| Description |
xxxii, 310 pages ; 21 cm |
| Note |
"With a new introduction by the author"--Cover. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [289]-294) and index. |
| Contents |
Preface to the paperback edition -- Prologue : the clash of monotheisms -- Author's note -- Chronology of key events -- The sanctuary in the desert : pre-Islamic Arabia -- The keeper of the keys : Muhammad in Mecca -- The city of the Prophet : the first Muslims -- Fight in the way of God : the meaning of jihad -- The rightly guided ones : the successors to Muhammad -- This religion is a science : the development of Islamic theology and law -- In the footsteps of martyrs : from Shiʻism to Khomeinism -- Stain your prayer rug with wine : the Sufi way -- An awakening in the east : the response to colonialism -- Slouching toward Medina : the Islamic reformation -- Glossary. |
| Subject |
Islam.
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Islam -- Essence, genius, nature.
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Islam -- History.
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| ISBN |
0812971892 paperback |
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