Islam is the only major world religion that ... It’s what gets you through the day.” Matthee’s 2005 book, The Pursuit of Pleasure: Drugs and Stimulants in Iranian history (1500-1900), explored the ...

Why is a new history of Islam particularly relevant now ... I like to point readers to the cover of the book. You see this Indian-looking woman lying prostrate in prayer and receiving a paper ...

Spellberg, a professor of history and Middle Eastern Studies ... Jefferson purchased the book to «better understand Islam’s influence on some of the world’s legal systems».

Fard did not cite the Quran to his followers, and Elijah Muhammad did not read the book until after assuming the NOI’s leadership. As the group grew after World War II, Muhammad and other ...

The insurgency developed regionally (in connection with Tanzanian jihadis) and the insurgents connected formally to the Islamic State, the international terrorist group, in early 2018. My book ...

And while adherents to each faith debate the place of militancy, history clearly testifies to the blood shed in the name of God. While Islam has not ... In the series of book lists that follows ...

Prushi then inherited the Quran shortly before his father's death in 2012. "This little book carries so many stories, blessings and miracles. It is very dear to me," said Prushi. "Every time I ...

the Islamic holy book. That revelation, Laylat Al Qadar—or the “Night of Power”—is believed to have occurred during Ramadan. Muslims fast during that month as a way to commemorate the ...