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Islam in the modern world: challenged by the West, threatened by fundamentalism, keeping faith with tradition
"As Muslims grow in numbers, and as Islam's role in world affairs becomes larger, we've begun to see the breakdown in a united fellowship among believers. Certainly the misunderstandings and friction between Islamic civilization and the modern West…
Rumi: Poet and Mystic (1207-1273)
Selections From His Writings, Translated From the Persian with Introduction and Notes
The succession to Muḥammad: a study of the early Caliphate
In a comprehensive and original study of the early history of Islam, Wilferd Madelung describes the conflict that developed after the death of the Prophet Muḥammad, between his family, Hāshim, and his tribe, Quraysh, for the leadership of the…
The Sufi path of love: the spiritual teachings of Rumi
This is the most accessible work in English on the greatest mystical poet of Islam, providing a survey of the basic Sufi and Islamic doctrines concerning God and the world, the role of man in the cosmos, the need for religion, man's ultimate…
The Early Muslim Tradition of Dream Interpretation
"Reportedly, the prophet Muhammad told his followers that after he was gone prophecy would come only through "true dreams." Based on this and other statements, early Muslims created what might be called a theology of dreams. Dreams were regarded as…