| Preface to the Seventh Edition | p. viii |
| Preface to the First Edition | p. ix |
| An Introduction to Islam | p. 1 |
| The Setting in Arabia | p. 16 |
| The Land | p. 16 |
| The People | p. 17 |
| Tradition | p. 19 |
| Trade | p. 21 |
| Values | p. 22 |
| Religion | p. 26 |
| Jewish Settlements | p. 28 |
| Christian Elements | p. 29 |
| Evidence of Transformation | p. 31 |
| Muhammad the Prophet | p. 35 |
| The Role | p. 35 |
| His Ministry | p. 39 |
| Opposition | p. 42 |
| The Hijrah | p. 46 |
| The Commonwealth | p. 48 |
| The Struggle with the Quraysh | p. 49 |
| The Break with the Jews | p. 51 |
| The Submission of Mecca | p. 54 |
| The Submission of Arabia | p. 57 |
| The Farewell Message | p. 58 |
| Muhammad the Man | p. 61 |
| The Genius in Him | p. 61 |
| His Personal Assets | p. 66 |
| Marital Life | p. 67 |
| His Status as Prophet | p. 69 |
| Versatility of the Message | p. 73 |
| Foundations of Islam: The Qur'an | p. 79 |
| Conception | p. 80 |
| Arrangement | p. 82 |
| Style | p. 84 |
| Biblical Affinities | p. 86 |
| The Meccan Period | p. 89 |
| The Medinan Period | p. 92 |
| Affinity with the Scriptures | p. 93 |
| Muhammad's Logic | p. 96 |
| Codification | p. 97 |
| Exegesis | p. 100 |
| Translation | p. 101 |
| The Fundamentals of Islam: Beliefs | p. 104 |
| The "Shahadah" | p. 104 |
| "Al-Islam" | p. 105 |
| Allah | p. 108 |
| Cosmology | p. 112 |
| The "Commandments" | p. 113 |
| Eschatology | p. 115 |
| Predetermination and Free Will | p. 119 |
| The Fundamentals of Islam: Obligations | p. 126 |
| Moral Obligations | p. 126 |
| Ceremonial Obligations | p. 134 |
| Shahadah | p. 135 |
| Salah | p. 135 |
| Zakah | p. 142 |
| Sawm | p. 144 |
| Hajj | p. 145 |
| Solidarity Through Institutional Unity | p. 151 |
| The Accident of Circumstance | p. 152 |
| The Caliphate | p. 154 |
| Jihad | p. 158 |
| The Shari'ah and Fiqh | p. 159 |
| The Sunnah | p. 161 |
| 'Adat | p. 165 |
| The Family | p. 165 |
| Social Institutional Observances | p. 166 |
| Feasts | p. 169 |
| The "Public Good" | p. 170 |
| The Calendar | p. 171 |
| Economic Factors | p. 171 |
| Heterodoxy and Orthodoxy | p. 174 |
| Kharijites | p. 175 |
| Shi'ites | p. 177 |
| Isma'ilis | p. 179 |
| Qarmatians | p. 181 |
| Assassins | p. 182 |
| Druzes | p. 183 |
| Nusayris | p. 186 |
| Matawilah | p. 188 |
| Zaydis | p. 189 |
| Shi'ah Extremism | p. 190 |
| Sunnism | p. 190 |
| The Corpus of Tradition | p. 191 |
| Ijma' | p. 192 |
| Qiyas | p. 193 |
| Madhahib | p. 194 |
| Hanafite | p. 195 |
| Malikite | p. 196 |
| Shafi'ite | p. 197 |
| Hanbalite | p. 199 |
| Formalism and free Expression | p. 202 |
| Outside Influences | p. 202 |
| Classification of Schools of Thought | p. 206 |
| Murji'ites versus Qadarites | p. 207 |
| Mu'tazilites | p. 208 |
| Ash'arism | p. 211 |
| Sufism | p. 214 |
| Sufi Views Concerning the Journey to God and on Love and Beauty | p. 219 |
| Acceptance by Orthodoxy | p. 255 |
| Sufi Organization and Orders | p. 228 |
| "Medievalism" and the Dawn of "Renaissance" | p. 234 |
| The "Medieval" Era | p. 235 |
| Wahhabism | p. 237 |
| Challenge to Reform | p. 241 |
| "Modernism" | p. 243 |
| Reformed "Traditionalism" | p. 247 |
| The Indian Reformist Movement | p. 250 |
| Radical Departures | p. 255 |
| The Trend Towards Eclecticism | p. 256 |
| The Ahmadiyah | p. 256 |
| Babism and Baha'ism | p. 259 |
| The Role of Extra-Shari'ah Legislation | p. 263 |
| Islamic Resilience | p. 268 |
| Islam in Southeastern Asia | p. 269 |
| Malaysia | p. 269 |
| Singapore | p. 272 |
| Indonesia | p. 273 |
| Thailand | p. 281 |
| Cambodia | p. 282 |
| Vietnam | p. 284 |
| Philippines | p. 285 |
| Other Asian Countries | p. 289 |
| Survival in China | p. 292 |
| Islam in the Former Soviet Union | p. 301 |
| Islamic Dynamism | p. 309 |
| Islam in Africa | p. 309 |
| Reasons for Gain | p. 315 |
| Islam in America | p. 321 |
| "Bilalian" Islam | p. 328 |
| Malcolm X's Discovery of Mainline Islam | p. 331 |
| Islam in Europe | p. 336 |
| Islam in Transition | p. 346 |
| India | p. 346 |
| Pakistan | p. 353 |
| Myanmar (Burma) | p. 356 |
| Sri Lanka | p. 358 |
| Afghanistan | p. 360 |
| Economic Advantages to the United States and Afghanistan | p. 368 |
| Shi'ah and Sunni in Iraq | p. 369 |
| Reassertion of Islam in Turkey | p. 372 |
| "Islamization" of Sudan's Politics | p. 377 |
| Swing of the Pendulum in Algeria | p. 381 |
| Islamist Gains in Tunisia | p. 384 |
| Current Trends | p. 388 |
| The Challenge of the Islamic Revolution in Iran | p. 390 |
| Political Implications of Islamic Activism | p. 393 |
| The Islamic Anti-Israel Resistance Movements | p. 395 |
| Reinforcing Moroccan Islam | p. 397 |
| Countering Islamic Militancy in Egypt | p. 399 |
| Fundamentalism and Secularism | p. 404 |
| Reinvigoration of Islamic Morality and Intellect | p. 407 |
| Islamic Humanism | p. 411 |
| Women and the Family | p. 414 |
| Perspectives on Activist Islam | p. 420 |
| A Christian Evangelical View of Islam | p. 420 |
| What Are the Perceived Notions? | p. 421 |
| The Domestic Factor | p. 422 |
| Misuse of "Fundamentalism" | p. 423 |
| Patterns of Islamic Responses | p. 426 |
| Explaining Islamic Activism | p. 426 |
| Watersheds for Islamic Activists | p. 429 |
| The Tragic Events of September 11, 2001 | p. 430 |
| An Appeal for Moderation? | p. 433 |
| Hatred of America as a Factor | p. 436 |
| Can Violence Be Avoided? | p. 441 |
| Questioning the Need for Violence | p. 442 |
| Excerpts of bin Laden's Statement | p. 447 |
| The Challenge to Western Hegemony | p. 448 |
| Sociopolitical Islam: An Alternative? | p. 452 |
| Footnotes | p. 457 |
| Glossary | p. 473 |
| Recommended Reading | p. 482 |
| Index | p. 495 |
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