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Religions and creeds

Understanding Islam's Basic Principles

Does Islam tolerate other beliefs? What does Islam say about war? How does Islam guarantee human rights? Most non-Muslims know of Islam, and many believe that they have some idea, whether correct or not, of its values and beliefs, but few understand it fully. This book provides accessible and direct information about the basic principles of Islam, as seen by Muslims themselves, in an attempt to facilitate the understanding of Islam by non-Muslims and non-Arabs.

The Perfumed Palace Islam's Journey from Mecca to Peking

The Perfumed Palace

Islam's Journey from Mecca to Peking M.A. Aldrich

c.100 colour photographs photographs

Beyond Belief: Two Thousand Years of Bad Faith in the Christian Church

Beyond Belief

Two Thousand Years of Bad Faith in the Christian Church James McDonald

Who really founded Christianity?
Who and what did Jesus believe himself to be?
How old are Christian doctrines and where did they come from?
Was Christ the God a divinity created from several existing Middle Eastern gods?
  Beyond Belief seeks answers to these questions, and many more...

Muhammad in Europe

Muhammad in Europe

A Thousand Years of Western Myth-Making Minou Reeves

Generations of Western writers from the Crusades down to the present day have claimed to depict the life and personality of Muhammad, the founder of Islam. Over the course of thirteen centuries, biased and stubbornly negative representations have persisted, presenting images which bear no resemblance to the noble figure familiar to Muslims. Muhammad in Europe traces this consistent tradition of distortion and provides an account of the reasons behind it.

A Guide to the Contents of the Qur'an

A Guide to the Contents of the Qur'an

Faruq Sherif

Because the Qur’an deals with so many diverse subjects in its various parts, finding complete information on any one of its numerous topics can be difficult.
Muslims as well as non-Muslims have long felt the need for a compendium of the Qur’an arranged systematically so that all the themes appear in a concise form. This book provides such a guide by arranging the themes into 68 sections, each containing the sum of the relevant verses. There is an index to the verses referred to in these sections and classified by subject, as well as a general index.

The Qur'an

A Modern English Version

This comprehensive and accurate rendering of the Qur’an into modern English will introduce this supremely important book to a much wider audience than ever before. The clear, rigorous translation makes it accessible, often for the first time, to students, teachers of religious studies, non-Arab Muslims and all who are interested in Islam.

Unfolding Islam

P. J. Stewart

Thoroughly revised in the light of the aftermath of the 9/11 attacks and the subsequent climate of fear and hostility towards Muslims, this new edition of the acclaimed Unfolding Islam sets out to present Islam to non-Muslim readers, and to describe for the general reader – whether Muslim or not – how Islam has unfolded over the course of time, and how it continues to do so.

Hajj

Seyyed Hossein Nasr

The Hajj pilgrimage to Mecca is a journey of self-discovery and an exploration of man’s relationship with the Creator. Mecca is located in an arid land where nothing grows, and few, if any, earthly distractions exist. The pilgrim is therefore left alone face to face with God.