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Islam: A Short History

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Country
  
United Kingdom

Publication date
  
2000

ISBN
  
0-8129-6618-X

Author
  
Karen Armstrong

Page count
  
272


Publisher
  
Modern Library

Pages
  
272

Originally published
  
2000

Followed by
  
Peoples and empires

Subject
  
History of Islam

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Preceded by
  
The Renaissance: A Short History

Similar
  
Karen Armstrong books, Modern Library Chronicles books, Islam books

Islam: A Short History is a 2000 book by the British writer Karen Armstrong, a former Roman Catholic nun and author of popular books about the history of religion. Armstrong condemns the West for being prejudiced about Islam since the Crusades, yet writing about present-day Muslims. Armstrong says that when they look at Western society, "they see no light, no heart, no spirituality." She writes in preface, on Muslims:

Their chief duty was to create a just community in which all members, even the most weak and vulnerable, were treated with absolute respect. The experience of building such a society and living in it would give them intimations of the divine, because they would be living in accordance with God’s will.

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