Islam in Context by Peter G. Riddell

Author:Peter G. Riddell [Peter G. Riddell and Peter Cotterell]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781441231802
Publisher: Baker Publishing Group

Similarly, each of the above developments is like a link in a chain or a piece in a mosaic. One piece cannot be extracted and examined in isolation from others. For example, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict cannot be fully evaluated without reference to Qur’anic and Hadith statements on Jews, the history of Jews under Islam, and other key historical moments.

In addition to the tension and rivalry between Islam and its fellow monotheistic faiths, the internal history of Islam itself has suffered from periods of great fragmentation and rivalry between competing groups. For the first 1,350 years of its existence, Islam has had to negotiate its way through a series of internal crossroads, where different ideologies and theologies competed to define the identity of the faith. Such rivalries were periodically resolved, only to resurface in other forms at later points in Islamic history.

We will now turn our attention to the modern day, keeping in mind aspects of history that have left a clear imprint on events unfurling around us at the beginning of the twenty-first century, and considering how internal tensions are playing themselves out as different Islamic groups vie to define the identity of the faith in the new millennium.

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