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Klappentext An erudite study that will be of interest to anyone interested in the historical impact of Islam in the Middle East. Zusammenfassung First published in 1969! Religion in the Middle East aimed to give a factual account of these three religions and their sects! in concord and conflict! from an historical perspective. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of plates; List of maps; Foreword A. J. Arberry; Introduction to the 1976 reprint C. F. Beckingham; Part I. Islam: 1. Historical review R. B. Serjeant; 2. Islam in Egypt Jacques Jomier; 3. Islam in the countries of the Fertile Crescent Eric F. F. Bishop; 4. Islam in Turkey Annemarie Schimmel; 5. Ith¿ 'Ashar¿ Sh¿'ism and Iranian Islam Seyyed Hossein Nasr; 6. Islam in Afghanistan, India and Pakistan Johannes M. S. Baljon; 7. Islam in the USSR G. E. Wheeler; 8. Islam in Northwest Africa (Maghrib) Adolphe Faure; 9. Islam in the Sudan Richard Hill; 10. Islam in East Africa Enrico Cerulli; 11. Islam in West Africa Geoffrey Parrinder; 12. Islam in the Balkans Wayne S. Vucinich; 13. ¿S¿fism Martin Lings; 14. The Wahh¿b¿s George Rentz; 15. The Zayd¿s R. B. Serjeant; 16. The Ib¿¿d¿s Roberto Rubinacci; 17. The Ism¿'¿l¿s Asaf A. A. Fyzee; 18. The Druzes H. Z. Hirschberg; 19. The A¿hmad¿s James Robson; Part II. The Three Religions in Concord and Conflict: 20. Doctrine 'Abd Al-Taf¿hum; 21. Law Y. Linant de Bellefonds; 22. Society and politics F. M. Pareja; 23. The cultural aspect: with special reference to Egypt and Syria A. L. Tibawi; 24. Religion and anti-religion W. Montgomery Watt; Glossary; Bibliography; Index.
