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One of the most controversial episodes in the life of the Prophet Muhammad concerns an incident in which he allegedly mistook words suggested by Satan as divine revelation. Known as the Satanic verses, these praises to the pagan deities contradict the Islamic belief that Allah is one and absolute. Muslims today--of all sects--deny that the incident of the Satanic verses took place. But as Shahab Ahmed explains, Muslims did not always hold this view....
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Skyhorse Publishing
Pub. Date
2017
Language
English
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"It is one of the more startling facts of military history that the founders of three of the four "great religions" -- Judaism, Buddhism, and Islam-- were also accomplished field generals with extensive experience in commanding men in battle. One of these, Muhammed, fought eight battles and was wounded twice, once almost fatally. Another, Siddhartha Gautama (later to become the Buddah), witnessed so much battlefield carnage that he suffered a psychological...
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Anchor Books
Pub. Date
2010, ©2009
Language
English
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Balancing past and present, Hazelton shows how 7th-century events are alive in Middle Eastern hearts and minds today as though they had just happened, shaping modern headlines from Iran's Islamic Revolution to the civil war in Iraq.
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Gibson Sqaure
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
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"On 2 October 2018, Jamal Khashoggi, a Washington Post journalist, was lured into the Saudi diplomatic mission in Istanbul, dismembered in fifteen parts and packed into five suitcases. Astonishingly, a forensic UN report concluded nine months later there was 'credible evidence' that the Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia was responsible for the killing. Earlier, Donald Trump issued a shocking statement that 'It could very well be that the crown prince...
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PBS
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
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Eight hundred years ago, Francis of Assisi and the Sultan of Egypt met on the bloody battlefields of the Crusades. Based on new research and scholarship about that fateful meeting, the film tells one of the great, lost stories from history as two men of faith fought against a century of war and distrust in a search for mutual respect and common ground.
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DK Pub
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
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"Exploring more than 100 big ideas on topics as diverse as the rule of law, the extent of liberty, and the justification of warfare, [this book] takes you on a journey through the history of politics, from the influential theories of ancient Greece, Rome, and Asia to modern concepts voiced by today's brightest political thinkers."--Front jacket flap.
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DK, 2017
Pub. Date
2017
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Español
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¿Debe ser derrocado un gobernante injusto? ¿Es la democracia la mejor forma de gobierno? ¿Puede ser justa una guerra? A lo largo de la historia, estas y otras preguntas acerca de cuál es el mejor modo de gobernarnos han suscitado respuestas de grandes pensadores que hoy siguen dando forma al mundo.
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