Modern Muslim SocietiesContains 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. |
Contents
Contributors and Consultants | 5 |
Polygamy Sulafa AbouSamra | 32 |
Wearing the Veil Mohammad Hassan Kalil | 84 |
Banking and Finance Riham Rizk | 130 |
STATES POLITICS AND POLITICAL GROUPS | 145 |
Civil Rights in the United States | 187 |
THE EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN AND THE ARABIAN PENINSULA Dona J Stewart | 221 |
IRAN Kornel Zathureczky | 236 |
CENTRAL ASIA Ebru Erdem | 304 |
CHINA Jacqueline ArmijoHussein | 314 |
TURKEY AND EASTERN EUROPE Mentor Mustafa | 322 |
WESTERN EUROPE Kimberly Jansen | 334 |
UNITED STATES AND CANADA Akel Ismail Kahera | 348 |
MEXICO CENTRAL AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN | 361 |
Mark LindleyHighfield | 362 |
SOUTH AMERICA Mark LindleyHighfield | 370 |
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