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UND E RS TAND I NG
I S L AM
The new series UNDERSTANDING ISLAM
provides a comprehensive overview of
the religion and its teachings; individual
volumes discuss such important issues
as the relationship of Islam to other
major world faiths, the growth of Islam in
North America, and the socio-economic
conditions of countries in the Muslim
world.
Set ISBN ..........978-1-4222-3670-3
Hardcover Set Price ...........$276.80 $207.60 (S&L)
Hardcover List Price ..............34.60 25.95 (S&L)
Multi-User eBook List Price ...43.93 32.95 (S&L)
Full color • Library bound
Trim Size: 7 ½ x 9 ½ • 112 pages
Grade Level: 7-12
8 VOLUME SET © 2017
An Overview: Who are the Muslims? ...... -3677-2 -8115-4
Ideas & Daily Life in the Muslim
World Today ....................................... -3671-0 -8109-3
Islam: Core Beliefs and Practices ............-3672-7 -8110-9
Islamism & Fundamentalism in the
Modern World .................................... -3673-4 -8111-6
The Monotheistic Faiths: Judaism,
Christianity, and Islam ........................ -3674-1 -8112-3
Muslim Heroes and Holy Places ..............-3675-8 -8113-0
Muslims in America ................................-3676-5 -8114-7
The Struggle for Identity: Islam and
the West ............................................ -3678-9 -8116-1
HBK ISBN E-ISBN
General Editor: Dr. Shams Inati
Professor of Islamic Studies at Villanova University
GLOBAL STUDIES
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In these trying times, this series would be a welcome addition
to the high school library…appealing to the reluctant reader, as
well as the more advanced reader…current information about the
Muslimworld and Islam
— Library Media Connection
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...thebook e ectively incorporates key icons throughout to
encourage library readers tobuildknowledge, gainawareness,
explorepossibilities, andexpandacquaintancewithvarious
viewpoints on the content. Someof these icons include text-
dependent questions, highlightedwordswithde nitions, sidebars,
and suggested researchprojects toencourage readers toexplore the
topic further.
— Booklist
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…emphasizes the diversity and geographic spread of
Muslim cultures…provides readers with amuch-more nuanced
picture thanWestern news media…color photographs are well
chosen…
— School Library Journal
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