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GLOBAL STUDIES

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 Muslimworld.

General Editor : Dr. Shams Inati Professor of Islamic Studies at Villanova University

8 VOLUME SET © 2017

Set ISBN ..........978-1-4222-3670-3 Hardcover Set Price ...........$276.80 Hardcover List Price ..............34.60 Multi-User eBook List Price ...43.93 Full color • Library bound Trim Size: 7 ½ x 9 ½ • 112 pages Grade Level: 7-12

$207.60 (S&L) $25.95 (S&L) $32.95 (S&L)

HBK ISBN E-ISBN

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 ED I TOR I AL KEY I CONS In response to the principals of learning, our editorial team has devised key icons placed within our books, providing the reader with further reading comprehension and learning opportunities.

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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 ” ...thebook e ectively incorporates key icons throughout toencourage library readers tobuildknowledge, gainawareness, explorepossibilities, andexpand acquaintancewithvarious viewpoints on the content. Someof these icons include text-dependent questions, highlightedwordswithde nitions, sidebars, and suggested researchprojects toencourage readers toexplore the topic further. — Booklist “ ” …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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