The Pocket Idiot's Guide to Islam
Publisher: Alpha
Published: December 23, 2002
Language: eng
Number of pages: 192
ISBN-13: 9780028644837
First sentence: The central shared characteristic of all Muslims (followers of the Islamic faith) is their belief in a God (Allah) who sent a verbal revelation called the Qur'an (or Koran) through a human prophet (Muhammad), who was born around 570 C.E. in the Arabian city of Mecca and died in the nearby city of Medina in 632 C.E.