A BRIEF GUIDE TO ISLAM History, Faith and Politics: the Complete Introduction Paul Grieve ‘CARROLL AND GRAF PUBLISHERS New YorkBP 161.2 G84 2006 Cara Gr Pobihee An ipa of aon Pblbing Group Inc 745 W. 17h Seeet For ew York, NY 10011-5300 ‘re carolandgalcom Fn publi in he UK by Robinson sm imprint of Consabe& Robinson Le, 2006 ct Cal c Graf edition, 2006 Copyrigh © Pal Grieve 2006 sions copyright © Jef Cloves 2006 Quotations om The Mun Jourby Tif Kalil See and Lie ‘Sprain hg redo’ nd Afr by Dilip Hite appea wih se kid Peision of the aubors Artemptshave ee made contac publics ofthe older work quoted bat no reponse Ben ied “The works se acknowledged in he et Al gh seed. Nop of his publeion ir be reproduce nay oem by any means "rhou the prior pemion of the pulser ISAN-13: 978-0.78671-806-7 ISBN 10, 8.7867 18008 ‘ined and bound inthe EU For my fiends and mentor ‘Als! a-Rahmn Salem Malar Serag' 3 CONTENTS A Soll Throngh the Cig of Gad In the Beginning 1" sins, Christiane and Jews: Smarties 1 Muse, Chisians and Jews: Difirences ML The Torah the Bible and she Quin IV The Nature of stam The Divide: lam Misunderstood “The Coming ofthe Prophet 1 Exly Hisory lam and the Tor ML The deo Chistian Pro The Mosenger hd IV The Life of Muhammad ane Dating Appendie I: The Consicution of Medina Appendie 2: Maharumads Wives and the Que'in The Fundamental of Faith 1 The Noble Quran The Miperius Lees (urn Reon The Hadith and the Sunna of che Prophet TUL The Five ils of lam The Pei of the Pliage IV ‘The Commandments of am Atte Heit of Path ‘Appendix 1: Examples of Secure Has fom al Bakar and Muslin di 2: Surah 1, AL-ithe (The Opening) Appendix 3: Common Arabic Expressions tavoking the Name of God 4 7 28 28 3 7 3 0 By %6