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Record Nr.

UNINA9910456814103321

Autore

Morgan Diane

Titolo

Essential Islam [[electronic resource] ] : a comprehensive guide to belief and practice / / Diane Morgan

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Santa Barbara, CA, : Praeger, 2009

ISBN

1-282-34157-X

9786612341571

0-313-36026-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (297 p.)

Disciplina

297

Soggetti

Islam

Islam - Doctrines

Islam - Customs and practices

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Preliminaries; Contents; Notes on Language and Orthography; Author's Note; Introduction and Background; Chapter 1 What Muslims Believe: Essential Articles of Faith; Chapter 2 Essential Elements of Islamic Practice; Chapter 3 Muhammad; Chapter 4 Islamic Law and Cultural Practices; Chapter 5 The Many Faces of Islam; Glossary; Selected Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Essential Islam: A Comprehensive Guide to Belief and Practice is the ideal beginner's resource on the core elements of a faith that, like Christianity and Judaism, offers a guide to holy living and a path to salvation-one that like other world faiths has inspired peace and war, tolerance and brutality, enlightenment and abysmal ignorance.||Essential Islam offers an insightful, objective look at Islam from its inception to the present day, including a discussion of Islamic beliefs about God, history, warfare, marriage, the afterlife, and the relationship between Islam and other faiths. It is a



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Record Nr.

UNINA9910715451303321

Titolo

In Senate of the United States, May 1, 1826. Mr. Eaton, from the Committee on the District of Columbia, laid the following documents on the table relative to the bill "Authorizing the Corporation of Georgetown To Erect a Bridge over the River Potomac, within the District of Columbia ... "

Pubbl/distr/stampa

[Washington, D.C.] : , : [publisher not identified], , 1826

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (7 pages)

Collana

Senate document / 19th Congress, 1st session. Senate ; ; no. 86

[United States congressional serial set ] ; ; [serial no. 128]

Altri autori (Persone)

EatonJohn Henry <1790-1856> (Jacksonian (TN))

Soggetti

Bridge construction industry

Bridges - Design and construction

Competition

Construction industry

Contracts

Federal aid to transportation

Ferries

Industrial policy

Legislative materials.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from opening lines of text.

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