Books by Shahab Ahmed
Found 2 books
Shahab Ahmed, Before Orthodoxy: The Satanic Verses of Early Islam , “…the early Muslim community believed almost universally that the Satanic verses incident was a true historical fact.” Ahmed, a brilliant scholar at Harvard, passed away in 2015, here is a short appreciation . If they wrote books for me, someone would be working on “Islam and Strauss” right now.
Shahab Ahmed, Before Orthodoxy: The Satanic Verses in Early Islam , “…the early Muslim community believed almost universally that the Satanic verses incident was a true historical fact.”
1.Shahab Ahmed, What is Islam?: The Importance of Being Islamic . Too much hermeneutics for my taste, but intelligent and interesting throughout. The authors downplays the prescriptive side of Islam and plays up the experiential and polyvalent aspects of the religion. If you are reading books in this area, this one should be part of your program.