02946cam a22003492 b4500 8682076 BD-DhUL 20161124115216.0 m d cr n 040331e20041021ncua s|||||||| 2|eng|d 9780195125597 0195125592 (Trade Paper) USD 19.99 Retail Price (Publisher) 9780195125597 (WaSeSS)ssj0000466391 00020142 BIP US WaSeSS BD-DhUL BD-DhUL BP40 297.03 21 OXF Esposito, John L. Editor edt The Oxford Dictionary of Islam The Oxford Dictionary of Islam / [electronic resource] John L. Esposito New York : Oxford University Press, Incorporated Oct. 2004 Oxford Paperback Reference Ser. License restrictions may limit access. Annotation Designed for general readers with little or no knowledge of Islam, this superb Oxford Dictionary provides more than 2,000 vividly written, up-to-date, and authoritative entries organized in an easy-to-use, A-to-Z format. The Dictionary focuses primarily on the 19th and 20th centuries, stressing topics of most interest to Westerners. What emerges is a highly informative look at the religious, political, and social spheres of the modern Islamic world. Naturally, readers will find many entries on topics ofintense current interest, such as terrorism and the Taliban, Osama bin Laden and al-Qaida, the PLO and HAMAS. But the coverage goes well beyond recent headlines. There are biographical profiles, ranging from Naguib Mahfouz (the Nobel Prize winner from Egypt) to Malcolm X, including politicalleaders, influential thinkers, poets, scientists, and writers. Other entries cover major political movements, militant groups, and religious sects as well as terms from Islamic law, culture, and religion, key historical events, and important landmarks (such as Mecca and Medina). A series of entrieslooks at Islam in individual nations, such as Afghanistan, the West Bank and Gaza, Bosnia-Herzegovina, and the United States, and there are discussions of Islamic views on such issues as abortion, birth control, the Internet, the Rushdie Affair, and the theory of evolution. Whether we are listening to the evening news, browsing through the op-ed pages, or reading a book on current events, references to Muslims and the Islamic world appear at every turn. The Oxford Dictionary of Islam offers a wealth of information for anyone curious about this burgeoning andincreasingly important world religion. Trade Oxford University Press, Incorporated Oxford Islamic Studies Online http://www.columbia.edu/cgi-bin/cul/resolve?clio8682076 Full text available from Oxford Islamic Studies Online Bowker Global Books in Print record ddc BK 129323 129323 0 0 ddc 0 297_030000000000000_OXF 0 NFIC 243332 DUL DUL GEN 2016-11-24 Purchased 297.03 OXF 411816 2016-11-24 2 2016-11-24 BK 0 0 ddc 0 297_030000000000000_OXF 0 NFIC 243336 DUL DUL GEN 2016-11-24 Purchased 297.03 OXF 411815 2016-11-24 2 2016-11-24 BK 0 0 ddc 0 297_030000000000000_OXF 0 NFIC 243337 DUL DUL GEN 2016-11-24 Purchased 297.03 OXF 423719 2016-11-24 4 2016-11-24 BK 0 0 ddc 0 297_030000000000000_OXF 0 NFIC 243338 DUL DUL GEN 2016-11-24 Purchased 297.03 OXF 423718 2016-11-24 3 2016-11-24 BK