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Islam : a short guide to the faith

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  • "This collection of fifteen essays, edited by Allen (Arabic language and literature at the U. of Pennsylvania) and Toorawa (Arabic literature and Islamic studies at Cornell U.), provides concise and accessible coverage of Islam, its history, practices, and interactions with other major religions and cultures. Contributors offer to-the-point objective guidance on the primary elements of Islam in language which is provocative, accurate, and accessible to the general reader."
  • "In Islam: A Short Guide to the Faith, editors Roger Allen and Shawkat M. Toorawa have assembled fifteen chapters by fifteen noted scholars, each of which provides a lucid description and exploration of an aspect of Islam, its institutions, doctrines, and interactions, notably with Christianity, Judaism, and the modern world."

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  • "Einführung"
  • "Aufsatzsammlung"

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  • "Islam : a short guide to the faith"