The concise encyclopedia of islam

The acclaimed concise encyclopædia of islam comprehensively encompasses the beliefs, practices, history and culture of the islamic world in a single, scholarly volume now extensively updated, the concise encyclopædia of islam contains all aspects of the religion, from its rituals, sects and prayers to its political movements, social institutions and spiritual and political leaders; from the art and architecture of islam, to its history and ethnography, from its nations and states to its languages, science and major centres of learning