Religion

Introduction to Islam is a general survey of the religion of Islam, encompassing history, beliefs, sacred texts (Qur'ān and Ḥadīth) and their interpretation, religious law, Sufism, philosophy, art, and science. Particular attention is given to Muslim practice and to Islam as a total way of life. Salient topics include modernity and modernism; statism, nationalism and imperialism; as well as gender, sexuality, marriage, and the family.