A brief guide to Islam : history, faith and politics: the complete introduction / Paul Grieve.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Grieve, Paul.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Islam.

Islam--History.

History.

Islam--Relations.

Relations.

Islam and politics.

Islam--Social aspects.

Physical Description:

ix, 433 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm

Edition:

First Carroll and Graf edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Carroll and Graf Publishers, [2006]

Summary:

Paul Grieve is an unbeliever-he is not a born-again Muslim, a proselytizer or a frustrated desert romantic. His aim is to inform. The result is an accessible but never simplistic guide that challenges stereotypical views, from women and banking to war and Malcolm X. Complete with advice for visitors to Muslim countries, and with carefully chosen primary sources, maps and illustrations, this is the ideal summary for the reader looking for an unbiased overview of the religious and political world issues that have become part of our everyday lives.

Contents:

A Stroll Through the City of God 1

1 In the Beginning 6

I Muslims, Christians and Jews: Similarities 6

II Muslims, Christians and Jews: Differences 11

III The Torah, the Bible and the Qur'an 14

IV The Nature of Islam 17

V The Divide: Islam Misunderstood 21

2 The Coming of the Prophet 28

I Early History 28

II Islam and the Torah 32

III The Judeo-Christian Prophets and the Qur'an 34

The Messenger Isa 37

IV The Life of Muhammad 40

Islamic Dating 53

Appendix 1 The Constitution of Medina 72

Appendix 2 Muhammad's Wives 76

3 The Fundamentals of Faith 79

I The Noble Qur'an 79

The Mysterious Letters 84

Qur'an Reciters 92

II The Hadith and the Sunna of the Prophet 94

III The Five Pillars of Islam 98

The Perils of the Pilgrimage 120

IV The Commandments of Islam 121

At the Heart of Faith 125

Appendix 1 Examples of Secure Hadiths from al-Bukhari and Muslim 129

Appendix 2 Surah 1, Al-Fatiha (The Opening) 130

Appendix 3 Common Arabic Expressions Invoking the Name of God 131

Appendix 4 The Ninety-nine Beautiful Names of Allah 133

Appendix 5 Muhammad's Farewell Sermon 135

4 Islam in the Modern World 138

I The Spread of Islam 138

The Battle of Yarmuk 142

Islam in Medieval Europe 148

The Crusades through Arab Eyes 151

II Islam beyond the Empire 155

III The Arrival of the West in Dar al-Islam 157

IV The Great War and the Cairo Conference 158

Piracy on the Tyne 159

V Islam in the Modern World 163

Hiro as Hero 187

11th September 2001 191

VI Muslim Communities in the West 194

Appendix The Balfour Declaration 204

5 The Practice of Islam 205

I Faith without Priests, Feasts without Sacraments 205

II Understanding Shariah 213

Fatwas in modern times 216

III Social Prohibitions 246

The Queen Boat 250

IV Women in Islam 252

V Islamic Banking 257

Shariah banking in Pakistan 261

VI Jihad 263

6 The Development of Islam 266

I Movements within Islam 266

The Death of the Imam al-Husayn, Prince of Martyrs 268

That Turbulent Priest 286

The Oppressed and the Martyrs 292

The Life and Times of Brother X 304

II What is a Fundamentalist? 306

III The Future 315

Powerless in Gaza 327

Under the Lid 335

7 Travelling in Dar al-Islam 338

I Culture, Religion and Social Progress 338

II God Without an Image 341

III Mosque Architecture 346

IV The Harams 349

The Mysterious Ending of al-Hakim bi-amr Allah 359

V Ten Treasures of Islam 364

VI Thirty-five Famous Muslims 370

VII Face to Face 397

Appendix Excerpt from The Life of Muhammad / Emile Dermenghem 404.

Notes:

Includes index.

ISBN:

0786718048

OCLC:

65167346

Publisher Number:

9780786718047