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Table of Contents

I NTRODUCTION ............................................................5 D R . Camille Pecastaing, Ph.D. 1. T RADITION AND D IVERSITY ........................................9 2. T HE D EVELOPMENT OF I SLAM ..................................15 3. T HE S PREAD OF I SLAM ..........................................29 4. W HAT M USLIMS B ELIEVE ........................................51 5. I SLAMIC L EGAL S OURCES ........................................67 6. T HE D ISTRIBUTION OF M USLIMS T ODAY ..................75 C HRONOLOGY ..........................................................100 S ERIES G LOSSARY ....................................................103 F URTHER R EADING ..................................................104 I NTERNET R ESOURCES ..............................................105 I NDEX ......................................................................106 C ONTRIBUTORS ........................................................112