Islam
von: Jamal J.Elias
Routledge, 1999
ISBN: 9780203516607
Sprache: Englisch
125 Seiten, Download: 4608 KB
Format: PDF, auch als Online-Lesen
Contents | 4 | ||
Foreword | 8 | ||
Preface | 10 | ||
Chronology of Islam | 12 | ||
1 Islam in Everyday Life and Society | 17 | ||
The Muslim World Today | 18 | ||
The Qur’an | 21 | ||
The Centrality of the Qur’an in Islamic Tradition | 24 | ||
ART FOCUS Islamic Art | 25 | ||
Hadith and Sunna | 27 | ||
Veneration of Muhammad | 28 | ||
2 The Birth of Islam | 31 | ||
Muhammad’s Birth and Early Life | 34 | ||
The Great Emigration: The Hijra | 36 | ||
The Islamic Community after Muhammad | 37 | ||
Sectarian Division | 41 | ||
Zaydis | 41 | ||
Twelvers | 41 | ||
Ismacilis | 42 | ||
3 Theology, Law, and Mysticism | 45 | ||
Theology | 46 | ||
Islamic Law: Sharica | 48 | ||
Sources | 48 | ||
Principles of Jurisprudence | 49 | ||
Mystical Islam: Sufism | 52 | ||
The Sufi Path | 54 | ||
Organized Sufism: The Sufi Orders | 55 | ||
Veneration of Saints | 57 | ||
Mysticism and Magic | 58 | ||
Conclusion | 59 | ||
4 Beliefs, Rituals, and Practices | 60 | ||
Pillars of the Faith | 60 | ||
Divine Unity | 61 | ||
Prophecy | 62 | ||
Revelation | 62 | ||
Angelic Agency | 63 | ||
Judgment and Afterlife | 63 | ||
Pillars of Practice | 64 | ||
Shahada | 64 | ||
Prayer | 65 | ||
Fasting | 66 | ||
ART FOCUS | 66 | ||
Alms-giving | 68 | ||
Hajj | 69 | ||
Jihad | 71 | ||
Observances: Life-cycle Rites | 71 | ||
Circumcision | 72 | ||
Marriage | 72 | ||
Death | 74 | ||
Observances: Festivals | 75 | ||
Eid al-Fitr: The Culmination of Ramadan | 76 | ||
Eid al-Adha: The Culmination of Hajj | 76 | ||
Muharram | 77 | ||
Popular Holidays | 77 | ||
5 Islamic Thought in the Modern World | 79 | ||
Islam in the Colonial Age | 80 | ||
Tradition and Reform | 82 | ||
Early Reformists | 84 | ||
Jamal al-Din Afghani | 84 | ||
Muhammad Abduh | 85 | ||
Visionaries of Politics and Faith | 85 | ||
Rifah al-Tahtawi | 85 | ||
Ziya Gökalp | 85 | ||
Ali Abd al-Raziq | 86 | ||
Muhammad Iqbal | 87 | ||
Sayyid Abu’l-Acla Mawdudi | 87 | ||
Sayyid Qutb | 88 | ||
The Iranian Revolution | 89 | ||
Ayatollah Khomeini | 90 | ||
Ali Sharicati | 91 | ||
Conclusion | 91 | ||
6 Looking to the Future | 93 | ||
The Salman Rushdie Controversy | 94 | ||
Muslim Minorities in the West | 96 | ||
Islam in Context | 97 | ||
Women in Islam | 99 | ||
A Question of Interpretation | 101 | ||
Conclusion | 102 | ||
Notes | 104 | ||
Holy Days and Festivals | 113 | ||
Pronunciation Guide | 114 | ||
Suggested Further Reading | 115 | ||
Internet Resources | 119 | ||
Index | 121 | ||
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