Islam in the World: Second Edition - Softcover

ISLAM IN THE WORLD is an indispensable guide to the Islamic world from its orgins to the present. It is the only work in English to satisfactorily explain how Islam has become a political force in the modern world. Fully revised and updated throughout, this second edition includes an important new chapter on recent developments: the Rushdie affair, the reinterpretation of the jihad to encompass terrorism, and the internal strife that countries such as Algeria, Iran, Israel and Egypt are experiencing. 'A clear and readable account of a large and complex subject' -- TLS

Malise Ruthven has been a staff writer and editor with the BBC's External Services, a visiting professor of religion at Dartmouth College, New Hampshire, and has taught journalism and history at the University of California, San Diego. He is the author of A Very Short Introduction to Islam (OUP). He lives in London.