The Concise Encyclopedia of Islam.

From: The Economist (US) | Date: March 18, 1989 | Copyright information

THE CONCISE ENCYCLOPAEDIA OF ISLAM(1)

No overview could be vaster than THE CONCISE ENCYCLOPAEDIA OF ISLAM (1), compiled by Cyril Glasse. Mr Glasse, an American who converted to Islam as a young man, has produced the only single-volume encyclopaedia of Islam in print; and he has also achieved a miracle, 1,200 readable entries all bearing the imprint of a single personality. Without hesitation, Mr Glasse expresses his own ...

Read all of this article with a FREE trial to HighBeam Research

Related newspaper, magazine, and trade journal articles from HighBeam Research

(Including press releases, facts, information, and biographies)

The Concise Encyclopaedia of Islam: Revised Edition
; THE CONCISE ENCYCLOPAEDIA OF ISLAM REVISED EDITION By Cyril Glasse published by Stacey International...included, together with a recommended bibliography. The Concise Encyclopaedia of Islam is written by a scholar for the general reader and researcher...
The Real Islam Is Not About Extremist Politics
; 00-00-0000 Islam is a religion of peace and moderation. If it does...be so today, this is not due to the teachings of Islam but to interpretations made by those who are apparently learned in Islam to suit their patrons or their own vested interest...
Discovering Islam.
; Disccovering Islam. By Akbar S. Ahmed. RKP; 251 pages; 25 [British pounds] and $55 ISLAM has a bad reputation. The Koran urges tolerance...attributes such as truth, justice and mercy. Yet Islam is not at bay; it seems to be enjoying a big revival...
Film about Islam presents distortions
; Film about Islam presents distortions Movie Review If the message of Islam: What the West Needs to Know is true, it is an alarming...interviews with a number of authors who have written about Islam and who have all come to the same basic conclusion...
The United States government: Islam's patron?
; Islam has dominated American public life on two occasions, once...unprovoked violence against American civilians. Each time, Islam became one of the most discussed topics in American public...debate, limiting itself to policy pronouncements on Iran. Islam was mentioned hardly if ever, in keeping with the ...
Islam in Britain: 1558-1685; Islam in South Africa; Mosques, Imams and Sermons
; Farah, Caesar E. Domes 07-31-2001 Islam In Britain: 1558-1685; Islam in South Africa; Mosques, Imams and Sermons Interest in the status of Islam outside the defined Islamic world has been on the rise in recent years as manifest in the publications...
Choose: Islam Scary, Lite or Dry? Three new books on Islam make three different mistakes while trying to understand the religion
; ...been exponential growth in interest in Islam after the Sept. 11 tragedies. Academics...witness to other agendas. The images of Islam they produce are by turns overly simplistic...fact, we forget that representations of Islam these days are highly politicized. The...
Islam: The Next American Religion?
; ISLAM: THE NEXT AMERICAN RELIGION? BY MICHAEL WOLFE The U.S. began...what religion fits our current zeitgeist? The answer may be Islam. Americans tend to think of their country as, at the very...block now, one that fits the current zeitgeist nicely. It's Islam. Islam is the third-largest and fastest ...
Why critical scrutiny of Islam is an utmost necessity: Can reason blunt fanaticism? (Islam: Voices of Dissent).
; Islam faces unprecedented scrutiny worldwide. This is appropriate--indeed, an utmost necessity. Westerners demand...contained that could incite such murderous zealotry. Muslims could benefit even more from critical scrutiny of Islam. Yet many react violently when Islam is criticized, whether by Muslim or ...
STRUGGLING FOR THE SOUL OF ISLAM
; ...AS PAT ROBERTSON, HAVE BEEN SAYING THAT ISLAM IS A DANGEROUS AND VIOLENT RELIGION THAT...BEEN ASKING: Where are the voices within Islam who argue to the contrary? Two such voices...its values, rose to the podium to say: "Islam is a religion of peace and moderation...