Presents readers with an explanation of the roots and beliefs of Islam, and seeks to provide an objective view of this often misinterpreted religion. Author Ziauddin Sardar explains what makes a Muslim; where Muslims come from and who they are today; what, exactly, they believe …
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Presents readers with an explanation of the roots and beliefs of Islam, and seeks to provide an objective view of this often misinterpreted religion. Author Ziauddin Sardar explains what makes a Muslim; where Muslims come from and who they are today; what, exactly, they believe …
Introduces the tenets, practices, history, and rituals of Islam, describing what Muslims believe, how those beliefs are practiced in everyday life, discussing how these practices came about, and how they are being shaped by the modern world.
Presents readers with an explanation of the roots and beliefs of Islam, and seeks to provide an objective view of this often misinterpreted religion. Author Ziauddin Sardar explains what makes a Muslim; where Muslims come from and who they are today; what, exactly, they believe …
A panoramic chronicle of the rise of Islam traces the rapid evolution of Arabic culture over a period of decades during which it triumphed against formidable odds and the period's most powerful empire.
The remarkable story of an imperial civilization that endures as perhaps the only one to have survived from antiquity into the present day. No less significant than the collapse of the Roman Republic or the Persian invasion of Greece, the evolution of the Arab empire is one of t…
In the 6th century AD, the Near East was divided between two venerable empires: the Persian and the Roman. A hundred years on, and one had vanished forever, while the other seemed almost finished. Ruling in their place were the Arabs: an upheaval so profound that it spelled, in …
This program shows us how and why fundamentalist groups came into existence and what they yearn to accomplish. Focusing on Protestant, Jewish, and Muslim fundamentalism, the author examines the ways in which these movements, while not monolithic, have each sprung from a dread of…
Reveals how the fundamentalist movements in Christianity, Judaism, and Islam were born out of a dread of modernity.
Reveals how the fundamentalist movements in Christianity, Judaism, and Islam were born out of a dread of modernity.
"In The Battle for God, Karen Armstrong shows us how and why fundamentalist groups came into existence and what they yearn to accomplish." "We see the West in the sixteenth century beginning to create an entirely new kind of civilization, which brought in its wake change in ever…