Mahmoud A. Ayoub is Professor of Islamic Studies and Comparative Religion at Temple University, Philadelphia, USA. He has lectured round the world on Islamic history and related topics, and is the author of over ten books and numerous articles and papers.

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• PrefacePrologue: Islam – A Personal Faith I.Origins and Early HistoryII.Prophethood, Revelation and the Qur’anIII.Faith and WorshipIV.The Formative Period of Muslim HistoryV.The Age of the CaliphsVI.The Spread of IslamVII.The Religious SciencesVIII.Sufism: The Mystical TraditionIX.Theology and PhilosophyX.Islam and Modernity Epilogue: The Muslim Ummah and the Modern World

Mahmoud A. Ayoub is Professor of Islamic Studies and Comparative Religion at Temple University, Philadelphia, USA. He has lectured round the world on Islamic history and related topics, and is the author of over ten books and numerous articles and papers.

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• PrefacePrologue: Islam – A Personal Faith I.Origins and Early HistoryII.Prophethood, Revelation and the Qur’anIII.Faith and WorshipIV.The Formative Period of Muslim HistoryV.The Age of the CaliphsVI.The Spread of IslamVII.The Religious SciencesVIII.Sufism: The Mystical TraditionIX.Theology and PhilosophyX.Islam and Modernity Epilogue: The Muslim Ummah and the Modern World