Conversion to Islam : Competing Themes in Early Islamic Historiography Hardback
by Ayman S. (Bill and Connie Jenkins Associate Professor of Islamic Studies, Bill and Connie J Ibrahim
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Why did non-Muslims convert to Islam during Muhammad's life and under his immediate successors?
How did Muslim historians portray these conversions?
Why did their portrayals differ significantly? To what extent were their portrayals influenced by their time of writing, religious inclinations, and political affiliations?
These are the fundamental questions that drive this study. Relying on numerous works, including primary sources from over a hundred classical Muslim historians, Conversion to Islam is the first scholarly study to detect, trace, and analyze conversion themes in early Muslim historiography, emphasizing how classical Muslims remembered conversion, and how they valued and evaluated aspects of it.
Ayman S. Ibrahim examines numerous early Muslim sources and wrestles with critical observations regarding the sources' reliability and unearths the hidden link between historical narratives and historians' religious sympathies and political agendas.
This study leads readers through a complex body of literature, provides insights regarding historical context, and creates a vivid picture of conversion to Islam as early Muslim historians sought to depict it.
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Available to Order - This title is available to order, with delivery expected within 2 weeks
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:320 pages
- Publisher:Oxford University Press Inc
- Publication Date:15/04/2021
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- ISBN:9780197530719
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Available to Order - This title is available to order, with delivery expected within 2 weeks
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:320 pages
- Publisher:Oxford University Press Inc
- Publication Date:15/04/2021
- Category:
- ISBN:9780197530719
