ISLAM: A Very Short Introduction

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Islam: A Very Short Introduction (more info)
Composed by: Malise Ruthven
Malise Ruthven, reader


1. Chapter 1 - 7:05
2. Islam as Political Ideology - 6:24
3. Islam as Faith - 5:31
4. Institutional Leadership - 5:29
5. Successes and Failures of the Islamic State - 4:48
6. This historical achievement - 5:20
7. A Religious Awakening? - 7:13
8. Chapter 2 - 5:05
9. The book is organised into 114 suras - 7:13
10. Sira (Biography) - 7:01
11. At the age of about 40 - 7:43
12. The Madinese suras of the Quran - 7:42

Islam: A Very Short Introduction (more info)
Composed by: Malise Ruthven
Malise Ruthven, reader


1. Hadith 'Traditions' - 4:00
2. The Elaboration of Muhammad's Image - 7:11
3. Chapter 3 - 4:49
4. The Imams or leaders - 6:55
5. Tawhid in Early Islamic Thought - 6:09
6. The Sunni Consensus - 5:05
7. Sufism - 6:10
8. Sufism and Shi'ism - 4:25
9. As befits mujtahids with the right of independent interpretation... - 5:53
10. Chapter 4 - 3:58
11. The Roots of Islamic Law - 6:35
12. Ijihad: The Struggle for Truth - 5:11
13. The Shari'a: An all-encompassing Ideal - 7:44
14. Chapter 5 - 3:48

Islam: A Very Short Introduction (more info)
Composed by: Malise Ruthven
Malise Ruthven, reader


1. Women and the Shari'a - 6:21
2. Marriage and Divorce - 6:19
3. Women in Social and Religious Life - 5:49
4. Women, Colonialism and the Family - 7:06
5. Legal Reforms and the Backlash against them - 7:31
6. Chapter 6 - 5:16
7. The Greater Jihad - 5:32
8. Reformists and Modernists - 6:59
9. The Muslim Brotherhood - 3:54
10. The Impact of the Iranian Revolution - 4:03
11. The Appeal of Islamism - 4:23
12. The International Dimension - 5:31
13. The Failure of Islamism - 7:03

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