No god but God: The Origins and Evolution of Islam
  • Published: 1 September 2010
  • ISBN: 9781407009285
  • Imprint: Cornerstone Digital
  • Format: EBook
  • Pages: 384
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No god but God: The Origins and Evolution of Islam

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The acclaimed short history of Islam, fully revised and updated to commemorate the ten-year-anniversary of 9/11.

*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).
  • Published: 1 September 2010
  • ISBN: 9781407009285
  • Imprint: Cornerstone Digital
  • Format: EBook
  • Pages: 384
Categories:

About the author

Reza Aslan

Reza Aslan is an internationally acclaimed writer and scholar of religions. He is also a graduate of the Iowa Writers' Workshop. At Harvard, Aslan was elected president of Harvard's chapter of the World Conference on Religion and Peace, a UN organisation committed to global understanding. His is first book, No god but God: The Origins, Evolution and Future of Islam, has been translated into thirteen languages and named by Blackwells as one of the hundred most important books of the last decade. Currently teaching an introductory course on Islam at Iowa, Aslan is also at work on a novel.

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Praise for No god but God: The Origins and Evolution of Islam

A rather beautiful account of the birth and evolution of Islam ... Lucid and illuminating ... Fascinating

Metro

A revelation

Yasmin Alibhai-Brown

A revelation, an opening up of knowledge too long buried, denied and corrupted by generations of men ... Muslim keepers of the latter will rage against Reza Aslan as his careful scholarship and precise language dismantles their false claims and commands ... Aslan is acutely perceptive

The Independent

Acutely perceptive . . . For many troubled Muslims, this book will feel like a revelation, an opening up of knowledge too long buried

The Independent

Aslan is a superb narrator, bringing each century to life with vivid details and present tense narration that makes popular history so enthralling... A terrific read

Glasgow Herald

Aslan is an engaging writer, his strength lies ... as an observer of contemporary challenges facing Islam ... Sensitive and generous

FT Magazine

Aslan offers an invaluable introduction to the forces that have shaped Islam [in this] eloquent, erudite paean to Islam in all of its complicated glory

Los Angeles Times Book Review

Beautiful [and] fascinating

Metro

Enthralling. A book of tremendous clarity and generosity of spirit

Jim Crace

Grippingly narrated and thoughtfully examined . . . a literate, accessible introduction to Islam

The New York Times

Outstandingly useful ... always balanced, vivid and readable

The Independent

Thoroughly engaging and excellently written . . . While [Aslan] might claim to be a mere scholar of the Islamic Reformation, he is also one of its most articulate advocates

The Oregonian

Truly illuminating

AS Byatt, The Guardian

Wise and passionate . . . an incisive, scholarly primer in Muslim history and an engaging personal exploration

The New York Times Book Review