No single book could do justice to the entire history of the split between Sunni & Shia Islam...but this outstanding volume comes very, VERY close. This is a wonderful distilliation of a pivotal time in the entrenchment of not only past grievences, but also present-day troubles that continue to ...
Either Muhammad was destined to be a Prophet in which case it didn't matter who Muhammad was, under what conditions he lived, in what time he lived or there was something which made Muhammad the Prophet. The book is a biography of Muhammad's life, his actions and his teachings. It also briefly an...
It had taken nearly two years for the Quraysh leadership to concede the obvious, by which time the only words still legible on the tattered parchment were the customary opening ones: “In your name, oh God . . .” But no sooner had life returned to something approaching normal for Muhammad than per...