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Are Sufis Muslims? (Chaptered Work)
Yes. Sufis belong to the mystical tradition of Islam known as Sufism. The name “Sufi” is derived from the Arabic word suf (wool), in ...
Source: What Everyone Needs to Know About Islam; from chapter FAITH AND PRACTICE
Are there any divisions in Islam? (Chaptered Work)
As a world religion, Islam is practiced in diverse cultures in Africa, the Middle East, Asia, Europe, and America. Differences in religious and cultural ...
Source: What Everyone Needs to Know About Islam; from chapter FAITH AND PRACTICE
Are women second-class citizens in Islam? (Chaptered Work)
The status of women in Muslim countries has long been looked to as evidence of “Islam's” oppression of women in matters ranging from the ...
Source: What Everyone Needs to Know About Islam; from chapter CUSTOMS AND CULTURE
Can Muslim men have more than one wife? (Chaptered Work)
The practice of polygamy, or more correctly polygyny (marriage to more than one wife), is a controversial subject in Islamic societies. Many modern Islamic ...
Source: What Everyone Needs to Know About Islam; from chapter CUSTOMS AND CULTURE
Contemporary Islam (Chaptered Work)
The twentieth century has been one of the most dynamic, explosive, and innovative in Islamic history. Within a span of a few centuries Muslim ...
Source: The Oxford History of Islam
Do Muslims support extremist and terrorist groups? (Chaptered Work)
Islam and Islamic law have consistently condemned terrorism (the killing of noncombatants). Like the members of all religious faiths, Muslims have had to deal ...
Source: What Everyone Needs to Know About Islam; from chapter VIOLENCE AND TERRORISM
Does Islam have a clergy? (Chaptered Work)
Islam does not have an ordained clergy or representatives of a church hierarchy in the way that Christianity does. Any Muslim can lead the ...
Source: What Everyone Needs to Know About Islam; from chapter FAITH AND PRACTICE
European Colonialism and the Emergence of Modern Muslim States (Chaptered Work)
There are today more than fifty Muslim states, extending from the Atlas Mountains in the West to the Malay Archipelago in the East, and ...
Source: The Oxford History of Islam
Foundations for Renewal and Reform (Chaptered Work)
The Muslim world experienced many different movements of activism, revival, and reform during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Although some of these movements were ...
Source: The Oxford History of Islam
Haven’t Jews and Christians always been enemies of Islam? (Chaptered Work)
The relationship of Jews and Christians to Islam, like the relationship of Christianity to Judaism, is long and complex, conditioned by historical and political ...
Source: What Everyone Needs to Know About Islam; from chapter ISLAM AND OTHER RELIGIONS
How can Islam be used to justify terrorism, hijackings, and hostage taking? (Chaptered Work)
While the atrocities and acts of terrorism committed by violent extremists have connected Islam with terrorism, the Islamic tradition places limits on the use ...
Source: What Everyone Needs to Know About Islam; from chapter VIOLENCE AND TERRORISM
How do Muslims pray? (Chaptered Work)
Prayer, one of the Five Pillars of Islam, is central in the life of a Muslim. Here are some highlights: ...
Source: What Everyone Needs to Know About Islam; from chapter FAITH AND PRACTICE
Is Islam intolerant of other religions? (Chaptered Work)
Despite the recent example of the Taliban in Afghanistan and sporadic conflicts between Muslims and Christians in Sudan, Nigeria, Pakistan, and Indonesia, theologically and ...
Source: What Everyone Needs to Know About Islam; from chapter ISLAM AND OTHER RELIGIONS
Philosophy and Theology (Chaptered Work)
Islamic theology ( kalam ) was to a large extent a by-product of Islamic philosophy. To place Islamic philosophy in its proper historical context, ...
Source: The Oxford History of Islam
What are the divisions among Shii Muslims? (Chaptered Work)
Shii Islam developed three main divisions, stemming from disagreement over the number of Imams who succeeded Muhammad: the Zaydis (also called the Fivers) recognized ...
Source: What Everyone Needs to Know About Islam; from chapter FAITH AND PRACTICE
What are the issues that European Muslims face? (Chaptered Work)
However different their experiences may be, Muslims in Europe and in America have common concerns regarding the practice of their faith, the retention of ...
Source: What Everyone Needs to Know About Islam; from chapter MUSLIMS IN THE WEST
What does Islam have to say about poverty and social justice? (Chaptered Work)
One of the most striking and controversial elements of the Quran at the time when it was revealed was its firm commitment to social ...
Source: What Everyone Needs to Know About Islam; from chapter SOCIETY, POLITICS, AND ECONOMY
What does Islam say about slavery? (Chaptered Work)
Slavery, common in pre-Islamic Arabia, the Mediterranean, and African and Asian societies, was an accepted institution in Islam as in Judaism and Christianity. Islam ...
Source: What Everyone Needs to Know About Islam; from chapter SOCIETY, POLITICS, AND ECONOMY
What does Islamic law say about marriage, divorce, and inheritance? (Chaptered Work)
Because of the centrality of the community in Islam, the Muslim family as the basic unit of society enjoyed pride of place in the ...
Source: What Everyone Needs to Know About Islam; from chapter SOCIETY, POLITICS, AND ECONOMY
What is the difference between Sunni and Shii Muslims? (Chaptered Work)
Sunni and Shii Muslims represent the two largest institutional divisions within the Muslim community. Today, Sunnis constitute approximately 85 percent of Muslims and Shiis ...
Source: What Everyone Needs to Know About Islam; from chapter FAITH AND PRACTICE
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