Islam / Gordon, Matthew

Text and accompanying photographs provide an overview of Islam chronicling the religion's impact historically and in the modern world and discussing its origins, basic beliefs, structure, places of worship, and rites of passage.

Examines the origins and history of Islam, provides information about the beliefs and culture of the religion, and includes extracts and commentary.

Explores the origin, development, and traditional beliefs of Islam, and discusses its geographical distribution, basic tenets, history, and political involvements.

Presents volume seven of a fourteen-volume series on World Religions exploring the origin, development, and traditional beliefs of Islam, and discusses its geographical distribution across the west coast of Africa and into the Middle East and Asia, its basic tenets, history, and political involvements, the Prophet Muhammad, and more.