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No god but God the origins, evolution, and future of Islam
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- ISBN: 9781588364456 (electronic bk. : Adobe Digital Editions)
- ISBN: 1588364453 (electronic bk. : Adobe Digital Editions)
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1 online resource (xxiv, 310 p.) - Publisher: New York : Random House, c2005.
Content descriptions
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references ([289]-294) and index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | Prologue : the clash of monotheisms -- Author's note -- Chronology of key events -- The sanctuary in the desert : pre-Islamic Arabia -- The keeper of the keys : Muhammad in Mecca -- The city of the Prophet : the first Muslims -- Fight in the way of God : the meaning of jihad -- The rightly guided ones : the successors to Muhammad -- This religion is a science : the development of Islamic theology and law -- In the footsteps of martyrs : from Shiʻism to Khomeinism -- Stain your prayer rug with wine : the Sufi way -- An awakening in the east : the response to colonialism -- Slouching toward Medina : the Islamic reformation -- Glossary. |
| Source of Description Note: | Description based on print version record. |
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