Complete idiot's guide to understanding Islam

Dispelling the popular myths about Muslims and Islam, this is a beginners' guide to the history and development of Islam and the Muslim faith.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Emerick, Yahiya
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: Indianapolis, IN : Alpha, c2004.
Edition:2nd ed.
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Table of Contents:
  • PART 1: INTRODUCING ISLAM: Why has Islam become so important?
  • Food for the soul
  • Looking at life the Islamic way
  • All about Allah
  • PART 2: THE SPIRITUAL WORLD IN ISLAM: The four stages of life in Islam
  • Islam on Heaven and Hell
  • In the beginning ... an Islamic perspective
  • The measurement of life
  • From Adam to Armageddon
  • PART 3: THE FIVE PILLARS OF ISLAM: Declaring faith in Islam
  • Understanding Muslim prayers
  • Elevating the soul
  • Gathering in Mecca
  • Uncovering the real story about jihad
  • PART 4: ISLAM AND OTHER RELIGIONS: It's all in the prophets
  • Jews in Islam
  • Christianity and Islam
  • PART 5: REGULATING LIFE WITHIN THE LAWS OF iSLAM: Exploring the sources of Islam
  • Living Islam
  • Looking at the status of women in Islam
  • PART 6: THE HISTORY OF ISLAM: Muhammad in Mecca
  • The victory of Islam
  • The rightly guided successors
  • Islamic civilization: the dynastic period
  • Islam in America
  • PART 7: THE LEGACY OF ISLAM: Discover the influence of Islam
  • Meet the Islamic sectarian movements
  • Islam in world affairs today.