Islam Outside the Arab World

ISBN-13: 9780700711420 / Angielski / Miękka / 1999 / 476 str.

Ingvar Svanberg;David Westerlund

Opis

This work presents a practical explanation of how system-level design and implementation choices affect the performance and maintainability of embedded communications software. It outlines the architectural requirements of software for various communications devices, and explains the programming techniques (state tables, upper and lower level interfaces, configuration techniques, buffer and timer management) that enable clean, understandable implementations of complex protocols.

Today about 85 per cent of the world population of Muslims live in areas outside the Arab world, and due to population growth, missionary endeavours and migration, the number of Muslims in these areas is rising rapidly. This volume presents the spread and character of Islam in many non-Arab countries, focusing particularly on the contemporary situation. The book deals with the great variety and complexity that characterize Islam outside the Arab world, with Sufism (the predominant form of Islam in most non-Arab Muslim countries), and with the growing significance of Islamism which challenges secularism and Sufi forms of Islam.

Recenzje

'It should prove particularly helpful and interesting to a variety of people since the contributors represent several disciplines such as anthropoloy, ethnology, history of religions, Iranian Studies, Islamic Studies, political science and sociology.' - S.v. Sicard, Islam and Christian-Muslim Relations

O autorze

Ingvar Svanberg, David Westerlund