This concise depiction of the Islamic world features developments from the time of Muhammad and the rise of Islam in the seventh century to the complex political map of today ...

The basis of Muslim philosophy and science is the instruction embedded in the Quran. At an early date this tradition was enlarged and strengthened by the infiltration into ...

Islam in a Nutshell, offers readers an overview of the fundamentals of the religion in simple, short chapters beginning with the life of Mohammed and ending with the ...

Uses a question and answer format to present information on topics including faith and practice, Islam and other religions, customs and culture, and Muslims in the West.

In a narrative depicting the rise of Islam, Kirk Sowel presents a panoramic experience of the Arab peoples, whose world expanded from the Arabian Peninsula to include North ...

Islam has been one of the most powerful religious, social and political forces in history. Over the last 1400 years, from origins in Arabia, a succession of Muslim polities and ...