Introducing Islam
A Graphic Guide
Published on 5. June 2014
176 pages
978-1-84831-774-1 (ISBN)
Description
Islam is one of the world's great monotheistic religions. Islamic culture, spanning 1,500 years, has produced some of the finest achievements of humanity. Yet the religion followed by a fifth of humankind is too often seen in the West in terms of fundamentalism, bigotry and violence- a perception that couldn't be more wrong.
Introducing Islam recounts the history of Islam from the birth of Prophet Muhammad in the 6th century to its status as a global culture and political force today. Charting the achievements of Muslim civilisation, it explains the nature and message of the Qur'an, outlines the basic features of Islamic law, and assesses the impact of colonialism on Muslim societies.
Ziauddin Sardar and Zafar Abbas Malik show how Muslims everywhere are trying to live their faith and are shaping new Islamic ideas and ideals for a globalised world.
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Ziauddin Sardar is a columnist, TV presenter and much more besides. His books include Balti Britain (Granta, 2008) and, with Merryl Wyn Davies, Will America Change? (Icon, 2008).
Zafar Abbas Malik is the art director of Arts and the Islamic World.
Content
- Intro
- Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Contents
- The Life of Muhammad
- The Pledge
- Muhammad's Wisdom
- Marriage
- The Revelation
- The Night Journey
- The Hijra to Madina
- The Battle of Badr
- The Battle of Uhad
- The Treaty of Hudaybia
- Makkah Falls
- The Farewell Sermon
- Death of the Prophet
- A Life of History
- The Hadith
- The Science of Hadith
- The Sunnah
- Some Sayings of Prophet Muhammad
- The Qur'an
- The Authentic Qur'an
- What is the Qur'an?
- The Uniqueness of the Qur'an
- Purposes of the Qur'an
- Essence of the Qur'an
- Qur'anic Guidance
- The Commentaries
- Interpreting the Qur'an
- Translations of the Qur'an
- Impact of the Qur'an
- Tawheed
- The Pillars of Islam
- Khalifa
- Adi
- Ilm
- The True Meaning of Jihad
- Shariah
- The Aims of Shariah
- Fiqh
- The Classical Schools of Fiqh
- Permanence and Change
- 'There shall be no coercion in matters of faith'
- Formative History of Islam
- The Seeds of Discord
- The Rightly Guided
- The Expansion of Islam
- The Rise of the Shia
- The Shia Concept of Imams
- The Muslim Civilization
- The Knowledge Industry
- The Warraqeen
- Institutions of Learning
- Arguments and Debates
- Sufism (Mysticism)
- Literature
- Science
- Technology
- Medicine
- Social Sciences
- Geography and Travel
- Architecture and Town Planning
- Art
- Music
- Spread of Muslim Learning to Europe
- Decline
- Colonialism
- Manufacturing Colonialism
- IsIam and the West
- 1. Denunciation
- 2. The Crusades
- 3. Orientalism
- Reform and Revival
- The Muslim World
- Muslim Minorities
- Immigration
- Black Muslims
- Organization of Islamic Conference
- The Iranian Revolution
- Islamic Fundamentalism
- The Islamic state
- Women
- Reconstruction
- Islamization of knowledge
- Today and .
- . Tomorrow
- The Authors
- Further Reading
- Index and Little Dictionary
