No god but God: The Origins, Evolution, and Future of Islam

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Contents

Prologue: The Clash of Monotheisms xi

Author’s Note xxi

Chronology of Key Events xxiii

1. The Sanctuary in the Desert

PRE-ISLAMIC ARABIA 3

2. The Keeper of the Keys

MUHAMMAD IN MECCA 23

3. The City of the Prophet

THE FIRS T MUSLIMS 50

4. Fight in the Way of God

THE MEANIN G O F JIHAD 75

5. The Rightly Guided Ones

THE SU CCESSORS T O MUHAMMAD 107

6. This Religion Is a Science

THE DEVELOPMEN T O F ISLAMIC THEOLOG Y AND LA W 140

7. In the Footsteps of Martyrs

FROM SHI‘ISM T O KHOMEINISM 171