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THE MOSAIC OF ISLAM: A Conversation with Perry Anderson

By Suleiman Mourad

 

A comprehensive introduction to the faith and politics of Islam

 

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Today, 23 percent of the global population is Muslim, but ignorance and
misinformation about Islam persist. In this fascinating and useful book,
Perry Anderson interviews the noted scholar of Islam Suleiman Mourad about
the Qurʾan and the history of the faith.

 

Mourad elucidates the different stages in Islam's development: the Qurʾan as
scripture and the history of its codification; Muhammad and the significance
of his Sunna and Hadith; the Sunni–Shiʿi split and the formation of
various sects; the development of jihad; the transition to modernity and the
challenges of reform; and the complexities of Islam in the modern world. He
also looks at Wahhabism from its inception in the eighteenth century to its
present-day position as the movement that galvanized modern Salafism and gave
rise to militant Islam or jihadism.

 

The Mosaic of Islam reveals both the richness and the fissures of the faith.
It speaks of the different voices claiming to represent the religion and
spans peaceful groups and manifestations as well as the bloody confrontations
that disfigure the Middle East, such as the Saudi intervention in the Yemen
and the collapse of Syria and Iraq.

 

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PAPERBACK: NOVEMBER 2016 / 176 PAGES / ISBN 9781786632128 / $19.95 / £9.99
$25.95CAN

 

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