Holiest Wars

Holiest Wars
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Publisher : Praeger
Total Pages : 0
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ISBN-10 : 9780275983833
ISBN-13 : 0275983838
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Book Synopsis Holiest Wars by : Timothy R. Furnish

Download or read book Holiest Wars written by Timothy R. Furnish and published by Praeger. This book was released on 2005-06-30 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Scholars estimate that a fifth of the world's population is Muslim, and this figure is growing rapidly. This text, written by an American scholar, highlights one of the lesser-known aspects of Islam called Mahdism, which centers belief on a "rightly guided one," a prophet who will at some point return to earth to rally Muslims and make the world right.


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