731NOTE: Boldface page numbers
indicate extensive treatment
of a topic. Page numbers in
italic indicate illustrations.
Locators followed by c indicate
chronology.
A
Abbasid Caliphate xxxi,
xxxviiic, 1–2
Baghdad 84
Brethren of Purity 115
Cairo 120
caliphate 126
daawa 177
Damascus 181
dar al-Islam and dar al-
harb 182
Delhi Sultanate 189
Fatimid dynasty 231
fiqh 238
fitna 241, 242
Ghazali, Abu Hamid
al- 261
hadith 279
Hanafi Legal School 287
Hanbali Legal School 288
harem 292
Harun al-Rashid 293
Hashimite dynasty 294
Ibn al-Bawwab, Abu al-
Hasan Ali 328
Ibn Hanbal, Ahmad
330–331
Ibn Ishaq, Muhammad 333
Ibn Kathir, Imad al-Din 334
Ibn Muqla, Abu Ali
Muhammad 336
Iraq 369
Ismaili Shiism 377, 378
Israel 381
mamluk 456
mathematics 461
music 504
paradise 547
Persian language and
literature 550
philosophy 554
Quran 573
Quraysh 575
renewal and reform
movements 586
Saudi Arabia 607
Shafii, Muhammad ibn Idris
al- 616
Shiism 626
soul and spirit 631
sultan 643, 644
tafsir 653
theology 668
Umayyad Caliphate 687
vizier 703
Yemen 716
Abd al-Aziz ibn Saud xlivc,
2–3, 3
communism 161
Daoud Ahmed 181–182
Faysal ibn Abd al-Aziz Al
Saud 233
Gulf States 272
Hijra 299
OIC 535
Salafism 602
Saudi Arabia 607
Wahhabism 705, 706
World Muslim Congress
714
Abd al-Qadir al-Jazairi xlic,
xlivc, 3–4, 32, 563–564, 640
Abd al-Qadir al-Jilani 4, 83,
288, 289Abd al-Rahman, Umar 4–5, 16
Abd al-Raziq, Ali 5
Abduh, Muhammad xlvc, 5–6
Afghani, Jamal al-Din
al- 14
Banna, Hasan al- 89
creation 173
education 209
ijtihad 347
philosophy 555
Rashid Rida, Muhammad
581–582
renewal and reform
movements 587
Salafism 601
Sufism 640
tafsir 655
tawhid 665–666
theology 669
umma 689
ablution 6–7, 106, 110, 131,
484, 557
abortion 7, 105
Abou El Fadl, Khaled 8, 101,
197, 315
Abraham xxiv, 8–9
Arafat 57
baraka 92
blood 109
Christianity and Islam
141
circumcision 149
comic strips and comic
books 160
Dome of the Rock 201
dreams 203
fidai 237
food and drink 248
Hagar 280–281
Hijra 298
holy books 308Id al-Adha 342
Islam 373
John the Baptist 404
Judaism and Islam 410
Kaaba 419
maqam 457
Mecca 465
Muhammad 490, 492
Quraysh 574
renewal and reform
movements 585
Satan 605
tawhid 664
Zamzam 718
Abu Bakr xxxviic, 9–10
Aisha bint Abi Bakr ibn Abi
Quhafa 25
Ali ibn Abi Talib 33
Bedouin 99
Bilal 101
hadith 278
Muhammad 492
Quran 573
Shiism 624
Abu Zayd, Nasr Hamid 10–11,
48, 212, 656
adab 11–12, 192, 216–217
Adam and Eve 12
angel 43
animals 44
Arafat 57
Black Stone 108
creation 172
Idris 345
Kaaba 419–420
Mecca 465
paradise 546
Satan 603–604
adhan 12–13, 177, 474, 484,
487, 504, 557
adultery 13–14, 25–26, 174