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COVER TITLE PAGE CONTENTS HOW TO USE THIS EBOOK FOREWORD INTRODUCTION MUHAMMAD • 570–632

You knew nothing of the book or belief • Al-Jahiliyya, the Time of Ignorance Muhammad is God’s final messenger • The early life of Muhammad Your blood will be my blood • Hijra, the flight from Mecca The noblest community ever raised up for mankind • The umma, the community of Islam A beacon for the nations • The Kaaba at Mecca There is no god but God • The Five Pillars of Islam: Shahada Hurry to prayer, hurry to salvation • The Five Pillars of Islam: salat I show [mercy] to those that … give alms • The Five Pillars of Islam: zakat Believers, fasting is decreed for you • The Five Pillars of Islam: sawm I am here O Lord, I am here • The Five Pillars of Islam: Hajj Muhammad is no more than a messenger: other messengers have passed away before him • The death of the Prophet What are these images to which you are so devoted? • Depicting the Prophet

THE QURAN

This book is not to be doubted • Compiling the Quran A guide for the righteous • The composition of the Quran In the name of God, the Merciful, the Compassionate • The Fatiha, the first sura The Lord of All Being • What the Quran says about God There shall be no compulsion in religion • Tolerating the beliefs of others And all things we have made in pairs • Women in the Quran Believers, have faith in God • The Six Pillars of Faith None may touch except the purified • The physical form of the Quran New in every age, fresh for every people • Tafsir, or the art of interpreting the Quran Enter Paradise and abide therein for ever • The Quranic concept of Heaven Cursed be the inmates of the conflagration • The Quranic concept of Hell

AN ISLAMIC IDENTITY • 632–786

All the Earth is a mosque • An Islamic place of worship He was superior to us as a Muslim • A successor to the Prophet I am placing on the Earth one that shall rule as my deputy • The rightly guided caliphs The Imam is God’s chosen leader • The emergence of Shia Islam And for the moon, we have ordained phases • The Islamic calendar Whoever turns from my way is not from me • Sayings and actions of the Prophet He has forbidden you … the flesh of swine • Muslim dietary laws Wine and games of chance … are abominations • Islam and alcohol, gambling, and drugs God has laid His curse on usury • Moneylending in Islam We have ordained a law and assigned a path • God’s guidance through Sharia The supreme jihad is against oneself • The quest to make God’s word supreme Part of the completion of Islam • The Umayyad and Abbasid caliphates Grant me then the beauty of Your face • Sufism and the mystic tradition

THE GOLDEN AGE OF ISLAM • 756–1526

Seeking knowledge is obligatory for every Muslim • The House of Wisdom There is no conflict between Islam and science • The first modern scientists We should not be ashamed to acknowledge truth • The beginnings of Islamic philosophy The reunion of broken parts • Arabic numerals and al-jabr Have they never observed the sky above them …? • The uses of astronomy People need stories more than bread itself • The chain of oral tradition The brilliant ornament of the world • The example of Islamic Spain The knowledge of anything is not complete unless it is known by its causes • Ibn Sina and the Canon of Medicine Everything in the universe is within you • The writings of Jalal al-Din Muhammad Rumi The Earth is round like a sphere • Mapping the Islamic world May God grant victory to Islam • The Crusades through Muslim eyes God opened the heart of the king to Islam • Spreading Islam through trade Put on the holy mantle and pray to God • The caliphate of the Ottoman Empire The first thing God created was the pen • The divine art of Islamic calligraphy The shadow of God on Earth • The Safavid Empire God is beautiful and He loves beauty • Islamic art and architecture The righteous shall be lodged … amid gardens • Paradise on Earth Most worshippers of God are intent on the advancement of their own destiny • The Mughal Empire

REFORM AND REVIVAL • 1527–1979

Better Turkish than Popish • Islam in Europe Unifiers of Islamic practice • Wahhabism, or an Islamic Reformation A problematic European attitude toward Islam • Orientalism Purification by the sword • The Mahdi of Sudan I have been commissioned and I am the first of the believers • The origins of Ahmadiyya The center of attention is no longer Islam as a religion • The rise of Islamic Modernism America needs to understand Islam • Early Muslims in America Provided it does not interfere with sane reason • The secularization of Turkey Our constitution is the Quran • The birth of Saudi Arabia Islam is the solution • The rise of political Islam Land of the Pure • The creation of Pakistan Islam is politics or it is nothing • The Iranian Revolution

ISLAM TODAY

We belong to God, and to Him we shall return • Rites of passage The seven houses of Islam • The demographics of Islam today An Arab has no superiority over a non-Arab • The Arabization of global Islam Democracy and Islam are not incompatible • Islam and democracy Should you disagree about anything refer it to God • The modern Sharia state More political than religious • Sunni and Shia in the modern Middle East No negotiations, no conferences, and no dialogues • The new extremists People really live Islam here • Islam in Africa All too many Muslims fail to grasp Islam • Islam in Indonesia Why do I have to prove to you that I’m a good guy? • Muslims in the West Don’t panic, I’m Islamic • The rising tide of Islamophobia My identity Z Islam & umma is my family • Islam in the digital age What Muslims consume affects who they are • The global business of halal Ethical finance can be a force for good • Islamic banking Islam is a religion that empowers women • A feminist Islam? Beautiful to God rather than people • The hijab and niqab The best people are those living in my generation • Salafism Islam has been a progressive faith since the beginning • Progressive Islam

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