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Ablution
Allah
Almsgiving
and Homosexuality
Apostasy
Author_Diane Morgan
Birth Control
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Category=QRA
Crime and Punishment
Day of Judgment
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Hadith
Heaven and Hell
Islamic Attitudes towards Sex
Islamic Law
Jihad
Miraj
Muhammed's Wives
Mullahs
Pilgrimage to Mecca
Prayer
Quran
Ramadan
Shia and Sunni
Sufis
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- ISBN 9780313360251
- Weight: 624g
- Dimensions: 156 x 235mm
- Publication Date: 12 Nov 2009
- Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Hardback
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An introductory guide to the important elements of the world's largest religion, including the Quran, the Pillars of Faith, and the life of Muhammad, as well as Islamic history, customs and rituals, and contributions to world culture.
Essential Islam: A Comprehensive Guide to Belief and Practice is the ideal beginner's resource on the core elements of a faith that, like Christianity and Judaism, offers a guide to holy living and a path to salvation—one that like other world faiths has inspired peace and war, tolerance and brutality, enlightenment and abysmal ignorance.
Essential Islam offers an insightful, objective look at Islam from its inception to the present day, including a discussion of Islamic beliefs about God, history, warfare, marriage, the afterlife, and the relationship between Islam and other faiths. It is a rich source for dispelling misconceptions—for example, only 10 percent of Muslims are Arabic, and only a quarter of those reside in the Middle East—and for understanding tensions between groups within and outside Islam. More importantly, it gives readers a portrait of Islam not as a religion of extremists, but as a dynamic living faith practiced by people of all kinds in virtually every corner of the world.
Diane Morgan is adjunct professor of religion and philosophy at Wilson College in Chambersburg, PA. She has published nearly 40 books, including Praeger's Snakes in Myth, Magic and History: The Story of a Human Obsession, Fire and Blood: Rubies in Myth, Magic, and History, and From Satan's Crown to the Holy Grail: Emeralds in Myth, Magic and History.
