This book offers a better insight into the comparison of Western and Islamic cultures, with studies that address the issues of Islam and modernity, violence in Islamic law and history, and respect for individuals' privacy in Islamic cultures.

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AHMAD ATIF AHMAD is Assistant Professor of Islamic Studies at University of California, Santa Barbara, USA.

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Book Title: Islam, Modernity, Violence, and Everyday Life
Authors: Ahmad Atif Ahmad
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230619562
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan New York
eBook Packages: Palgrave Religion & Philosophy Collection, Philosophy and Religion (R0)
Copyright Information: Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Nature America Inc. 2009
Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-230-60984-6Published: 24 March 2009
eBook ISBN: 978-0-230-61956-2Published: 02 March 2009
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: VIII, 213
Topics: Philosophy of Religion, Sociology of Religion, Islam

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