Read Anywhere and on Any Device!

Subscribe to Read | $0.00

Join today and start reading your favorite books for Free!

Create Free Account

Islam: An Introduction

Annemarie Schimmel

3.6/5 ( ratings)

“It is a splendid introduction ―carefully researched and comprehensive, yet readable.
It corrects many popular and erroneous notions about Islam that prevail in non-Muslim societies. For the general reader there are many profound insights of great consequence, for example, the passages on women, marriage, and inheritance, or the section on jihad, nearly always completely misunderstood in the press.

“The topic is becoming more significant because Islam is the most rapidly growing religion in the world. This book provides a thorough and sophisticated, but at the same time clear-headed and reliable, overview.” ― Kevin Lacey, State University of New York, Binghamton

“This survey represents and distills a lifetime of scholarship devoted to the Islamic tradition. In the Introduction, Schimmel remarks that the book follows ‘the traditional view of Islamic history without venturing into the vast field of sociological or political approaches.’ In practice, this translates into a traditional view of Islam as experienced by Muslims. It is difficult to imagine a book that would better represent how most Muslims conceive their own religion. It is likely that Muslims will be most eager to read and quote from this book since it faithfully presents a perspective with which they can identify.” ― Carl W. Ernst, Pomona College

Language: English

Pages: 176

Format: Paperback

Publisher: State University of New York Press

Release: May 14, 1992

ISBN: 0791413284

ISBN 13: 9780791413289

Islam: An Introduction

Annemarie Schimmel

3.6/5 ( ratings)

“It is a splendid introduction ―carefully researched and comprehensive, yet readable.
It corrects many popular and erroneous notions about Islam that prevail in non-Muslim societies. For the general reader there are many profound insights of great consequence, for example, the passages on women, marriage, and inheritance, or the section on jihad, nearly always completely misunderstood in the press.

“The topic is becoming more significant because Islam is the most rapidly growing religion in the world. This book provides a thorough and sophisticated, but at the same time clear-headed and reliable, overview.” ― Kevin Lacey, State University of New York, Binghamton

“This survey represents and distills a lifetime of scholarship devoted to the Islamic tradition. In the Introduction, Schimmel remarks that the book follows ‘the traditional view of Islamic history without venturing into the vast field of sociological or political approaches.’ In practice, this translates into a traditional view of Islam as experienced by Muslims. It is difficult to imagine a book that would better represent how most Muslims conceive their own religion. It is likely that Muslims will be most eager to read and quote from this book since it faithfully presents a perspective with which they can identify.” ― Carl W. Ernst, Pomona College

Language: English

Pages: 176

Format: Paperback

Publisher: State University of New York Press

Release: May 14, 1992

ISBN: 0791413284

ISBN 13: 9780791413289

More books from Annemarie Schimmel

Mystical Dimensions of Islam

4.3/5 ( ratings)

Me and Rumi: The Autobiography of Shams-i Tabrizi

4.1/5 ( ratings)

I Am Wind, You Are Fire: The Life and Work of Rumi

4.2/5 ( ratings)

The Mystery of Numbers

3.7/5 ( ratings)

My Soul Is a Woman: The Feminine in Islam

3.8/5 ( ratings)

The Triumphal Sun: A Study of the Works of Jalāloddin Rumi

4.3/5 ( ratings)

Ibn 'Ata' Illah/Kwaja Abdullah Ansari: The Book of Wisdom and Kwaja Abdullah Ansari, Intimate Conversations

4.6/5 ( ratings)

The Empire of the Great Mughals: History, Art and Culture

3.9/5 ( ratings)

Deciphering the Signs of God: A Phenomenological Approach to Islam

4.2/5 ( ratings)

عنادل تحت الثلج

2.7/5 ( ratings)

Islam & World Peace: Explanations of a Sufi

4.2/5 ( ratings)

Rumi and the Whirling Dervishes

3.8/5 ( ratings)

Sufismus. Eine Einführung in die islamische Mystik

3.5/5 ( ratings)

Look! This Is Love

Dan Muhammad adalah Utusan Allah: Penghormatan terhadap Nabi saw. dalam Islam

3.5/5 ( ratings)

İslamın Kısa Tarihi

3.2/5 ( ratings)

الجميل والمقدس

2.9/5 ( ratings)

Eternal Garden: Mysticism, History, and Politics at a South Asian Sufi Center

4.1/5 ( ratings)

أحلام الخليفة؛ الأحلام وتعبيرها في الثقافة الإسلامية

3.4/5 ( ratings)

Hallac - "Kurtarın Beni Tanrı'dan"

4.1/5 ( ratings)

Rate this book!

Write a review?