A study of Islamic civilisation and the intimate link between Jewish religion and the earliest forms of Islam.

A study of Islamic civilisation and the intimate link between Jewish religion and the earliest forms of Islam.

A look at the developing conflicts in Christian-Muslim relations during late antiquity and the early Islamic era How did the medieval Middle East transform from

This study examines how religious authority was distributed in early Islam. It argues the case that, as in Shi'ism, it was concentrated in the head of state, ra

This book presents general readers and specialists alike with a broad survey of Islamic political thought in the six centuries from the rise of Islam to the Mon