Section A - Islam: Short Introduction -- From the Beginning -- The Sacred Texts -- Sacred Law -- Rituals in Islam -- Shi'a Islam5 -- Sufism -- The Ahmediyya -- Contemporary Muslim Thinkers -- Section B - Contemporary Muslim Communities: an Overview -- Muslims in Northern Europe -- Muslims in Eastern Europe -- Muslims in Southern Europe -- Muslims in North America -- Muslims in South America -- Muslims in Australia and New Zealand -- Muslims in North Africa -- Muslims in East Africa -- Muslims in West Africa -- Muslims in South Africa -- Muslims in the Middle East -- Muslims in Central Asia -- Muslims in South Asia -- Muslims in Southeast Asia -- Section C - Muslims and Contemporary Politics -- Democracy 6 -- Secularism -- Nationalism -- Back to the Khalifa? -- Globalism -- Extremism -- Terrorism -- Human Rights -- Section D - Material Culture -- Contemporary Muslim Architecture 7 -- Contemporary Muslim Art -- Muslim Films -- Muslim Comedy -- Muslim Popular Music -- Muslim Fashion -- Section E - Muslims and Gender -- Muslim Women: Contemporary Debates -- Muslim Feminism -- Muslims and Masculinity: Contemporary Debates 8 -- Non-Heterosexual Muslims -- Section F - Islamic Education -- The Madrasa -- Islamic Education in the West -- Madrasas and Extremism? -- Contemporary Approaches to Islamic Education -- Section G - Age and Generations -- Muslim Families -- Marriage -- Religiosity and Generation Gap -- Muslim Migrants and Their Children in the West -- Section H - Contemporary Islamic Finance -- What is Islamic Finance -- Contemporary Islamic Finance -- Islamic Finance in the West -- Section I - Muslims and the Internet -- A Cyber Ummah? -- Learning Islam on the Net10 -- Muslim Women and the Internet -- Cyber Fatwas -- Cyber Terrorism -- Conclusions -- Glossary -- Index.