Even now, there are more anti islamic polemics by selfstyled experts than serious discussions of the religion. History of islam islamic empire, islamic studies, books. Tamim ansary goodreads author shelved 16 times as islamic history avg rating 4. Journal of islamic history, published since 1995, is the only specialized and refereed bilingual arabic and english publication of its kind in the world. The site and the dilp are entirely supported by individual donors and well wishers. Do you want to read books on islamic history and you are confused.
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I thought i should write an autobiography on how i established these communities. In this book the author has undertaken to present an impartial and an overall view of the elements of the early islamic history, with the chief aim of educating the average muslim youth who cannot understand substance of the islamic history from the standard works written arabic or persian or in english by europeans. Now a decade later, the book called ahmadiyya muslim autobiography is finished. The mathematical background was established by muslim astronomer albatenius in his treatise kitab azzij c. Just click on the title of the book to get the book for your reading. This page is currently inactive and is retained for historical reference.
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