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The Idea of Idolatry and the Emergence of Islam: From Polemic to History (Cambridge Studies in Islamic Civilization)
The Idea of Idolatry and the Emergence of Islam From Polemic to History - Cambridge Studies in Islamic Civilization
Author: G. R. Hawting
Why and under what circumstances did the religion of Islam emerge in a remote part of Arabia at the beginning of the seventh century? Traditional scholarship maintains that Islam developed in opposition to the idolatrous and polytheistic religion of the Arabs of Mecca and the surrounding regions. In this study of pre-Islamic Arabian religion, G....  more »
ISBN-13: 9780521028462
ISBN-10: 0521028469
Publication Date: 11/2/2006
Pages: 188
Edition: 1
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Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Book Type: Paperback
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