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Part 1: The Geo-political Islamic World  1. The Arab Middle East  2. West Africa  3. East Africa  4.Turkey  5. Iran  6. Central Asia  7. Southeast Asia  8. Europe  9.The Diaspora in the West  Part 2: The Religious Islamic World  10. The Qur’an  11. Muhammad  12. Sunni Law  13. Theology: Freewill and Predestination  14. Ritual Life  14. Sidebar Rites of Passage  15. Sufism  16. Shi’ism  17. The Iba’is  18. Relations with Other Religions  Part 3: The Intellectual Islamic World  19. The Arabic Language  20. Philosophy  21. The Scientific Tradition  22. Education  23. The Transmission of Knowledge  24.Travel BIOGRAPHIES:  25. Abd al-Jabbar  26. Niam al-Mulk  27. Al-Ghazali  28. Ibn Arabi  29. Ibn Taymiyya  30. Nair al-Din al-usi  31. Al-Suyui  32. Shah Wali Allah  33. Bediüzzaman Said Nursi  34. Sayyid Qub  35. Fazlur Rahman Part 4: The Cultural Islamic World  36. Art  37. Architecture  38. Material culture  39. Military Organization and Warfare  40. Popular Piety and Cultural Practices  41. Music  42.Cinema Part 5: Social Issues and the Islamic World  43. Civilization  44. Social Change  45. Secularism  46. Public Ethics  47. Marriage, Family, and Sexual Ethics  48. Women, Gender and Human Rights  49. Religious Minority Rights  49. sidebar International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (extracts)  Glossary.  Index.