The Mosaic of Islam

The Mosaic of Islam:A Conversation with Perry Anderson

  • Paperback

    + free ebook

    Regular price $24.95 Sale price $19.96
    Page redirects on selection
    Add to cart
    20% off
  • Ebook

    Regular price $9.99 Sale price $8.00
    Page redirects on selection
    Add to cart
    20% off

A fascinating exploration of the history of the Qu'ran and Islam.

Today, 23 percent of the global population is Muslim, but ignorance and misinformation about Islam persist. In this fascinating and useful book, the acclaimed writer Perry Anderson interviews the noted scholar of Islam Suleiman Mourad about the Qur’an and the history of the faith.

Mourad elucidates the different stages in Islam’s development: the Qur’an as scripture and the history of its codification; Muhammad and the significance of his Sunna and Hadith; the Sunni–Shi’a split and the formation of various sects; the development of jihad; the transition to modernity and the challenges of reform; and the complexities of Islam in the modern world. He also looks at Wahhabism from its inception in the eighteenth century to its present-day position as the movement that galvanized modern Salafism and gave rise to militant Islam or jihadism.

The Mosaic of Islam reveals both the richness and the fissures of the faith. It speaks of the different voices claiming to represent the religion and spans peaceful groups and manifestations as well as the bloody confrontations that scar the Middle East, such as the Saudi Arabian and Iranian intervention in the Yemen and the collapse of Syria and Iraq.

Reviews

  • The questions of Perry Anderson are as precise, concise and powerful and the replies of Suleiman Mourad are erudite, accessible and candid...Indispensable

    Le Monde
  • A fascinating conversation which demonstrates that Islam is not a monolith but an extremely complex mosaic.

    Le Figaro
  • A seminal guide to Islam

    Morning Star