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" The handy Islam answer book / "
John Renard, Ph.D
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BL
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591151
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GBB4E5943b420370
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| Main Entry
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Renard, John,1944-
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| Title & Author
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The handy Islam answer book /\ John Renard, Ph.D
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xii, 435 pages :: illustrations ;; 24 cm
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9781578595105 (paperback)
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: 157859510X (paperback)
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 391-392) and index
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| Contents
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An overview of Islam -- Islam's growth into a global community -- Politics and contemporary global affairs -- Sacred sources and their interpretation -- Essential beliefs -- Symbols, rituals, and religious observances -- Themes in Islamic spirituality -- Authority, law, and ethics -- Islam and other faiths -- Culture and religion -- Knowledge, scholarship, and the Islamic humanities -- Aesthetics, literature, the visual and spatial Arts
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| Abstract
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"Provides detailed descriptions of the history, beliefs, symbols, rituals, observations, customs, leaders, and organization of the world's second largest religion, [explaining] the significance of the Five Pillars, Muhammad, various sects, the Qur'an, Islamic law, and much more"--
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Islam
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297
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BP161.3.R465 2015
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