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- The mount of Mercy. - - Islamic festivals. - - The Prophet's wives. - - Hajj: Holy pilgrimage. - - The Prophet's character. - - Caliphs in Succession. - - The second Caliph. - - The third Caliph. - - The fourth Caliph. - - Muayiya, the first Umayyad Caliph 661-680. - - The great split of the year 680. - - Sunni/Shia Islam. - - Wahhabi Islam. - - Ahmadiyya Islam. - - The Taliban: no Islam. - - Prophet Mohammad's Islam

Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Preface -- Introduction -- 1 Muslim origins in China -- 2 Muslim transplantation in early China -- 3 Muslim entrenchment in medieval China -- 4 Muslim renaissance and resistance in late imperial China -- 5 Muslim nation-building in post-imperial China -- 6 Muslims and the state in Communist China -- 7 Muslim diversity in contemporary China -- 8 Chinese Muslims, global Islam and the global power of China -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.

Challenging the view of Islamic extremists and critics of Islam, this book explores the very topical issue of Islam'Ơ"s compatibility with democracy. It examines: principles of Islam's political theory and the notion of democracy therein the notion of democracy in medieval and modern Muslim thought Islam and human rights the contribution of Islamic legal ideas to European legal philosophy and law. The book addresses the pressing need for a systematic show of an Islamic politics of human rights and democracy grounded in the Qur'Ơ"an. The West wonders about Islam and human rights, and its own ability to incorporate Muslim minority communities. Many Muslims also seek to find within Islam support source for democratic governance and human rights. -- Publisher description

The book discusses Everyday life and practices in the Islamic sub-culture of Sudan; Islam in South Africa; Islamic associations and the Islamist press in Senegal; Conversion to Islam in 19th century Tanzania; Islam, charismatic preachers in colonial Casamance; German colonial policies towards Muslim communities in German East Africa; The spread of Islam in Adamawa; Islamic higher education in West Africa; The graduates of the Islamic Universities in Benin.

The revival of Muslim values and ideas in Central Asia is perceived primarily through the lens of security, both among local regimes and by the West. The focus on extreme forms of Islam, however, prevents a balanced assessment of the religious discourse itself and obscures the reasons for the growing attraction of Islam and its potential as a force for order in the post-Soviet states. This study explores the social and political background to the revival of Islamic discourses, networks and practices in Tajikistan since the end of the Soviet Union, identifying the central actors, and laying out the intellectual and social coordinates of the symbolic struggles they are involved in. The growing significance of Islam as a source of moral and practical guidance is associated with a differentiation and pluralisation of the landscape of actors and discourses. The interpretative monopoly of the Hanafite clergy, who cultivate a tradition of tolerance towards culture-specific ritual practice and secular lifeworlds, is now challenged by reformist and universalist doctrines that reject the pragmatic consensus of the religious establishment. The state responds by suppressing the influence of religion through increasingly pervasive surveillance, but this cannot prevent the dissemination of the unwanted teachings. Reversing the tide would demand pro-active investment in good religious education. (Autorenreferat)