Muslim Networks from Hajj to Hip Hop

Crucial to understanding Islam is a recognition of the role of Muslim networks. The earliest networks were Mediterranean trade routes that quickly expanded into transregional paths for pilgrimage, scholarship, and conversion, each network complementing and reinforcing the others. This volume selects major moments and key players from the seventh century to the twenty-first that have defined Muslim networks as the building blocks for Islamic identity...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0807829234
• ISBN13: 9780807829233
• Release Date: March 2005
• Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
• Length: 344 Pages
• Weight: 0.31 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.1" x 9.3"