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What is Islam?  Is it just a set of rituals or does it have a philosophy all its own?  Islam and Muslims are often in the news but does the non-Muslim really understand what Islam stands for?

In Islam:  Faith and Practice, Mahmoud Ayoub presents the Islamic faith as Muslims understand it.  The book is divided into three parts.  The first deals with [the] Islamic faith and its basis.  The second part of the book is concerned with Islamic rituals and institutions, their scope and significance for Muslim life and society.  The third part is devoted to the structure, duties and goals of the Muslim community.  This part deals with the Muslim Ummah as a religious, social and economic entity.  This is followed by a discussion of the meaning of Jihad or struggle in the way of Allah.  The book concludes with the consideration of the ideal and goal of Muslim unity as implied in and necessitated by tawheed or the Oneness of Allah.

About the Author

Mahmoud Mustafa Ayoub was born in 'Ayn Qana, South Lebanon.  He was educated at the American University of Beirut and the University of Pennsylvania, and received his Ph.D. in Comparative Religion from Harvard University in 1975.  He has taught and lectured widely on Islam in North America, Europe and Asia.  Dr. Ayoub is the author of a number of books and articles dealing with Islamic subjects and Muslim-Christian relations.  These include, Redemptive Suffering in Islam:  A Study of the Devotional Aspects of 'Ashura in Twelver Shi'ism and The Qur'an and its Interpreters.

Mahmoud Ayoub is Professor of Islamic Studies in the Department of Religion, Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.

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