Ebook : Historical Atlas of Islam
Historical Atlas of Islam
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Malise Ruthven, Azim Nanji , "Historical Atlas of Islam" Harvard University Press (May 28, 2004)
Islam dominates the news these days-be it a story on Shia uprisings in Iraq, banning headscarves in French schools or prosecuting extremists involved in the Sept. 11 attacks-yet few Americans are familiar with the religion’s complex history. Author Ruthven, along with Muslim scholar Nanji, present a rich but accessible history of Islam, now the religion of one-fifth of the world’s population, from Mohammed to bin Laden. Brief, digestible essays create an illuminating picture of the pivotal moments and movements, like the colonization of the Muslim world and recent rise of Islamist terrorists, which are complemented by numerous color illustrations mapping the religion’s spread from ancient Arabia to its outer limits in today’s Africa and Southeast Asia. While this is not an infallible resource (the authors misidentify the location of Djenne’s enormous mud mosque; it is in Mali, not Niger), it is certainly a most helpful one. Color maps and photographs throughout.
Montreal Gazette : The social, historical and geographical overview presented in this atlas will reward the attentive and/or inquisitive reader with a wealth of insight that undermines the image of Islam propagated by sensation-seeking, often hostile media...The Historical Atlas of Islam--whose extensive maps and diagrams take the MeccaMedina axis as their focus--reminds us that, for a millennium, the Islamic world stood at the apex of human scientific, spiritual and cultural achievement.
--Fred A. Reed
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Malise Ruthven, Azim Nanji , "Historical Atlas of Islam" Harvard University Press (May 28, 2004)
Islam dominates the news these days-be it a story on Shia uprisings in Iraq, banning headscarves in French schools or prosecuting extremists involved in the Sept. 11 attacks-yet few Americans are familiar with the religion’s complex history. Author Ruthven, along with Muslim scholar Nanji, present a rich but accessible history of Islam, now the religion of one-fifth of the world’s population, from Mohammed to bin Laden. Brief, digestible essays create an illuminating picture of the pivotal moments and movements, like the colonization of the Muslim world and recent rise of Islamist terrorists, which are complemented by numerous color illustrations mapping the religion’s spread from ancient Arabia to its outer limits in today’s Africa and Southeast Asia. While this is not an infallible resource (the authors misidentify the location of Djenne’s enormous mud mosque; it is in Mali, not Niger), it is certainly a most helpful one. Color maps and photographs throughout.
Montreal Gazette : The social, historical and geographical overview presented in this atlas will reward the attentive and/or inquisitive reader with a wealth of insight that undermines the image of Islam propagated by sensation-seeking, often hostile media...The Historical Atlas of Islam--whose extensive maps and diagrams take the MeccaMedina axis as their focus--reminds us that, for a millennium, the Islamic world stood at the apex of human scientific, spiritual and cultural achievement.
--Fred A. Reed
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