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Islâm

Chapter 8: SELECTED WORKS ON ISLÂM
By Syed Ameer Ali
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This work outlines the core beliefs and ethical teachings of Islam, characterizing its moral principles, conception of the afterlife, and social ideals while addressing common misunderstandings. It recounts the Prophet’s mission and the early community’s expansion under successive leaders, surveys major dynasties and external challenges, and describes periods of cultural flourishing and later disruption. The author examines sectarian developments and theological schools, and considers social questions such as toleration, the status of women, bondsmen, and the intellectual currents that shaped law and ethics.

SELECTED WORKS ON ISLÂM

Selections from the Koran, by Stanley Lane-Poole.

Studies in a Mosque, by Stanley Lane-Poole.

Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, vol. vi., by Gibbon.

History of the Saracens, by Simon Ockley.

Mahommed and Mahommedanism, by Bosworth Smith.

The Spirit of Islâm, by Ameer Ali (popular edition; Lahiri, Calcutta).

A Short History of the Saracens, by Ameer Ali (Macmillan).

The Ethics of Islâm, by Ameer Ali (Thacker, Calcutta and London).

Heroes and Hero-Worship (Hero as a Prophet), by T. Carlyle.

Mahomet, by Barthelemy St. Hilaire.

Mahommed’s Place in the Church, by Ernest de Bunsen.

The Future of Islâm, by W. Scawen Blunt.

Histoire des Arabes, by Louis Amélie Sédillot.

Histoire des Arabes, by Caussin de Perceval.

The Moors in Spain, by Stanley Lane-Poole.

The Preaching of Islâm, by T. W. Arnold.

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at the Edinburgh University Press