Table of Contents: “…The sanctuary in the desert : pre-Islamic Arabia -- The keeper of the keys : Muhammad in Mecca -- The city of the prophet : the first Muslims -- Fight in the way of God : the meaning of jihad -- The rightly guided ones : the successors to Muhammad -- This religion is a science : the development of Islamic theology and law -- In the footsteps of martyrs : from Shi'ism to Khomeinism -- Stain your prayer rug with wine : the Sufi way -- An awakening in the East : the response to colonialism -- Slouching toward Medina : the quest for Islamic democracy -- Welcome to the Islamic reformation : the future of Islam.…”
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Table of Contents: “…Prologue : the clash of monotheisms -- Author's note -- Chronology of key events -- The sanctuary in the desert : pre-Islamic Arabia -- The keeper of the keys : Muhammad in Mecca -- The city of the Prophet : the first Muslims -- Fight in the way of God : the meaning of jihad -- The rightly guided ones : the successors to Muhammad -- This religion is a science : the development of Islamic theology and law -- In the footsteps of martyrs : from Shiʻism to Khomeinism -- Stain your prayer rug with wine : the Sufi way -- An awakening in the east : the response to colonialism -- Slouching toward Medina : the Islamic reformation -- Glossary.…”
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Table of Contents: “…Preface to the paperback edition -- Prologue : the clash of monotheisms -- Author's note -- Chronology of key events -- The sanctuary in the desert : pre-Islamic Arabia -- The keeper of the keys : Muhammad in Mecca -- The city of the Prophet : the first Muslims -- Fight in the way of God : the meaning of jihad -- The rightly guided ones : the successors to Muhammad -- This religion is a science : the development of Islamic theology and law -- In the footsteps of martyrs : from Shiʻism to Khomeinism -- Stain your prayer rug with wine : the Sufi way -- An awakening in the east : the response to colonialism -- Slouching toward Medina : the Islamic reformation -- Glossary.…”