Islam without illusions : its past, its present, and its challenge for the future / Ed Hotaling.
By: Hotaling, Edward.
Material type: BookSeries: Contemporary issues in the Middle East. Publisher: [Syracuse, N.Y.] : Syracuse University Press, c2003Edition: 1st ed.Description: x, 205 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.ISBN: 0815607660 (cl. : alk. paper).Subject(s): Islam | Islam -- Essence, genius, nature | Islam -- History | Islam | Islam -- HistoryDDC classification: 297/.09Includes bibliographical references (p. 189-194) and index.
Explores the link between Islam and modern terrorism, discussing the radical challenges posed by terrorists to the religion they claim to follow and their threat to the world at large.
What would Muhammad do? -- Paradise and Islam's four core beliefs -- The first Islamic state -- The first women of Islam -- "General" Muhammad and the first jihad -- Separating from Judaism and Christianity -- One worldwide religion? -- Conquering half the world -- The crusades : a Christian jihad -- A (personal) Persian interlude -- The terrorists handbook -- A "clash of civilizations"?
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