"Present[s] a rounded picture of a subject about which Americans hear only the extremes...an important purchase for academic and public libraries."--RBB/Booklist "A valuable reference for every sort of reader....Highly recommended for both academic and public libraries."--Library Journal The first encyclopedia dedicated to the institutions, religion, politics, and culture in Muslim societies throughout the world, this work
contains over 750 articles that focus on the Islamic dimension of the Muslim experience in recent history. Entries address political and social action as well as formal texts, and emphasis is placed on the practice and
theory of Islam in the Arab heartland, as well as in South and Southeast Asia, and in Europe and the Americas. This is an invaluable resource offering extensive comparative and systematic analyses of Islamic beliefs, institutions, movements, practices, and peoples on an international scale.