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Islam : what non-Muslims should know /

Recent events have focused attention on Islam, the often- misunderstood faith of one billion people. Westerners are showing a new curiosity about Islam and other religions, in part, perhaps, because religion is arguably the single most important and volatile factor in geopolitics today. Islam needs...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Kaltner, John, 1954- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: [Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 2016.
Minneapolis [Minnesota] : Fortress Press, [2016]
Edition:Revised & exapnded edition.
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Preface
  • 1. Islam is a diverse and complex faith
  • 2. Islam is a religion of orthopraxy
  • 3. Muslims respect Judaism and Christianity
  • 4. There is no institutional hierarchy in Islam
  • 5. There is no clear separation between religion and politics in Islam
  • 6. Jihād does not only mean "holy war."