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The spread of Islam in the world: a history of peaceful preaching

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The Spread of Islam in the World: A History of Peaceful Preaching" by Professor Thomas Arnold concentrates on the spread of the religion, as opposed to Islamic society. It would be easy to consider this book out-of-date, considering all that has taken place in the Islamic world since it was published, especially in the period between World War II and present day. However, in many ways this weakness is actually a strength of the book, because the reader can be sure that the history included in this book is not colored by modern day events.

Professor Arnold separates the spread of Islamic society from that of Islam as a religion. The advance of Islamic societies was often by the sword, just as the spread of societies such as Greece, Rome, and Persia were done by conquest. This book, though, is about the spread of Islam, the religion. While there certainly were cases where attempts at forced conversion took place, Professor Arnold makes it clear that for the most part that was not the case and he demonstrates with many examples how ineffective such attempts actually were.

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297 ARN s

Publisher

New Delhi : Goodword Books., 2001

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xvi, 467p.; 23 cm.

Language

English

ISBN/ISSN

81-87570-22-9

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297

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ISLAM

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