Islam : A Short History
Index. 221 encouraged by Umar II, 52, 53; 63 Cordova, 83, 105 Crusades, 93-95 influence on Western view of Islam, 179-80 Ctesiph ...
Index hijrah, 1 3, 18 Hinduism, ix, 108 encouraged under Akbar, 125 suppressed under Aurengzebe, 128 eighteenth-century rappro ...
Index. 223 Jesus, x, 8, 53, 69, 74, 157 Jews: early tribes, 10, 16-17, 20-21; in Muslim empire, 30-31, 125, 132 in Europe, 157 u ...
224. Index Mecca, pre-Islamic (conl): taken by the Prophet, 23 under Uthman, 32 forbidden to non-Muslims, 103 Medina, 14, 20-21, ...
Index. 225 Naini, Sheikh Muhammad Husain, 149 Najaf, 149, 173 Nanak, Guru, 125 Nasir, Caliph al-, 96 Nasser, Jamal Abd al-, 158- ...
226. Index Rushdie fotwah, 175 Russia, 107, 116 in Iran, 148 Sadat, Anwar al-, 170 Saddam Hussein, 151 Sadra, Mulla, 122, 175 Sa ...
Index. 227 Suhrawardi, Yahya, 91-92 Suleiman I (al-Qanuni also the Mag- nificent), 132, 136-37 Sunni Muslims, 63-65 Seljuks as, ...
Index women (conl): Quranic position, 16 fundamentalist discrimination against, 166, 170, 172 Yaqub ibn Ishaq al-Kindi, 72 Yar ...
Discussion Questions In Karen Armstrong's view, what is the historical mission of Islam? What is the chief duty of Muslims acco ...
230. DiscussionQu uestions What does the Quran have to say about the place of women? How forward- or backward-thinking was Muha ...
ABOUT THE AUTHOR KAREN ARMSTRONG is one of the world's foremost scholars on religious affairs. She is the author of sev- eral be ...
THE MODERN LIBRARY EDITORIAL BOARD Maya Angelou Daniel J. Boorstin A. S. Byatt Caleb Carr Christopher Cerf Ron Chernow Shelby Fo ...
A NOTE ON THE TYPE The principal text of this Modern Library edition was set in a digitized version of Janson, a typeface that d ...
TEACHER'S GUIDE A free printed Teacher's Guide for Islam by Karen Armstrong is available to educators to help frame in-class dis ...
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