What Everyone Needs to Know About Islam

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  • Author: JOHN L ESPOSITO
  • ISBN: 9780195157130

Presents in question-and-answer format the information that most people want to know. Esposito provides succinct, accessible, sensitive, and even-handed answers to questions that range from the general - What do Muslims believe? and Who was Muhammad? - to more specific issues like Is Islam compatible with modernization, capitalism and democracy? How do Muslims view Judaism and Christianity? Are women second-class citizens in Islam? What is jihad? Does the Quran condone terrorism? What does Islam say about homosexuality, birth control, abortion, and slavery?