An introduction to Islam for Jews
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| Format: | Elektronisch E-Book |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
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Philadelphia :
JPS/Jewish Publication Society,
2008.
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| Ausgabe: | 1st ed. |
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Inhaltsangabe:
- A survey of Islamic history
- Why an introduction to Islam specifically for Jews?
- Arabs and Israelites
- Pre-Islamic origins
- The emergence of Islam
- Muhammad and the Jews of Medina
- The death of the prophet and the expansion of the community
- The conquests
- The caliphal dynasties
- The decline of the Muslim world
- God, the Qur'an, and Islamic law
- God
- The five doctrines or "pillars of faith"
- The evolution of a formal theology
- The Qur'an
- The interpretive tradition
- The prophetic record
- Islamic law
- The workings of shari'a
- The umma: Islam in practice
- The umma and the caliphate
- The five pillars of Islam
- A sixth pillar? Jihad
- The range of practice among Muslims
- Sufism
- The shi'a
- Mosque and clergy
- The calendar
- The Muslim life-cycle
- Personal observance.