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42) Allah loves you
Series
My Allah volume 1
Publisher
Kisa Kids Publications
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
Mommy show you she loves you through her kisses and hugs. Baba shows you he loves you through the way he plays with you. How does Allah show you He loves you? Read Allah Loves You to discover different ways Allah shows us He LOVES us!
44) Islam
Author
Series
Publisher
Cherry Lake Publishing
Pub. Date
2017.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Introduces Islam, including the history, geography, politics, and economics of the religion.
Author
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"The fascination with the houri, the pure female of Islamic paradise, began long before September 11, 2001. Beauty of the Houri: Heavenly Virgins, Earthly Jihad, and the Feminine Models of Islam demonstrates how the ambiguous reward of the houri, mentioned in the Qurʼan and developed in Islamic theological writings, has gained a distinctive place in English and French literature from the seventeenth to the twenty-first century and in digital material...
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Essentials
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
Based on extensive scholarship, an innovative biography of the central text of Islam Over a billion copies of the Qur`an exist, yet it remains an enigma. Its classical Arabic language resists simple translation, and its non-linear style of abstract musings defies categorization. Moreover, those who champion its sanctity and compete to claim its mantle offer widely diverging interpretations of its core message at times with explosive results. Building...
Author
Series
Publisher
Orca Book Publishers
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
Part of the nonfiction Orca Origins series for middle readers. Illustrated with color photographs, this book examines the origins and traditions of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan.
Throughout the month of Ramadan, Muslims fast during the day and break the fast together as a family each night. Ramadan provides the opportunity to focus on positive thoughts and actions. It is a time to become more grateful for the blessings people often take for granted...
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
Who is Allah? What makes Him unique? And what does He ask of those who submit to His teachings? The God of the Qur'an revises and perfects: His purpose is to make whole what had been corrupted or lost from the practices and scriptures of the earlier Abrahamic religions. Setting passages from the Hebrew Bible, the New Testament, and the Qur'an side by side, Miles illuminates what is unique about Allah, His teachings and His temperament, and in doing...
Author
Publisher
Zondervan
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
Qureshi describes his dramatic journey from Islam to Christianity, and shares how he developed a passion for Islam before discovering, almost against his will, evidence that Jesus rose from the dead and claimed to be God-- and of the peace he eventually found in Jesus.
58) Ramadan
Author
Series
Publisher
Bulllfrog
Pub. Date
[2016]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
59) Ramadan
Author
Publisher
Holiday House
Pub. Date
c1996
Language
English
Description
Describes the celebration of the month of Ramadan by an Islamic family and discusses the meaning and importance of this holiday in the Islamic religion.
Author
Publisher
Bombardier Books, Post Hill Press
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
The comprehensive history of the role of war and terror in the spread of Islam. It is taken for granted, even among many Washington policymakers, that Islam is a fundamentally peaceful religion and that Islamic jihad terrorism is something relatively new, a product of the economic and political ferment of the twentieth century. But in The History of Jihad: From Muhammad to ISIS, Islamic scholar Robert Spencer proves definitively that Islamic terror...
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