The New Encyclopedia of IslamThe New Encyclopedia of Islam is the only single-volume work in print which so comprehensively encompasses the beliefs, practices, history and culture of the Islamic world, in over 1300 entries. It has the further unique advantage of being written by a Western scholar of the Islamic faith, and has thus been already widely praised for straddling the cultures with an understanding and respect for the themes and topics covered. All aspects of religious belief, ritual, practices, prayer, significant political movements, spiritual and political leaders, art, architecture, sects, law, social institutions, history, ethnography, nations and states, languages, science, major cities and centers of learning are covered. Order outside North America, contact Stacey International Publishers, London --Worldwide coverage --Nearly 1300 accessible entries --Assumes no previous knowledge of Islam --24 pages of full-color photographs --16 pages of color maps, dynastic charts, and diagrams --The most comprehensive single-volume reference on Islam available --60 new or substantially revised entries from the last edition New or substantially revised entries in the 2001 edition: Abd al-Qadir, Amir Ahkam Ahmad of Rae Bareilly Alexander's Wall Albania Algerian Democratic Republic Ali Shir Nava'i Amir Khusraw Dihlawi Aqsaqalism Atabat Azad Bangladesh Barabanschiki Bareilly Barilwis Basmachis Beloshaposhniki Bosnia and Herzegovina Constitution of Medina Deoband Dsnmeh Dungan Elkhasaios Faraidi Movement Faramush Khaneh Fundamentalism Ghalib, Mirza Asad Allah Khan Hafiz Hamas Harrah Herat Ibn Masarrah Khaksars Ilyas Isfahan Istanbul JamaO Kalmuck Kazakhstan Khiva Khomeini Kirghiz Kubra, Najm ad-Din Kumun Kurds Lahore Lakhmids Mawardi Ossetians Ovliad Rabitah al-Islamiyyah Rudaki Russia de Sacy Sahmi-i Imam Tablighi JamaO aat Tajiks Taliban Turkmenistan Zikrism |
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Abbasid Abd Allah Abraham Abū Bakr ad-Din Aḥmad al-Ghazālī Alī Allāh Arabia Arabic Assassins Baghdad Battle became believe Caliph called century Christian creation Damascus death descendants Divine Name doctrine dynasty Egypt Empire esoteric existence famous Fatimid Gnostic God's Ḥadīth hajj Hasan heaven Hidden Imām Hijrah holy Husayn Ibn Arabi iḥrām Imām India Iran Iranian Iraq Islam Ismā īlīs Jesus Ka'bah Khārijites Kitāb knowledge Koran leader Lord Manichean Manicheism manifestation means Mecca Medina Messenger metaphysical Mongols mosque Mu'tazilite Muḥammad Muḥammad ibn Muslim mysticism original Ottoman paradise performed Persian philosophy pilgrimage pilgrims political prayer Prophet Qarmatians Quraysh reality religion religious revelation ritual ruler says School of Law sect Shah shahadah shari'ah Shaykh Shi'ism Shi'ite soul spiritual Sufi Sufism Sultan Sunnah Sunni Sunnīs Surah symbol Syria tariqah thee theology thou tomb traditional tribes Turkish Turks Twelve-Imām Umar Umayyad Uthman word Yemen Zoroastrian