A rising scholar of Islam presents a portrait of Muhammad that reveals his centrality in the devotions of modern Muslims around the world.Rather than the two-dimensional understanding of Islam shared by many in the West, this biography will offer new insights to the founder of Islam and a more three-dimensional portrait of Muhammad and how his one billion followers see him. Many of the recent significant controversies (Salman Rushdie, the Danish cartoon controversies) are about the Prophet, yet very few non-Muslims seem to understand why and how Muhammad fits into Islam.Covering such hot button issues such as the spread of Islam, holy wars, the role of women, the significance of Jerusalem, tensions with Jews and Christians, wahabbi Islam, and the role of cyberspace in the evolution of the religion, Memories of Muhammad presents Muhammad as a lens through which to present the unfolding of both Islamic history and Islamic religion. This groundbreaking book offers the opportunity to move from telling Muhammad?s own story to talking about how different Muslims throughout Islamic history have remembered and contested Muhammad?s legacy.
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