The Elements of Islam

Table of Contents

• Chapter 1: The Rise of Islam
• The World in the Seventh Century
• Arabs and Arabia
• Muhammad in Mecca
• Living Islam: The Medina Model
• The Way of Muhammad: The Perfect Model
• The Living Qur’an
• Chapter 2: Faith and Path
• Elements of the Din
• Foundation of the Din
• Creation
• Microcosm: Humankind
• Macrocosm: The Natural World
• Unicosm: The All-Pervading Reality
• Chapter 3: The Fundamentals of Islam
• The Creed (Shahadah)
• Prayer (Salat)
• Fasting (Sawm)
• Charity (Zakat)
• Pilgrimage (Hajj)
• Struggle in the Way of Good (Jihad)
• Enjoining Good and Forbidding Evil
• Chapter 4: The History and Development of the Religion
• First-Century Muslims
• Gathering and Recording the Teachings
• Schools of Law
• Theology and Philosophy
• Sunni-Shi`a Relationships
• Prominent Sects
• Sufism and Enlightenment
• Chapter 5: The History of the Muslims
• Medina Caliphate After Muhammad (632-661)
• The Damascus Caliphate: Ummayyad Clan Rule – the Mu`awiyah Clan (661-692) and the Marwani Clan (692-750)
• Abbasid Empire and High Culture (750-945)
• Muslim Spain
• International Islam and Independent Sultans (945-1258)
• The Crusades
• Mongols, Mughals and Other Dynasties (1258-1503)
• National Empires and the Shift in Power
• The Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries: European Techno-Economical Control
• Muslims Within the Soviet Empire
• Muslims Elsewhere
• Chapter 6: The Life of Muslims
• The Culture of Muslims
• Family and Social Life
• The Civilizing Sciences
• Markets and Towns
• Trade and Finance
• Rulers and the Ruled
• Special Issues in Muslim Life
• Present-Day Muslims
• The Future of Islam

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