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The handy Islam answer book / John Renard.

by Renard, John, 1944-

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Visible Ink Press, [2015]

9781578595105 (pbk.)

157859510X (pbk.)

Alternate title:

Islam answer book

xii, 435 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Includes bibliographical references (pages 391-392) and index.

An overview of Islam -- Islam's growth into a global community -- Politics and contemporary global affairs -- Sacred sources and their interpretation -- Essential beliefs -- Symbols, rituals, and religious observances -- Themes in Islamic spirituality -- Authority, law, and ethics -- Islam and other faiths -- Culture and religion -- Knowledge, scholarship, and the Islamic humanities -- Aesthetics, literature, the visual and spatial Arts.

"Provides detailed descriptions of the history, beliefs, symbols, rituals, observations, customs, leaders, and organization of the world's second largest religion, [explaining] the significance of the Five Pillars, Muhammad, various sects, the Qur'an, Islamic law, and much more. John Renard, Ph.D., received his doctorate in Islamic studies from Harvard University. He has more than 40 years of research and teaching experience."--Provided by publisher.

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