On selecting heroes -- The prophet Muhammad -- Ali ibn Abi Talib -- Rabia al-Adawiyya -- Salah al-Din -- Malcolm X -- Zainab al-Ghazali -- Mecca and other holy places.
Summary
This book provides brief biographies of a handful of individuals, whose deeds have served as a powerful inspiration for other Muslims. This book also examines the places that Muslims consider sacred, explaining how those sites figure into Islamic history-- Source other than Library of Congress.