A series which explores what it means to be a Muslim in the modern world.
The Challenge of the Past
Akbar Ahmed travels back in time to the once-great empires of the Ottomans, the Safavids and the Moghuls - to Granada, Istanbul, Delhi - and shows how their rise and fall has affected the thinking of Muslims today. Producer Hugh Purcell
BBC BOOK: a searching study of Islam, same title, £ 15.99 from booksellers.