Islam For Beginners

Five times a day, close to a billion people turn to the Ka'aba in submission to Allah/God. In the seventeenth century the religion of Islam was revealed to the prophet Mohammad through the Holy Koran. Since then, Islam has spread to every center of the world. Starting with the life of the prophet Mohammed, Islam For Beginners details the historic beginnings of Islam and its spread throughout the Middle East and Africa on to the European and American continents. It describes the major achievements of the Muslim community worldwide and examines the influence Islam has had on other cultures. In ke.

Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; To the Reader; Table of Contents; Dedication; First Page; Chapter 1 -- REVELATION; AI-Fatiha (The Opening); Arabia and the Beginnings of Islam; The Koran, the Holy Text of Islam; The Sunna and the Hadith; Chapter 2 -- COMMUNITY; Damascus: Islamic Worship The Mosque; Kufa: Sects Law and Theological Schools Alchemy; Baghdad: Islamic Science 1: Mathematics and Medicine; Cordova: Islamic Philosophy; Isfahan: Sufism and Music; Samarkand: Islamic Science 2: Astronomy and Geography; Cairo: The Islamic City; Djenne: Islamic Africa.

Istanbul: Islamic Power The Impact on EuropeAgra: Islamic India; Southeast Asia; Central and South America; United States; Europe; Muslim Countries of the World; Chapter 3 -- STRAIGHT PATH; Islam in the Post-Colonial Phase; I. The Model of SECULARIZATION; II. The Model of HARMONY; III. The Model of SOCIALISM; IV: The Model of the KORANIC STATE; Select Bibliography of Books in English; Acknowledgements and Sources; Last Page; Insert.