The Crisis of Muslim History: Religion and Politics in Early Islam
Mahmoud M. Ayoub
192 pages, Paperback
ISBN: 1851683968
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Language: English
Publish: October 1, 2005
This balanced and sensitive study draws on a wide range of original sources to provide a scholarly yet highly readable account of the period, exploring the delicate interplay between religion and politics and the roots of the conflict that led to the Crisis of Succession and Sunni/Shii schism.