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No religion in the modern world is as feared and misunderstood as Islam. It haunts the popular imagination as an extreme faith that promotes terrorism, authoritarian government, female oppression, and civil war. In a vital revision of this narrow view of Islam and a distillation of years of thinking and writing about the subject, Karen Armstrong's short history demonstrates that the world's fastest-growing faith is a much more complex phenomenon than...
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In "No god but God," internationally acclaimed scholar Aslan explains Islam--the origins and evolution of the faith--in all its beauty and complexity. This updated edition addresses the events of the past decade, analyzing how they have influenced Islam's position in modern culture.
14) Islam
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72 pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm.
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English
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Discover the faith, culture, and history that have shaped the modern Islamic world.
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1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
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"In order to love someone, you need to first get to know them. That's what sparks the beginning of a lifetime of admiration, learning, and emulation of the most beloved person in humankind. The children's book entitled My Prophet Muhammad captures his character and story in a way that captivates your child's mind and nourishes their soul. This book spans the entire story of the lifetime of the Prophet Muhammad (salla Llahu 'alayhi sallam) covering...
16) Holy war: how Vasco da Gama's epic voyages turned the tide in a centuries-old clash of civilizations
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x, 547 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 24 cm
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English
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On February 14, 1989, Salman Rushdie received a call from a journalist informing him that he had been "sentenced to death" by the Ayatollah Khomeini. It was the first time Rushdie heard the word fatwa. His crime? Writing a novel, The Satanic Verses, which was accused of being "against Islam, the Prophet, and the Quran." So begins the extraordinary story of how a writer was forced underground for more than nine years, moving from house to house, with...
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187 pages : map ; 23 cm
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In "No god but God," internationally acclaimed scholar Aslan explains Islam--the origins and evolution of the faith--in all its beauty and complexity. This updated edition addresses the events of the past decade, analyzing how they have influenced Islam's position in modern culture.
"Vivimos en tiempos en los que las noticias permanentemente hablan del Islam. Sus distintas facciones y, sobre todo sus versiones radicales extremistas, muestran una...
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vii, 148 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm
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"Discover the lives, stories, and accomplishments of many great accomplishments of many great Muslims throughout history. Many of the inventions and discoveries that we use in our lives today were created centuries ago -- during the golden age of Muslim empires and beyond. Art, music, astronomy, physics, mathematics, medicine, and so many other files of knowledge were shared and created and discussed in Arabia, Persia, Iraq, and India a very, very...
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