The Idea of Idolatry and the Emergence of Islam
Subtitle: From Polemic to History (Cambridge Studies in Islamic Civilization)
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: January 28, 2000
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 186
ISBN-13: 9780521651653
Subjects: Asian / Middle Eastern history: c 500 to c 1500; Islam; Medieval; History; Religion - World Religions; History: World; Arabian peninsula; Origin; Islam - General; History / Middle East; History : Medieval; Islam--Origin; Religion / Islam; Civilization, Arab; Idolatry
First sentence: Along with the idea that Mecca was at the centre of a major international trade route, the religious situation of the Hijazi Arabs around the beginning of the seventh century AD has frequently been used to help account for the emergence of Islam (identified with the activity of Muhammad).