Britannica Guide To The Islamic World

Author : Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc.
Publisher : Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 1593398492
Total Pages : 462 pages
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Download or read book Britannica Guide to the Islamic World written by Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc. and published by Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc.. This book was released on 2009-03-01 with total page 462 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Exploring the beliefs, history and politics of Islam, The Britannica Guide to the Islamic World is a clear and unbiased reference resource, compiled by experts in the field. It introduces the ideas as well as the places at the centre of one of the most important religions of our time. Founded in the seventh century by the prophet Mohammed, Islam has now spread across the world and every culture. Exploring Islamic history, beliefs and scriptures, it will be an invaluable and comprehensive guide to Muslim faith. In addition, the Guide reveals the role that Islam plays today including the conflict in the Middle East, the rise of Islamism, and the divisions between the Sunni and Shi’ite sects. As the Islamic World becomes the focus of politicians and the media, it is more important than ever to have a reliable and accurate introduction to this controversial topic.

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ISBN 13 : 9781845298197
Total Pages : 432 pages
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ISBN 13 : 9781508105480
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Download or read book The Britannica Guide to Islam (Set) written by Various and published by . This book was released on 2017-08-15 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Founded by the Prophet Muhammad in seventh-century Arabia, Islam has grown to be one of the worlds largest and most influential religions, with over 1.6 billion Muslims worldwide today. This series tracks the long and illustrious history of the Islamic faith through the age of the caliphates, the Islamic golden age, the Ottoman Empire, and into the twenty-first century. It also examines the impact of Islamic beliefs and thought, literature, and art and architecture, providing a complete guide to this often-misunderstood religion.

Author : Hugh Chisholm
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Total Pages : 1016 pages
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Author : Ariana Wolff
Publisher : The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc
ISBN 13 : 1680486195
Total Pages : 122 pages
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Download or read book The Islamic World to 1041 written by Ariana Wolff and published by The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc. This book was released on 2017-07-15 with total page 122 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: During his lifetime in the sixth�seventh centuries, the Prophet Muhammad built the foundations of what would become the second-largest religion in the world. This comprehensive guide presents the history of Islam, beginning with the agrarian prehistory of Afro-Eurasia and the rise of Arabian city-states. It then offers a biographical treatment of Muhammad, followed by an assessment of the spread of Islam�and its splintering into diverse factions�that occurred in the centuries following Muhammad's death. Resources, including a timeline, help readers contextualize and connect the various regional developments during Islam�s early period.

Author : Salman Rushdie
Publisher : Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 9780312270827
Total Pages : 580 pages
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Publisher : Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 1593398514
Total Pages : 391 pages
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ISBN 13 : 1593398506
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Author : Britannica Educational Publishing
Publisher : Britannica Educational Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1615300600
Total Pages : 190 pages
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Download or read book Islamic Beliefs and Practices written by Britannica Educational Publishing and published by Britannica Educational Publishing. This book was released on 2009-10-01 with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Islam is the second most followed religion on Earth, with more than one billion practicing Muslims around the globe. However, few Westerners fully understand the beliefs of the religion nor the cultural practices that accompany it. This book explores Islam from the prophet Mohammad to the Five Pillars of Islam, which includes the most important rituals of the faith, including fasting at Ramadan, and hajj, the pilgrimage to the holy city of Mecca.

Author : Andrew Rippin
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1136803505
Total Pages : 817 pages
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Download or read book The Islamic World written by Andrew Rippin and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-10-23 with total page 817 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Islamic World is an outstanding guide to Islamic faith and culture in all its geographical and historical diversity. Written by a distinguished international team of scholars, it elucidates the history, philosophy and practice of one of the world's great religious traditions. Its grounding in contemporary scholarship makes it an ideal reference source for students and scholars alike. Edited by Andrew Rippin, a leading scholar of Islam, the volume covers the political, geographical, religious, intellectual, cultural and social worlds of Islam, and offers insight into all aspects of Muslim life including the Qur’an and law, philosophy, science and technology, art, literature, and film and much else. It explores the concept of an ‘Islamic’ world: what makes it distinctive and how uniform is that distinctiveness across Muslim geographical regions and through history?