Islam in the Modern World (RLE Politics of Islam)

<p>In recent years events in the Islamic world have captured the attention of the West to an unprecedented degree. However much of the media coverage of events like the Islamic revolution in Iran has merely reinforced current prejudices and misconceptions about Islam.</p> <p>This collection of essays by specialists in a variety of disciplines gives an impressionistic overview of contemporary Islam. Different areas of Islamic life are singled out for special attention; these include the problem of relations between Islam and the West the role of the Sufi orders and the revival of religious fundamentalism Islam and the feminine Islamic economics and Islamic architecture. Geographically the essays cover a wide area ranging over Sudan Turkey Iran Egypt and Saudi Arabia.</p>