The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Islamic World (6-Volume Set)

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This unique reference is a comprehensive encyclopedia dedicated to the institutions religion politics and culture in Muslim societies throughout the world. Beginning coverage in the sixth century and extending it to the present day the Encyclopedia covers Muslims in the Arab heartland as well as South and Southeast Asia Europe and the Americas. An invaluable resource The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Islamic World offers extensive comparative and systematic analyses of Islamic beliefs institutions movements practices and peoples on an international scale. The articles range from brief 500-word essays to major interpretive and synthetic treatment of topics such as the Islamic state pilgrimage law marriage and foreign relations. Related entries cover areas of general interest such as social and political movements women Muslim minorities human rights Islam in the West and interreligious affairs. And prominent figures that had a lasting impact on Islam are explored including Muhammad Aga Khan Malcolm X Muhammad Iqbal Ali Shari ati Ayatollah Khomeini and Hasan al-Turabi.