No God But God

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 Iraq War as a Jihadi recruiting agent etc).

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

Auteur

Reza Aslan

Texte du rabat

In No god but God, internationally acclaimed scholar Reza Aslan explains Islam - the origins and evolution of the faith - in all its beauty and complexity.

This updated edition addresses the events of the past decade in a new preface and final chapter, analysing how they have influenced Islam's position in modern culture. Aslan explores what the popular demonstrations pushing for democracy in the Middle East mean for the future of Islam in the region, how the internet and social media have impacted Islam's evolution, and how the war on terror and Osama bin Laden's death have altered the geo-political balance of power in the Middle East. He also provides an update of the contemporary Muslim women's movement, a discussion about the controversy over veiling in Europe, an in-depth history of Jihadism, and a look at how Muslims living in North America and Europe are changing the face of Islam. Timely and persuasive, No god but God is an elegantly written account that explains this magnificent yet misunderstood faith.