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Inside Islam : the faith, the people, and the conflicts of the world's fastest-growing religion / edited by John Miller and Aaron Kenedi ; introduction by Akbar S. Ahmed.

Contributor(s): Miller, John, 1959- [(ed.)] | Kenedi, Aaron [(j.ed.)].
Publisher: N.Y. : Marlowe & Co., c2002Description: 263 p. ; 23 cm.ISBN: 1569245681 (pbk.).Subject(s): Islam | Islamic countriesDDC classification: 297
Contents:
Introduction / Akbar S. Ahmed. - The Faith. - Islam / Huston Smith. - Muhammad / Akbar S. Ahmed. - The Qur'an / Thomas Cleary. Mecca / Michael Wolfe. - The People. - Islam in America / Mark Singer. - Islam in Iran / Ryszard Kapuscinski. - Islam in Malayasia and Indonesia / V. S. Naipaul. - Islam in Egypt / Geneive Abdo. - Islam in Turkey / Robert D. Kaplan. - Islam in Afghanistan / William T. Vollmann. - The Conflicts Muslims and the West / Karen Armstrong. - The Roots of Muslim Rage / Bernard Lewi. - Women in Islam / Geraldine Brooks. - Why They Hate Us / Fareed Zakaria. - Acknowledgments.

Introduction / Akbar S. Ahmed. - The Faith. - Islam / Huston Smith. - Muhammad / Akbar S. Ahmed. - The Qur'an / Thomas Cleary. Mecca / Michael Wolfe. - The People. - Islam in America / Mark Singer. - Islam in Iran / Ryszard Kapuscinski. - Islam in Malayasia and Indonesia / V. S. Naipaul. - Islam in Egypt / Geneive Abdo. - Islam in Turkey / Robert D. Kaplan. - Islam in Afghanistan / William T. Vollmann. - The Conflicts Muslims and the West / Karen Armstrong. - The Roots of Muslim Rage / Bernard Lewi. - Women in Islam / Geraldine Brooks. - Why They Hate Us / Fareed Zakaria. - Acknowledgments.