Origins and Early Development of Shi'a Islam
تاريخ النشر: 01/01/1990
الناشر: مكتبة لبنان ناشرون
نبذة نيل وفرات:The Arab world has, for some time, been attracting the attention of a growing public throughout the world. The strategic position of the Arab countries, the oil they produce, their sudden emancipation and emergence as independent states, their revolutions and coups d' etat, have been the special concern of ...statesmen, politicians, businessmen, scholars and journalists and of equal interest to the general public.
An appreciation of the present-day problems of Arab countries and their immediate neighbours demands a certain knowledge of their geographical and social background; and a knowledge of the main trends of their history-political, cultural and religious-is essential for an understanding of current issues. Arabs has existed long before the advent of Islam in the seventh century AD, but is was with Islam that they became a world power. Arab civilisation, which resulted from the contacts the Arabs had with other peoples and cultures, especially after the creation of this world power, and which reached its height in the ninth, tenth and eleventh centuries, was, for a few centuries that followed, the guiding light of a large part of the world. Its role cannot, thus, be ignored.
The Arab Background series will provide the English-speaking, educated reader with a series of books which will clarify the historical past of the Arabs, and analyse their present-day problems. The contributors to the series, who come from many parts of the world, are all specialists in their respective fields. This variety of approach and attitude creates for the English-speaking reader a unique picture of the Arab world. إقرأ المزيد