Islam : an introduction / Annemarie Schimmel.
"It is a splendid introduction--carefully researched and comprehensive, yet readable. It corrects many popular and erroneous notions about Islam that prevail in non-Muslim societies. For the general reader there are many profound insights of great consequence, for example, the passages on women...
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| Other title: | Islam. English. |
| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English German |
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Albany :
State University of New York Press,
©1992.
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Table of Contents:
- Arabia before Islam
- Muhammad
- The expansion of Islam
- The Koran and its teachings
- The tradition
- The law
- Theology and philosophy
- The Shia and related sects
- Mystical Islam and Sufi Brotherhoods
- Popular piety and the veneration of saints
- Modern developments inside Islam.