam. As to its geographical and historical scope, the work embraces the old Arabo-Islamic Empire, the Islamic states of Iran, Central Asia, the Indian sub-continent and Indonesia, the Ottoman Empire, and the various Muslim states and communities in Africa, Europe and the former U.S.S.R. The Shorter Encyclopaedia of Islam contains an extensive index and bibliography. This publication has also been published in paperback, please click here for details.

History of the Nation of Islam

History of the Nation of Islam
Author: Elijah Muhammad
Publisher: Elijah Muhammad Books
Total Pages: 122
Release: 2008-11-06
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1884855881

This book is an interview of Elijah Muhammad explaining his initial encounter with his teacher, Master Fard Muhammad and how his messengership came about. The subjects discussed are Master Fard Muhammad's whereabouts, the races and what makes a devil and satan. He answers questions dealing the concept of divine and how ideas are perfected. More basic subjects include Malcolm X, Noble Drew Ali, C. Eric Lincoln, Udom, and a comprehensive range of information.

The Princeton Encyclopedia of Islamic Political Thought

The Princeton Encyclopedia of Islamic Political Thought
Author: Gerhard Bowering
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Total Pages: 704
Release: 2013
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 0691134847

"In 2012, the year 1433 of the Muslim calendar, the Islamic population throughout the world was estimated at approximately a billion and a half, representing about one-fifth of humanity. In geographical terms, Islam occupies the center of the world, stretching like a big belt across the globe from east to west."--P. vii.

The Oxford Encyclopedia of Islam and Women

The Oxford Encyclopedia of Islam and Women
Author:
Publisher: OUP USA
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2013-10
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9780199764464

The Oxford Encyclopedia of Islam and Women will provide clear, current, comprehensive information on the major topics of scholarly interest within the study of Islam and women.