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Crossroads To Islam
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Author : Yehuda D. Nevo
language : en
Publisher: Prometheus Books
Release Date : 2003-06
Crossroads To Islam written by Yehuda D. Nevo and has been published by Prometheus Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003-06 with History categories.
In this controversial exploration of the early history of Islam, archaeologist Yehuda D. Nevo and researcher Judith Koren present a revolutionary theory of the origins and development of the Islamic state and religion. Whereas most works on this subject derive their view of the history of this period from the Muslim literature, Crossroads to Islam also examines important types of evidence hitherto neglected: the literature of the local (Christian) population, archaeological excavations, numismatics, and especially rock inscriptions. These analyses lay the foundation for a radical view of the development of Islam.According to Nevo and Koren, the evidence suggests that the Arabs were in fact pagan when they assumed power in the regions formerly ruled by the Byzantine Empire. They contend that the Arabs took control almost without a struggle, because Byzantium had effectively withdrawn from the area long before. After establishing control, the new Arab elite adopted a simple monotheism influenced by Judaeo-Christianity, which they encountered in their newly acquired territories, and gradually developed it into the Arab religion. Not until the mid-8th century was this process completed.This interpretation of the evidence corroborates the view of other scholars, who on different grounds propose that Islam and the canonized version of the Koran were preceded by a long period of development. This new view turns on its head the traditional history of the rise of Islam, which claims that Islam began with Muhammad in Mecca and Medina around 622; then spread throughout Arabia under his charismatic leadership; and finally, after Muhammad''s death (632), inspired his followers to conquer widespread territories both in the East and West. By contrast, Nevo and Koren suggest that the rise of the Arab state created a need for a state religion, eventually called Islam.This absorbing and controversial rethinking of Islam''s early history is must reading for students and scholars of Islamic history and anyone interested in the origins of the world''s second largest religion.
Islam At The Crossroads
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Author : Muhammad Asad
language : en
Publisher: The Other Press
Release Date : 2005-03-31
Islam At The Crossroads written by Muhammad Asad and has been published by The Other Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005-03-31 with Islam categories.
This book was written as a plea to the Muslims to avoid a blind imitation of Western social forms and values, and to try to preserve instead their Islamic heritage which once upon a time had been responsible for the many-sided historical phenomenon comprised in the term 'Muslim civilisation'. It clarifies something of the tragic confusion nowadays prevailing in the Muslim world.
Islam On The Crossroads
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1934
Islam On The Crossroads written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1934 with Islam categories.
Islam On The Crossroads
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language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1934
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Islam At The Crossroads
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language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2020
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Islam At The Crossroads
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Author : Paul A. Marshall
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2002
Islam At The Crossroads written by Paul A. Marshall and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002 with Religion categories.
Understand Islam with this accessible and compelling overview of its history, core beliefs, and polarizing divisions.
Crossroads
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1977
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Islam At The Cross Roads
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Author : De Lacy Evans O'Leary
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2019-08-13
Islam At The Cross Roads written by De Lacy Evans O'Leary and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-08-13 with Religion categories.
This title, first published in 1923, examines the historical development of the Islamic faith from its origins through to its position in the early twentieth century. It also examines the historical reactions of Islam to the West, including the Babist Movement in the nineteenth century. This title will be of interest to students of history and M
Islam At The Crossroads
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Author : Ibrahim M. Abu-Rabi'
language : en
Publisher: SUNY Press
Release Date : 2003-04-09
Islam At The Crossroads written by Ibrahim M. Abu-Rabi' and has been published by SUNY Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003-04-09 with Religion categories.
Sheds light on one of the most important religious thinkers in the modern Muslim world.
Islam At The Crossroads
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Author : Lameh Fananapazir
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2016-03-01
Islam At The Crossroads written by Lameh Fananapazir and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-03-01 with Religion categories.
It is undeniable that Islam is today in a condition of deep crisis. Political upheavals that dominate popular discussion of the subject are no more than surface expressions of a problem of historic dimensions: the inability of Islamic scholars and institutions to reconcile the teachings and perspectives of their Faith with the realities of modernity. Democratic and constitutional government, pluralistic societies, the authority of the sciences, such principles as gender equality and religious freedom, a rapidly integrating world - all these familiar features of contemporary civilization pose insurmountable challenges to anyone who attempts to accommodate them to religious guidance laid down fourteen centuries ago for an earlier, much simpler stage in humanity's social evolution. One sees in contemporary Islam a society desperately searching for, and failing always to find, a formula that will make it possible to retain traditional Muslim faith in God while embracing the inescapable requirements of a world beyond the imagination of ages past. At the same time, millions of Muslims view with feelings of outrage and helplessness the caricature of the Faith they love that an aggressive fundamentalism is determined to impose upon it. Equally significant has been the awakening of European populations to the implications of the presence in their midst of a vast number of Muslim immigrants - some now into the third generation - who often appear essentially irreconcilable with certain foundational norms of Western culture. Perhaps not surprisingly, this has inspired widespread desire to understand the religious roots of such phenomena, awakening an unprecedented interest in Islamic belief and practice. Islam at the Crossroads presents extracts drawn primarily from the texts of the Qur'an and the Bible to explain the interrelationship between Islam and its sister Abrahamic religions, Judaism and Christianity, as well as the Baha'i Faith, the most recent link in the chain of religions capable of responding to the process of transformation in which the entire world is today caught up. The format illustrates the progressive pattern and integral coherence of the divine Revelations as constituents of one common faith, and demonstrates the principle that 'God, Who at sundry times and in divers manners spake in time past unto the fathers by the prophets, hath in these last days spoken unto us, ' and, specifically, to followers of Islam, through Baha'u'llah. 'Globalization' and 'modernity', far from being alien to the Faith taught in the Qur'an, are thus rather a fulfilment of it, both spiritually and practically. Clearly, Muslims have as much right to this common heritage of humankind as do the people of any other religious background. Within the Baha'i community, much emphasis is placed on the importance of Western Baha'is undertaking a serious study of Islam, using for the purpose 'sources that are authoritative and unbiased'. This book examines the criteria offered by the teachings of Baha'u'llah for the validity of the Mission of the Prophet Muhammad, and some of the reasons why Islam and its fortunes are directly dependent on submission to God's Will and following His Straight Path in this day and age. Born in Iran and brought up in Africa, Dr Lameh Fananapazir studied medicine in Scotland and is currently a cardiologist and electrophysiologist in the United States. He is the author of several hundred medical articles and spent two and half years in Haifa, Israel where he was the director of the Health Services at the Baha'i World Centre and Visiting Professor of Molecular Genetics at Technion, Israel Institute of Technology. This book was born out of his curiosity concerning the root causes of religious fanaticism and increasing certitude that Baha'u'llah's teachings represent the only possible remedy."