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100	1		_aEsposito, John L. _eEditor _4edt
210	1	0	_aThe Oxford Dictionary of Islam
245	1	4	_aThe Oxford Dictionary of Islam / _h[electronic resource] _c John L. Esposito
260			_aNew York : _bOxford University Press, Incorporated _cOct. 2004
440		0	_aOxford Paperback Reference Ser.
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520	8		_aAnnotation _bDesigned for general readers with little or no knowledge of Islam, this superb Oxford Dictionary provides more than 2,000 vividly written, up-to-date, and authoritative entries organized in an easy-to-use, A-to-Z format. The Dictionary focuses primarily on the 19th and 20th centuries, stressing topics of most interest to Westerners. What emerges is a highly informative look at the religious, political, and social spheres of the modern Islamic world. Naturally, readers will find many entries on topics ofintense current interest, such as terrorism and the Taliban, Osama bin Laden and al-Qaida, the PLO and HAMAS. But the coverage goes well beyond recent headlines. There are biographical profiles, ranging from Naguib Mahfouz (the Nobel Prize winner from Egypt) to Malcolm X, including politicalleaders, influential thinkers, poets, scientists, and writers. Other entries cover major political movements, militant groups, and religious sects as well as terms from Islamic law, culture, and religion, key historical events, and important landmarks (such as Mecca and Medina). A series of entrieslooks at Islam in individual nations, such as Afghanistan, the West Bank and Gaza, Bosnia-Herzegovina, and the United States, and there are discussions of Islamic views on such issues as abortion, birth control, the Internet, the Rushdie Affair, and the theory of evolution. Whether we are listening to the evening news, browsing through the op-ed pages, or reading a book on current events, references to Muslims and the Islamic world appear at every turn. The Oxford Dictionary of Islam offers a wealth of information for anyone curious about this burgeoning andincreasingly important world religion.
521			_aTrade _bOxford University Press, Incorporated
773		0	_tOxford Islamic Studies Online
856	4	0	_uhttp://www.columbia.edu/cgi-bin/cul/resolve?clio8682076 _zFull text available from Oxford Islamic Studies Online
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