Muslim Networks From Medieval Scholars To Modern Feminists
By Miriam cooke.
Description
Crucial to understanding islam is a recognition of the role of muslim networks the earliest networks were mediterranean trade routes that quickly expanded into trans-regional paths for pilgrimage, scholarship and conversion, each network complementing and reinforcing the others this volume selects major moments and key players from the seventh century to the twenty-first that have defined muslim networks as the building blocks of islamic identity and social cohesion although neglected in scholarship, muslim networks have been invoked in the media to portray post 9/11 terrorist groups here, ...
ISBN(s)
8178241331, 9788178241333
