By Kecia Ali,Oliver Leaman
Islam: the foremost Concepts is a transparent and concise consultant to the faith and tradition of Islam. Kecia Ali and Oliver Leaman discover this hugely topical topic concentrating on key issues together with: the Qur’an, religion, theology, gender, fundamentalism, martyrdom, Jihad, Islam in the USA, Islam in Europe and Islamic Law.
This is the appropriate research source and comprises: a finished creation, an alphabetical record of appropriate phrases (fully cross-referenced), a brief bibliographical advisor, bibliography, and index. A thesaurus of all non-English phrases can also be supplied.
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