Islam today : a short introduction to the muslim world /
Akbar S. Ahmed.
- London ; New York : I.B. Tauris Publishers, 2008, c1999.
- xv, 253 p. ; 22 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [241]-243) and index.
Introduction: raising questions -- What is Islam? -- The challenge of the past: empires and dynasties -- When worlds collide: Muslim nations and Western modernity -- Muslims as minorities -- Islam in the age of the Western media.