This book examines the origins of Islam and the formation of the Islamic world in the 7th-9th centuries CE. It argues that early Islamic history is not as clearly understood as traditionally presented and that the rise of Islam was a gradual process, not the sudden advent described in Islamic sources. The authors analyze non-Muslim sources to offer an alternative interpretation of how Islam emerged and spread in its earliest centuries.
This book examines the origins of Islam and the formation of the Islamic world in the 7th-9th centuries CE. It argues that early Islamic history is not as clearly understood as traditionally presented and that the rise of Islam was a gradual process, not the sudden advent described in Islamic sources. The authors analyze non-Muslim sources to offer an alternative interpretation of how Islam emerged and spread in its earliest centuries.
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This book examines the origins of Islam and the formation of the Islamic world in the 7th-9th centuries CE. It argues that early Islamic history is not as clearly understood as traditionally presented and that the rise of Islam was a gradual process, not the sudden advent described in Islamic sources. The authors analyze non-Muslim sources to offer an alternative interpretation of how Islam emerged and spread in its earliest centuries.
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Attribution Non-Commercial (BY-NC)
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Download as TXT, PDF, TXT or read online from Scribd