Download or read book The Body in Islamic Culture written by Fuʼād Isḥāq Khūrī and published by Saqi Books. This book was released on 2001 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The concept of the body is of special importance in Islamic and Arab societies. Much of the daily interaction between peoples in these societies is related to the strict Islamic division of the universe into different spaces; the "feminine" and "masculine," the "pure" and the "polluted," the "private" and "public." Fuad I. Khuri explores the different meanings and images related to the body in Islam and how these permeate religious practices and social attitudes among people, and the numerous ways the body communicates messages, attitudes and feelings through unspoken language.