Introducing Islam
The main objective of the book Introducing Islam was to introduce and map the birthplace and growth of Islam, as well as to inform the reader of Islam's status as a global culture and political force. My criticism as a reader would begin with the Prophet Mohammed's journey or Hijra to Makka and then to Madinah. Introducing Islam was indeed vague in stating the conditions of each of the two cities before and after the arrival, departure, and death of Mohammed. I believe that by comparing the economic state of each city before and after the growth of Islam would provide means by which to make an objective view of the influence of a religion on architecture, education, and the establishment of cultural norms within a society.
One critical facet of the growth of Islamic ideology is "The Hadith" or utterances of the Prophet Mohammed; because the Prophet was illiterate, his views on education are not made clear. An inference can be made that the Prophet's illiteracy greatly......
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