Very Short Introductions Islam

by Malise Ruthven
Read by Malise Ruthven
3 CDs
ISBN 9-62634-321-4

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Islam features widely in the news, often in its most militant versions, but few
people in the non-Muslim world really understand the nature of Islam.

Malise Ruthven's Very Short Introduction contains essential insights into issues
such as why Islam has such major divisions between movements such as the Shi'ites,
the Sunnis, and the Wahhabis, and the central importance of the Shar'ia (Islamic
law) in Islamic life. It also offers fresh perspectives on contemporary questions:
Why is the greatest 'Jihad' (holy war) now against the enemies of Islam, rather
than the struggle against evil? Can women find fulfilment in Islamic societies? How
must Islam adapt as it confronts the modern world?

Featuring music from the Naxos catalogue

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100 _ Islam �V A Very Short Introduction _ Malise Ruthven.mp3
101 _ Ch 01 _ Islam, Muslims, and Islamism.mp3
102 _ Ch 01 _ Islam as Political Ideology.mp3
103 _ Ch 01 _ Islam as Faith.mp3
104 _ Ch 01 _ Institutional Leadership.mp3
105 _ Ch 01 _ Successes and Failures of the Islamic State.mp3
106 _ Ch 01 _ This historical achievement.mp3
107 _ Ch 01 _ A Religious Awakening.mp3
108 _ Ch 02 _ The Quran and The Prophet.mp3
109 _ Ch 02 _ The book is organised into 114 suras.mp3
110 _ Ch 02 _ Sira (Biography).mp3
111 _ Ch 02 _ At the age of about 40.mp3
112 _ Ch 02 _ The Madinese suras of the Quran.mp3
201 _ Ch 02 _ Hadith 'Traditions'.mp3
202 _ Ch 02 _ The Elaboration of Muhammad's Image.mp3
203 _ Ch 03 _ Divine Unicity.mp3
204 _ Ch 03 _ The Imams or leaders.mp3
205 _ Ch 03 _ Tawhid in Early Islamic Thought.mp3
206 _ Ch 03 _ The Sunni Consensus.mp3
207 _ Ch 03 _ Sufism.mp3
208 _ Ch 03 _ Sufism and Shi'ism.mp3
209 _ Ch 03 _ As befits mujtahids with the right of independent interpretation.mp3
210 _ Ch 04 _ The Shari'a and its consequences.mp3
211 _ Ch 04 _ The Roots of Islamic Law.mp3
212 _ Ch 04 _ Ijihad _ The Struggle for Truth.mp3
213 _ Ch 04 _ The Shari'a _ An all-encompassing Ideal.mp3
214 _ Ch 05 _ Women and Family.mp3
301 _ Ch 05 _ Women and the Shari'a.mp3
302 _ Ch 05 _ Marriage and Divorce.mp3
303 _ Ch 05 _ Women in Social and Religious Life.mp3
304 _ Ch 05 _ Women, Colonialism and the Family.mp3
305 _ Ch 05 _ Legal Reforms and the Backlash against them.mp3
306 _ Ch 06 _ The Two Jihads.mp3
307 _ Ch 06 _ The Greater Jihad.mp3
308 _ Ch 06 _ Reformists and Modernists.mp3
309 _ Ch 06 _ The Muslim Brotherhood.mp3
310 _ Ch 06 _ The Impact of the Iranian Revolution.mp3
311 _ Ch 06 _ The Appeal of Islamism.mp3
312 _ Ch 06 _ The International Dimension.mp3
313 _ Ch 06 _ The Failure of Islamism.mp3

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