Islamic Daʻwah in the West

Muslim Missionary Activity and the Dynamics of Conversion to Islam

• Author(s): Larry Poston,
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Pages: 220
• ISBN_10: 0195072278
  ISBN_13: 9780195072273
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Religion / Institutions & Organizations , Religion / Islam / General , Religion / Islam / Theology , Religion / Christian Ministry / Missions ,

Description:... Introduction p. 3 I Dawah in Islam: From East to West 1. Dawah in the East: The Expansion of Islam from the First to the Twelfth Century A.D. p. 11 2. Dawah in the West: The Arrival of Muslims in North America p. 26 II Toward an Islamic Pietism 3. External-Institutional Versus Internal-Personal: Fundamental Strategies of Religious Proselytization p. 49 4. Hasan al-Banna and Abul Ala Mawdudi: Pioneers of Modern Islamic Pietism p. 64 5. Khurram Murad: Contextualization of the Islamic Movement for the Western Audience p. 81 III The Institutionalization of Dawah in Western Societies 6. "Paramosque" Structures and Their Development p. 93 7. Paramosque Strategies and Methodologies p. 115 8. Contemporary Apologetics: The Literature of Proselytization p. 135 IV The Dynamics of Conversion to Islam 9. Religious Conversion: The Traditional Western Paradigm p. 145 10. Conversion to Islam p. 158 Conclusion: The Future of DaWah in the West p. 181 Notes p. 187 Bibliography p. 197 Index p. 213.