LEADER 02648nam 2200601Ia 450 001 9910456814103321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-282-34157-X 010 $a9786612341571 010 $a0-313-36026-X 035 $a(CKB)2430000000010820 035 $a(EBL)492141 035 $a(OCoLC)495532664 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000295532 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11911245 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000295532 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10332645 035 $a(PQKB)10041903 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC492141 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL492141 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10342161 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL234157 035 $a(EXLCZ)992430000000010820 100 $a20090723d2009 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aEssential Islam$b[electronic resource] $ea comprehensive guide to belief and practice /$fDiane Morgan 210 $aSanta Barbara, CA $cPraeger$d2009 215 $a1 online resource (297 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-313-36025-1 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aPreliminaries; 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 330 $aEssential 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 606 $aIslam 606 $aIslam$xDoctrines 606 $aIslam$xCustoms and practices 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aIslam. 615 0$aIslam$xDoctrines. 615 0$aIslam$xCustoms and practices. 676 $a297 700 $aMorgan$b Diane$0909828 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910456814103321 996 $aEssential Islam$92035948 997 $aUNINA