The Spread of Islam

Bashar Bakkour

Description

ISLAMIC CONQUESTS , HOLY WAR , ISLAMIC MISSIONARY , WEST , SPREAD OF ISLAM

Sujets

• Islam
• Philosophie et théologie

Informations

• Publié par: Pioneers Publishing House
• Date de parution: 01 janvier 2011
• Nombre de lectures: 2
• EAN13: 9796500079509
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 2 Mo

Extrait

THE SPREAD OF ISLAM:

PERCEPTIONS & MISPERCEPTIONS

THE SPREAD OF ISLAM:

PERCEPTIONS & MISPERCEPTIONS

َ ْ َ َ ْ ْ َ ﺪﻗ ﻦﻳ ﱢﺪﻟا َهاﺮﻛإ ﻻ) ( ّﻲﻐﻟا َﻦِﻣ ُﺪﺷﱡﺮﻟا َنﱠ َﺒﺗ ْ ِ ﰲِ َ ِ ( ٢٥٦ :ةﺮﻘﺒﻟا )

“here must be no coercion in matters of faitH. he rigHt way is HencefortH distinct from error.”

 (he Qur’an, 2: 256).

ْ ْ ْ ْ َ َ َ ُ ْ ُ َ َ ﺷ ُ ﻔﻜ َ ﻴﻠ(ﺮ ْ ﻤﻦ َ ْ ﺷءﺎ َ ﻓﻠﻴ ُ ﺆﻣ ِ ﻦ ْ و َ ﻣ َ ﻦ ْ َ و) ِ ﻞﻗﻟاﻖ َ ﺤ ِ ﻦﻣر َ ْ ﻜﺑ ﱢ ﻓﻢ ْ ﻓ َءﺎ ﱡ (٢٩ ﻒ>ﻜﻟا)

“Say (O MuHammad): ‘his is tHe trutH from your Lord. Let Him wHo wills, believe in it, and let Him wHo wills, reject it.”

 (he Qur’an, 18:29).

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Contents

Preface. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Western Interpretation. . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 The Concept of Jihad . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Major Contributing Factors to the Spread of Islam . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 1. Islamic Justice and Tolerance . . . . . . . . 25 •The Inspiring Prophetic Model. . . . . . . . 27 •The Rightly-guided Caliphs . . . . . . . . . . 32 •Miscellaneous Examples . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 2. Islamic Faith is Pure, Simple, and  Rational . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 3. The Qur’an as the Very Word of God . . 49 4. Reason, Intellect, and Knowledge  are Essential. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 Islam in the West. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 Epilogue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65

Preface t is common knowledge that within I less than a century after the death of the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him), Islam swept through many territories by overcoming great empires (Byzantium and Persia), replacing deep-rooted religions, and obtaining a substantial number of conversions. This decisive triumph came as a shock to the international order, especially to Christendom, which became more apprehensive about ‘the new aspirant rival.’ In relation to this, John Esposito says, ‘Islam’s early expansion and success constituted a challenge theologically,

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