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Title details for Islam by Malise Ruthven - Available

Islam

A Very Short Introduction

by Malise Ruthven
Malise Ruthven
Audiobook
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Islam features widely in the news, often in its most militant versions, but few people in the non-Muslim world really understand the nature of Islam.

Malise Ruthven’s Very Short Introduction contains essential insights into various issues such as the major divisions between movements like the Shi’ites, the Sunnis and the Wahhabis; and the central importance of the Shar’ia (Islamic law) in Islamic life

Music: From the Naxos catalogue

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  • Series

    3-CD Set

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  • Release date

    April 28, 2005

  • Formats

    • OverDrive Listen audiobook

      • File size: 110675 KB
      • Duration: 03:50:34

  • Languages

    • English

  • Reviews

    • AudioFile Magazine
      Given the importance of Islam in international politics and the widespread ignorance about the religion in North America, this audio promises to be a welcome primer. It starts promisingly as well, with the British author's own mellifluous narration. But the recording assumes too much background for an introduction and focuses too narrowly on abstruse intellectual and political issues. Most tellingly, the Five Pillars of Islam, which all Muslims are obliged to perform, are relegated to an appendix in the print version and don't appear at all in the audiobook. As a result, it simply doesn't give an outsider any meaningful understanding of what it means to be a Muslim. D.B. (c) AudioFile 2005, Portland, Maine

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