TY - BOOK AU - Ahmed,Akbar S. TI - Islam today: a short introduction to the muslim world SN - 9781860642579 (pbk.) AV - BP161.2 .A442 2008 U1 - 297 PY - 2008///, c1999 CY - London, New York PB - I.B. Tauris Publishers KW - Islam KW - 20th century KW - gtt N1 - 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 ER -