Introduction to Islam I. History of Islam
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Source 1: Location map of pre-Islamic Arabia circa 600 (map)
Source 2: The first revelation of the prophetic mission (text)
Source 3: Muhammad's entry into Mecca and the destruction of idols (in 630)                  [pictures]

Source 1: Map of the Arab conquests under the first four caliphs (632-661)                  (map)
Source 2: The Battle of al-Qādisīyyah (636) in the Persian epic tradition (text)
Source 3: Iraqi banknote of 25 dinars (picture)
Source 4: Map of territories under Arab domination circa 750 (map)
Source 5: The Quran and the “polytheists” (text)

Source 1: a. Comments of bishop Athanasius of Qūs (text)
b. A Coptic Church in Old Cairo (picture)
Source 2: The stay of Ibn Battūta in the Maldives (text)
Source 3: Extracts from the Constitution of Morocco, 2011 (text)

Source 1: The Fātiha (text)
Source 2: The "sacrifice" of the Son of Abraham (text)
Source 3: A contemporary reading of the Quran (text)
Source 4: A hadīth about fasting on the month of Ramadān (text)

Source 1: Sunnis and Shi'a worldwide (map)
Source 2: Procession of the 'Āshūrā' in Pakistan (picture)
Source 3: A popular image of the Imāms of Twelver Shi'a (picture)
Source 4: The mission of the "Supreme Guide" (faqīh) according to Ayatollah                  Khomeini (text)

Source 1: a. The Shahāda (text)
                b. The place of the Shahāda in faith according to Sharastānī (text)
Source 2: Inscription stating the founding of the madrasa in Cairo under                 Saladin (1180) (text)

Source 1: Location map of major law schools (map)
Source 2: Analogical reasoning in Qiyâs (text)
Source 3: Ban on women drivers in Saudi Arabia, according to Sara el Haydar                  (text)
Source 4: Fatwā against terrorism issued in London on 2 March 2010 (text)

Source 1: Answer to Renan (1883) (text)
Source 2: Rejection of the taqlīd and defense of the 'ijtihād, by Muhammad                 Rashīd Ridā (text)
Source 3: Islam and the Foundations of Governance, by 'Alī Abd al-Rāziq (text)

Source 1: Excepts from the Letter to the Young by Hassan al_Banna’ (1939)                 (text)
Source 2: Excerpts from the “Principles of the Indonesian Forum of Liberal                  Islam” (text)
Source 3: Intellectual inadequacy and new ideologies in contemporary Islam                  (text)

Source 1: a. Size of major religious groups (2010) [diagram]
                 b. Regional distribution of Muslims (2010) (map)
Source 2: The Swiss vote or the “fear of Islam” (text)
Source 3: a. The “Muslim friendly” in Japan [video]
                 b. Japan and Muslim tourists (text)