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Islam : the key concepts
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Title
Islam : the key concepts / Kecia Ali and Oliver Leaman.
ISBN
0203934237
9780203934234
0415396387
0415396395
9780415396387
9780415396394
Published
London ; New York : Routledge, 2008.
Physical Description
1 online resource (xv, 182 pages)
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Summary
Islam: The Key Concepts is a clear and concise guide to the religion and culture of Islam. Kecia Ali and Oliver Leaman explore this highly topical subject focusing on key issues including: the Quran, faith, theology, gender, fundamentalism, martyrdom, Jihad, Islam in America, Islam in Europe and Islamic Law. This is the ideal study resource and includes a comprehensive introduction, an alphabetical list of relevant terms (fully cross-referenced), a short bibliographical guide and index. A glossary of all non-English terms is also provided.
Variant and related titles
Taylor & Francis. EBA 2024-2025.
Other formats
Print version: Ali, Kecia. Islam. London ; New York : Routledge, 2008
Format
Books / Online
Language
English
Added to Catalog
August 07, 2024
Series
Routledge key guides
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 155-173) and indexes.
Contents
Abrogation
aesthetics
Afterlife (al-akhira)
ahadith see hadith
ahl al-kitab, see People of the Book
ambiguous
Angel
Apostasy
Aya
'Awra
Beauty
Caliphate
Charity
clear
Commanding the good
Conversion
*Creation
Day of Judgment
Democracy
Dhimmi
Din (see Religion)
Divorce
Education
Ethics
Faith (iman)
Fasting
Fatwa
Feminism
*Fiqh
Fitna
Fitra (human nature)
*Fundamentalism
*Gender
Gratitude (shukr)
Al-Ghayb (see Unseen)
*Hadith
Hadd
Hajj (see Pilgrimage)
Hell
Heresy
Hijab
Hikma (see Wisdom)
Idolatry (see Shirk)
Ijtihad (see Reform)
Imam, imamate
Insan
Inspiration
*Islam
*Islam in Africa
*Islam in America
*Islam in Arab World
Islam in China
*Islam in Europe
*Islam in South East Asia
*Islam in South Asia
Islamic Law (see Fiqh, Shari'a)
Islamism (see Fundamentalism)
Islamophobia
*Jihad
Jinn
Justice
Kalam (see Theology)
Khirqa
Knowledge
*Kufr
Lawful and forbidden (halal and haram)
lawh mahfuz
Love
Madhhab
Madrasa (see Education)
Marriage
Martyrdom
Mercy
Muhkam (clear)
Mutashabih (ambiguous)
Nashkh (see Abrogation)
Ninety-nine names of God
Paradise
Patience (sabr)
People of the Book
Philosophy (falsafa)
*Pilgrimage
Prayer
Preserved Tablet
*Prophethood
Purdah
Purity
Obligation (taklif, fard, dhimma)
Orientalism
Qadi (judge)
*Qadr (Destiny or Fate?)
Qiyama (see Day of Judgment)
*Qur'an
Recitation
*Reform
Religion
Repentance
Resurrection (see Day of Judgment)
Rhetoric (balagha)
Riba (interest)
Ruh
Sainthood
Salafi
Salat (see Prayer)
Satan
Sawm (see Fasting)
Sects
Sincerity (ikhlas)
Sira
Shahada (profession of faith)
*Shari'a
*Shi'ism
Shirk
*Sin
Slavery
Straight Path
suffering
*Sufism
*Sunna
sunni
sura
Tahara (see Purity)
Tafsir
Taqiyya (concealment)
Taqlid (see Reform)
Taqwa
Tajwid see Recitation
tawakkul see trust
Tawba (see Repentance)
*Tawhid (Oneness of God)
Theology
Trust
Truth
umm al-kitab see Mother of the Book
Umma
Wahy (see Inspiration)
Wisdom
Worship ('ibada)
Zakat see charity
Zamzam
Zina.
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