"O people! We created you from a single (pair) of a male and a female, and made you into nations and tribes, that ye may know each other (not that ye may despise (each other))." Qur'an, Sura 49:13 ...

Description: An Introduction to Islam, provides students with a thorough, unified and topical introduction to the global religious community of Islam. In addition, the author's extensive field work, ...

IN the second volume of this sociological study of Islam, the author covers the religion and ethical conceptions, customs and secular law, government, military organisation and science. Under ...

The events after the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11 brought Islam into the conscious- ness of many Americans, but to this day few have acquired a real understan- ding of this religion and its current ...

Dan Brown’s New Introduction is the ideal textbook for the study of Islam at the higher-educational level. Unlike its peers that tend to adopt either a classical or a critical approach, this book ...

DOHA, Qatar (AP) — Fatima Garcia donned a headscarf and a black abaya — a long, loose-fitting robe — over her clothes as she walked into a mosque in Doha to learn about Islam. In Qatar to enjoy the ...