The Sunni-Shi'a divide : Islam's internal divisions and their global consequences /

Until the attacks of September 11, 2001, few Americans knew anything about Islam, let alone about the distinctions between Sunni and Shiæa, the Sufi and Wahhabi, the origins of the Holy QurÆan and Shariæa law, and the respect that all Muslims, even secular ones, harbor for the prophet Muhammad, his...

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Hlavní autor: Betts, Robert Brenton (Autor)
Médium: Licensed eBooks
Jazyk:angličtina
Vydáno: Washington, D.C. : Potomac Books ©2013.
©2013
Vydání:1st ed.
On-line přístup:https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/j.ctt1ddr7b6
Obsah:
  • The rise of Islam and its early divisions
  • The Sunni-Shi'a divide in modern times
  • The future of militant Islam.