TY - BOOK AU - Aslan,Reza TI - No god but god: the origins, evolution, and future of islam SN - 9780099564324 (paperback) AV - BP161.3 U1 - 297 ASL PY - 2011/// CY - [S.l.] PB - Arrow KW - Islam KW - Islam--Essence, genius, nature N1 - International Edition N2 - *Ten years on from 9/11, much of the Muslim faith remains largely unknown and misunderstood in the West. *While there have been a number of successful books on the topic of Islamic history - from Karen Armstrong's Islam: A Brief History to Bernard Lewis's The Crises of Islam - there is surprisingly no book for a popular audience about Islam as a religion, let alone one by an author from an Islamic background. *No God But God fills that gap, addressing issues of belief: the difference between the Quran and the Bible, the meaning of the Hajj, the Muslim relationship with Jesus, the Muslim attitude towards Jews, equality between the sexes and more. * This revised and updated edition includes a wealth of new material and new chapters covering recent uprisings in Tunisia, Egypt and Libya; the changing face of Islam in Europe and North Africa; and a number of topics of heated debate (the veil controversy; Islam & women; Iraq War as a Jihadi recruiting agent etc) UR - http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0099564327/chopaconline-20 ER -