Modern Muslim societies
Contains essays on Muslim society in various countries and regions, including the Eastern Mediterranean and the Arabian Peninsula, sub-Saharan Africa, Central Asia, Turkey and Eastern Europe, the US and Canada, and Australia and the Pacific. Topics covered include architecture, religion, language, and anthropology of modern Muslim society, along with areas such as family life, education and employments, institutions and organizations, civil and human rights, and Islamism
Print Book, English, 2011
Marshall Cavendish Reference, Tarrytown, N.Y., 2011
416 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 26 cm.
9780761479277, 0761479279
535491546
Family life
Polygamy
Marriage in Islam
Divorce
Men and women
Wearing the veil
Employment and education
Pesantren
Islamic law
Banking and finance
Institutions and organizations
Grameen bank
States, politics and Political groups
Al Qaeda
Civil and human rights
Civil rights in the US
Islamism in the 21st century
Response to extremism
The eastern Mediterranean and the Arabian Peninsula
Iran
Northern Africa
Subsaharan Africa and the Sahel
South Asia
South East Asia
Central Asia
China
Turkey and eastern Europe
Western Europe
United States and Canada
Central America and the Caribbean
South America
Australasia and the Pacific