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552–553, 566

philosophy  553–555

Arkoun, Muhammad  61

ethics and morality  215

Farabi, Abu Nasr al-  224–

226

haqiqa  288–289

Ibn Hanbal, Ahmad  330–

331

Ibn Khaldun, Abd al-

Rahman  335

Ibn Rushd, Muhammad  

336–338

Ibn Sina, Abu Ali al-Husayn  

338–339

Judgment Day  413

justice  417

madrasa  446

Mawdudi, Abu al-Ala  462

Mutazili School  511

Nasr, Seyyed Hossein  519

Rahman, Fazlur  579

science  609

soul and spirit  631

Pillars of Islam. See Five Pillars

Plato  417, 632

poetry

African languages and 

literatures  18–19

Arabic language and 

literature  55

Cordoba  168

education  207

Ghalib, Mirza Asad Ali 

Khan  258

ghazal  260

Ibn al-Farid, Abu Hafs 

Umar  328–329

Iqbal, Muhammad  361–

362

Nizam al-Din Awliya  530

Rumi, Jalal al-Din  593–594

Simurgh  628

Sufism  641

Yunus Emre  717

Political Action Committee 

of Southern California. 

See Muslim Public Affairs 

Council

politics and Islam  88–89, 285–

286, 292, 556–557

prayer  xxiii, 243, 557, 557–558

adhan  12–13

Allah  34

asceticism  65

Australia  71

Bamba, Ahmadu  86

birth rites  106

blood  110

daawa  177

dietary laws  199

Fatiha  229–230

Five Pillars  242

hisba  303

holidays  306

holy books  308

Id al-Adha  342

Id al-Fitr  343

imam  347

intercession  360

Kaaba  419

maqam  457

Mecca  468

mihrab  473

mosque  484

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745  J

muezzin  487

Night of Destiny  529

qibla  568–569

Ramadan  580

sermon  612

shahada  618

sunna  645

umma  688

ziyara  722

prayer beads  515, 558–559

prophets and prophethood  xxiv, 

559–561, 560

Abraham  8

Allah  34

Baqli, Ruzbihan  91

baraka  91–92

creation  171

dhikr  193

dreams  202

Ghulam Ahmad  263–264

holy books  308

hujja  313

Idris  344–345

Khadija bint Khuwaylid ibn 

Asad  428

Khadir  429

Muhammad  490–495

purdah  561–562

Q

Qadiri Sufi Order  563–564

Abd al-Qadir al-Jilani  4

Algeria  32

Dara Shikoh  183

Hanbali Legal School  288

Muridi Sufi Order  502

Rifai Sufi Order  592

Sufism  640

Usman Dan Fodio  700

al-Qaida  xxii, xxvii, xlviiic, 

564–567

Afghanistan  16

Arab-Israeli conflicts  56

Cairo  122

Europe  220

Gulf Wars  277

Hekmatyar, Gulbuddin  

296

Ibn Abd al-Wahhab, 

Muhammad  325

Iraq  371

Islam  375

Islamism  376

jihad movements  399

Orientalism  537

Pakistan  542

renewal and reform 

movements  588

Salafism  602

Saudi Arabia  608

suicide  641

Taliban  658

Twelve-Imam Shiism  681

Usama bin Ladin  697–698

Wahhabism  706

Yemen  716

Qajar dynasty  xlvc, 164, 567, 

591

qawwali  26, 140, 567–568

qibla  568–569

Quran  xxiii–xxvi, 307, 570, 

570–574

abortion  7

Abraham  9

adab  11

Adam and Eve  12

adultery  13, 14

afterlife  19

agriculture  22

Ahmad Khan, (Sir) Sayyid  

25

Aisha bint Abi Bakr ibn Abi 

Quhafa  26

Alexander the Great  30

Allah  34, 35

almsgiving  38

alphabet  39, 40

angel  42, 43

animals  43–44

anthropomorphism  45, 46

apostasy  48

Arabic language and 

literature  53

Arafat  57

Arkoun, Muhammad  62

Ashari School  66

authority  73

aya  77

baqa and fana  90

baraka  91–92

basmala  94

batin  94–95

Bedouin  98

birth control and family 

planning  104

blasphemy  108

blood  109–110

boat  110

books and bookmaking  

113

calendar  125

camel  128

children  136

Chiragh Ali  139

Christianity and Islam  

141–142

circumcision  149

cities  150

coffee  155

colonialism  157

comic strips and comic 

books  160

Companions of the Prophet  

162

conversion  165

covenant  170

creation  171–173

crime and punishment  174

customary law  176

daawa  177

Dar ul-Arqam  184

David  185

death  185–186

dhikr  193

dietary laws  198

divorce  199

dog  201

Dome of the Rock  202

dreams  202, 203

education  207

Emigrants  213

eschatology  214

ethics and morality  

215–216

evil eye  221

faith  223

fasting  227

fate  228

Fatiha  229–230

Fatima  231

fatwa  233

fidai  237

fiqh  238, 239

Fire  240

fitna  242

Five Pillars  242

folklore  245

food and drink  246

funerary rituals  251

Fyzee, Asaf Ali Asghar  

253

Gabriel  254

garden  256

Ghadir Khumm  257

Ghannoushi, Rashid 

al-  258

Gospel  265–266

Gülen, Fethullah  268

hadith  278–280

hajj  281

halal  284

Hanafi Legal School  287

Hanbali Legal School  288

haram  290–291

hijab  297

Hijra  299

hisba  302–303

Hizbullah  304

holidays  306

holy books  307–309

horse  310

houri  310

houses  312

hujja  313

human rights  314

hypocrites  322

Ibadiyya  323

Ibn al-Bawwab, Abu al-

Hasan Ali  328

Ibn Hazm, Ali ibn Ahmad 

ibn Said  331–332

Ibn Ishaq, Muhammad  333

Ibn Kathir, Imad al-Din  

333–334

Ibn Muqla, Abu Ali 

Muhammad  335, 336

Ibn Sina, Abu Ali al-Husayn  

338

Ibn Taymiyya, Taqi al-Din 

Ahmad  339

Ibn Tumart, Muhammad  

340

idolatry  343–344

Idris  344

ijmaa  345

ijtihad  346

intercession  360

Islam  372, 374

Ismaili Shiism  377

Israel  380–381

Jahiliyya  387

Jamaat-i Islami  388

Jerusalem  394

jihad  397–399

jihad movements  399

jinni  402

John the Baptist  404

Joseph  408

Judaism and Islam  409–413

Judgment Day  413

justice  416–417

Kaaba  419

kafir  420–422

Khadija bint Khuwaylid ibn 

Asad  428

kuttab  437

literacy  444

maqam  457

martyrdom  458

Mary  460

Mecca  465, 466

Medina  470

Mernissi, Fatima  471

miracle  476

Mohammedanism  477

moon  479

Moses  482, 483

MPAC  509

Mudejar  486

mufti  487

Muhammad  490–495

Murjia  503

music  504

Mutazili School  512

names of God  515

Nasr, Seyyed Hossein  519

Nation of Islam  520, 523

Navruz  525

Night Journey and Ascent  

528–529

Night of Destiny  529

Nizam al-Din Awliya  530

paradise  546, 547

pbuh  547

People of the Book  548, 549

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prayer  557

prayer beads  558

prophets and prophethood  

559

purdah  562

qibla  569

Quraysh  575

Rahman, Fazlur  579

Ramadan  580

Rashid Rida, Muhammad  

582

renewal and reform 

movements  585–587

revelation  589–590

Salafism  601

Satan  603–605

Satanic Verses  605–606

Shaarawi, Huda al-  613

Shafii, Muhammad ibn Idris 

al-  617

Shafii Legal School  617

shahada  618

sharia  620

shirk  627

slavery  629–630

soul and spirit  631–633

student  634

suicide  641, 642

sunna  644–646

Sunnism  646

tafsir  652–656

taqwa  662

terrorism  667

Torah  671

ulama  683

umma  688

United States  693

Usuli School  699

Uthman ibn Affan  700

veil  702

vizier  703

Yemen  716

Quraysh  xxix, xxxviic, 

574–575

Abu Bakr  9

Bedouin  98

Black Stone  108

Emigrants  213

goddess  265

Hijra  298–299

Kaaba  420

Khadija bint Khuwaylid ibn 

Asad  427

Khawarij  432

Mecca  467

Muhammad  491–494

Satanic Verses  605

Shiism  624

Umar ibn al-Khattab  685

Umayyad Caliphate  687

Uthman ibn Affan  700

Qutb, Sayyid  xlviic, 576–577

Afghan mujahidin  16

Egypt  212

Ghannoushi, Rashid 

al-  259

Ghazali, Zaynab al-  262

Hekmatyar, Gulbuddin  296

Islam  375

Jahiliyya  387–388

jihad  398

justice  418

kafir  422

Khadir  430

Mawdudi, Abu al-Ala  464

Moses  484

mujahid  498

Muslim Brotherhood  507, 

508

Nasir, Jamal Abd al-  518

philosophy  555

al-Qaida  564, 565

renewal and reform 

movements  588

tafsir  655

tawhid  666

ulama  685

Usama bin Ladin  698