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Title: Introducing Islam by Ziauddin Sardar, Zafar Aggas Malik, Richard Appignanesi ISBN: 1-84046-363-5 Publisher: Totem Books Pub. Date: December, 2001 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $11.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4 (1 review)
Rating: 4
Summary: This is a good pictorial history of Islam
Comment: I am no scholar of Islam or even of comparative religions. This book came my way in my job, and being curious, I picked it up. In a few minutes I had learned far more about the early life of Muhammad (the Prophet) and about the social conditions in which Islam had originated, than I had learned from many other books and articles. While this book is definitely anti-colonial in its approach, it provides a good synthesis of the development of Islam, the contributions of Muslims worldwide in science and philosophy, the interactions with Western Europe before, during and after the Crusades, and the state of Islam today. There is a critique of fundamentalist theories that ignore the teachings of the Koran, and most interestingly for me, a discussion of the position of women in Islam today. [And yes, there is a reference to the terrorist attacks of September 11, and how that is no more representative of Islam than atrocities by adherents of other religions would be of their community]. What I liked was that there was also a short bibliography for further reading.
The authors are two UK-based Muslims who are journalists and/or designers. The book is part of what looks like an interesting series "Introducing ....." that attempts to present famous thinkers, branches of sciences, religions and so forth in simple but not simplistic terms.
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Title: Introducing Eastern Philosophy by Richard Osborne, Borin Van Loon ISBN: 1840461500 Publisher: Totem Books Pub. Date: 15 May, 2000 List Price(USD): $11.95 |
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Title: Introducing Muhammad, 2nd Edition by Ziauddin Sardar, Zafar Abbas Malik ISBN: 1840460725 Publisher: Totem Books Pub. Date: 01 May, 2001 List Price(USD): $10.95 |
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Title: Introducing Lenin and the Russian Revolution by Richard Appignanesi, Oscar Zarate, Oscar Appignanesi ISBN: 184046156X Publisher: Totem Books Pub. Date: 01 July, 2000 List Price(USD): $11.95 |
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Title: Introducing Buddha by Jane Hope, Borin Van Loon, Richard Appignanesi ISBN: 1840460768 Publisher: Totem Books Pub. Date: August, 2001 List Price(USD): $11.95 |
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Title: Introducing Mathematics by Ziauddin Sardar, Jerry Ravetz, Borin Van Loon, Richard Appignanesi, Ziaddin Sardar, Borin Van Loon, Oscar Zarate ISBN: 1840460113 Publisher: Totem Books Pub. Date: April, 1999 List Price(USD): $11.95 |
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