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Misquoting Muhammad

2014-08-07 Religion
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Release : 2014-08-07
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Book Synopsis Misquoting Muhammad by : Jonathan A.C. Brown

Download or read book Misquoting Muhammad written by Jonathan A.C. Brown. This book was released on 2014-08-07. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: AN INDEPENDENT BEST BOOKS ON RELIGION 2014 PICK Few things provoke controversy in the modern world like the religion brought by Prophet Muhammad. Modern media are replete with alarm over jihad, underage marriage and the threat of amputation or stoning under Shariah law. Sometimes rumor, sometimes based on fact and often misunderstood, the tenets of Islamic law and dogma were not set in the religion’s founding moments. They were developed, like in other world religions, over centuries by the clerical class of Muslim scholars. Misquoting Muhammad takes the reader back in time through Islamic civilization and traces how and why such controversies developed, offering an inside view into how key and controversial aspects of Islam took shape. From the protests of the Arab Spring to Istanbul at the fall of the Ottoman Empire, and from the ochre red walls of Delhi’s great mosques to the trade routes of the Indian Ocean world, Misquoting Muhammad lays out how Muslim intellectuals have sought to balance reason and revelation, weigh science and religion, and negotiate the eternal truths of scripture amid shifting values.

Muhammad: A Very Short Introduction

2011-03-24 Biography & Autobiography
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Release : 2011-03-24
Genre : Biography & Autobiography
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Book Synopsis Muhammad: A Very Short Introduction by : Jonathan A.C. Brown

Download or read book Muhammad: A Very Short Introduction written by Jonathan A.C. Brown. This book was released on 2011-03-24. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Drawing on traditional Muslim sources, Michael Cook describes Muhammad's life and teaching. He also attempts to stand back from this traditional picture to show how far it is historically justified.

The Lives of Muhammad

2014-10-07 Biography & Autobiography
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Release : 2014-10-07
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Book Synopsis The Lives of Muhammad by : Kecia Ali

Download or read book The Lives of Muhammad written by Kecia Ali. This book was released on 2014-10-07. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Kecia Ali delves into the many ways the Prophet’s life story has been told from the earliest days of Islam to the present, by both Muslims and non-Muslims. Emphasizing the major transformations since the nineteenth century, she shows that far from being mutually opposed, these various perspectives have become increasingly interdependent.

Slavery and Islam

2020-03-05 Religion
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Release : 2020-03-05
Genre : Religion
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Book Synopsis Slavery and Islam by : Jonathan A.C. Brown

Download or read book Slavery and Islam written by Jonathan A.C. Brown. This book was released on 2020-03-05. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What happens when authorities you venerate condone something you know is wrong? Every major religion and philosophy once condoned or approved of slavery, but in modern times nothing is seen as more evil. Americans confront this crisis of authority when they erect statues of Founding Fathers who slept with their slaves. And Muslims faced it when ISIS revived sex slavery, justifying it with verses from the Quran and the practice of Muhammad. Exploring the moral and ultimately theological problem of slavery, Jonathan A.C. Brown traces how the Christian, Jewish and Islamic traditions have tried to reconcile modern moral certainties with the infallibility of God’s message. He lays out how Islam viewed slavery in theory, and the reality of how it was practiced across Islamic civilization. Finally, Brown carefully examines arguments put forward by Muslims for the abolition of slavery.

Hadith

2017-12-07 Religion
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Release : 2017-12-07
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Book Synopsis Hadith by : Jonathan A.C. Brown

Download or read book Hadith written by Jonathan A.C. Brown. This book was released on 2017-12-07. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contrary to popular opinion, the bulk of Islamic law does not come from the Quran but from hadith, first-hand reports of the Prophet Muhammad’s words and deeds, passed from generation to generation. However, with varying accounts often only committed to paper a century after the death of Muhammad, Islamic scholars, past and present, have been faced with complex questions of historical authenticity. In this wide-ranging introduction, Jonathan A. C. Brown explores the collection and criticism of hadith, and the controversy surrounding its role in modern Islam. This edition, revised and updated with additional case studies and attention to the very latest scholarship, also features a new chapter on how hadiths have been used politically, both historically and in the Arab Spring and its aftermath. Informative and accessible, it is perfectly suited to students, scholars and general readers interested in this critical element of Islam.

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