Introduces a comprehensive overview of contemporary Islam, provides a link of continuity between the Muslim world and Muslims living and born in the West, and addresses every relevant topic of Islam studies.

Table of Contents

• Part I. Islam: Overview
• Islam and Its History - Aaron W. Hughes
• Muslims, Sacred Texts, and Laws in the Modern World - Ihsan Yilmaz
• Shi‘a Islam in Practice - Edith Szanto
• Sufism Between Past and Modernity - Joseph Hill
• Islamophobia - Muhammad Yaseen Gada
• Ismailis: A Pluralist Search for Universal Truth - Karim H. Karim
• Part II. Contemporary Muslim Communities in Europe and Its Extensions
• Muslim Minorities and Minority Fiqh - Matthew Reifsnider
• Experiences of Muslims in Western Europe - Oliver Scharbrodt
• Experience of Muslims in Eastern Europe - Egdunas Racius
• Experience of Muslims in North America - Carole Barnsley
• Experience of Muslims in Latin America - Silvia Montenegro
• Experience of Muslims in Australia and New Zealand - Jacqui Ewart and Kate O'Donnell
• Islamic Education in the West and Its Challenges - J. Mark Halstead
• Part III. Contemporary Muslim Communities in the Middle East and North Africa
• Experience of Muslim Communities in the Middle East and North Africa: Introduction - Zeba Khan
• Islam in the Maghreb: Between Sufis and Salafis - Tuba Ünlü Bilgiç
• Syria: From Popular Uprising to Civil War - Ikhlaq Ahmed
• Debates on Political Islam: Analyzing the Writings of Egyptian Scholars, Hasan al Banna and Sayed Qutb - Shahid Raza Khan
• Islam in Kurdistan: Religious Communities and Their Practices in Contemporary Northern Iraq - Edith Szanto
• Yazidi Minority in Iraq - Fatemah Shayan
• Higher Education in Iran - Mohammad Azizi
• Part IV. Contemporary Muslim Communities in Sub-Saharan Africa
• Experience of Muslims in East Africa - Erin E. Stiles
• Experience of Muslims in Francophone West Africa - Marta G. Novo
• Experience of Muslims in the Republic of South Africa: Historical Perspective - Muhammed Haron
• Experience of Muslims in Southern Africa - Muhammed Haron
• Part V. Contemporary Muslim Communities in Asia
• The Lure of Islamism in Central Asia - Shahram Akbarzadeh
• Historical and Sociopolitical Overview of Islam in China - Tugrul Keskin and Yang Chen
• Raw (Sheng) and Cooked (Shu) Muslim Minorities: Islam, China, and the Loung Duree - Mark Woodward
• Muslims in Malaysia - Danial Yusof
• Muslims in Thailand and Burma - Mark Woodward and Raymond Scupin
• Variation of Muslim Practice in Indonesia - Ronald Lukens-Bull and Mark Woodward
• Islamic Revival in South Asia - Asif Mohiuddin
• Shi‘a Isma‘ilis, Aga Khan III, and the Broader Discourse for Islamic Reform - Sahir Dewji
• Part VI. Muslims and Contemporary Life
• Muslims, Islam, and Globalization - Nassef Manabilang Adiong
• Human Rights and Muslims - Leila Chamankhah
• Islamic Finance in the Global North: Secular Incubators, Elementary Accommodation, and Strategic Negligence - Aaron Z. Pitluck and Shikshya Adhikari
• Halal Food - Derya Iner and Amina Baghdadi
• Contemporary Muslim Comedy - Jaclyn Michael
• Music in Muslim Contexts - Mark Levine and Jonas Otterbeck
• Muslim Popular Music - Mark LeVine and Jonas Otterbeck
• “Cyber Ummah”: The Internet and Muslim Communities - Sahar Khamis
• Muslims Learning Islam on the Internet - Moch Fakhruroji
• Part VII. Muslims, Kinship, and Gender
• Muslim Feminism: Contemporary Debates - Merve Kütük-Kuris
• Masculinity and Muslims: Contemporary Debates - Joshua M. Roose
• Contemporary Same-Sex Muslim Sexualities: Identities and Issues - Momin Rahman
• Muslim Women: Contemporary Debates - Farjana Mahbuba and Sonja van Wichelen
• Islamic Dress as Identity Politics Among Converts in the West - Géraldine Mossière
• Muslim Families in the West - Manijeh Daneshpour and Iman Dadras
• Muslim Youth and Contemporary Challenges - Nancy J. Smith-Hefner
• Muslims and Assisted Reproduction - Kristin V. Monroe
• Internet and Muslim Women - Eva F. Nisa
• Muslim Marriage and Contemporary Challenges - Margherita Picchi
• Part VIII. Muslims, Politics, and Extremism
• Democracy and Muslims - Halim Rane
• ISIS: Its History, Ideology, and Psychology - Katarzyna Jasko, ArieW. Kruglanski, Ahmad Saiful Rijal Bin Hassan, and Rohan Gunaratna
• Muslims and Extremism - Tahir Abbas
• Muslims and Terrorism - Mir Zohair Husain
• Muslims, Secularism, and the State - Abdullah F. Alrebh
• Madrasas and Extremism - Mohmad Waseem Malla
• Part IX. Transnational Muslim Movements
• Transnational Progressive Islam: Theory, Networks, and Lived Experience - Adis Duderija and Ani Osman Zonneveld
• The Ahmadiyya Jama'at: A Question of Muslim Identity - Simon Ross Valentine
• The Muslim Brotherhood A Contested Islamist Actor - Elisa Orofino
• Tabligh Jama'at as an Emulatable Model of Faith Renewal - Jan A. Ali
• Hizb ut-Tahrir - Elisa Orofino