The No-Nonsense Guide to Islam
Davies, Merryl Wyn; Sardar, Ziauddin Publisher: Between the Lines
Year Published: 2004
ISBN: 1-896357-86-5
Dewey: 297
Resource Type: Book
In this No-Nonsense Guide, Sardar and Davies explain the concepts and the rich history of the Muslim world. But they also call for urgent reforms within Islam, and for the West to end its bigotry.
Abstract: TABLE OF CONTENTS
Foreword by Ghayasuddin Siddiqui
Introduction
1 The Qur'an and Sirah
2 What Is Islam?
3 The Rightly Guided Caliphs
4 Expansion and empires
5 Civilization and learning
6 Islam and the West
7 Reform movements
8 Contemporary issues
9 Beyond the impasse
Glossary
Timeline
Bibliography
Contacts
Index
Topics
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