A life of the prophet Muhammad by bestselling author Karen Armstrong.
‘Armstrong has a dazzling ability: she can take a long and complex subject and reduce it to its fundamentals, without over-simplifying’ SUNDAY TIMES
‘One of our best living writers on religion’ FINANCIAL TIMES
‘Not just a sympathetic book that would dispel the misconceptions and misgivings of its western readers, but also a book that is of considerable importance to Muslims’ MUSLIM NEWS
Most people in the West know very little about the prophet Muhammad. The acclaimed religious writer Karen Armstrong has written a biography which will give us a more accurate and profound understanding of Islam and the people who adhere to it so strongly. Muhammad also offers challenging comparisons with the two religions most closely related to it – Judaism and Christianity.
‘Armstrong has a dazzling ability: she can take a long and complex subject and reduce it to its fundamentals, without over-simplifying’ SUNDAY TIMES
‘One of our best living writers on religion’ FINANCIAL TIMES
‘Not just a sympathetic book that would dispel the misconceptions and misgivings of its western readers, but also a book that is of considerable importance to Muslims’ MUSLIM NEWS
Most people in the West know very little about the prophet Muhammad. The acclaimed religious writer Karen Armstrong has written a biography which will give us a more accurate and profound understanding of Islam and the people who adhere to it so strongly. Muhammad also offers challenging comparisons with the two religions most closely related to it – Judaism and Christianity.
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Reviews
Armstrong has a dazzling ability: she can take a long and complex subject and reduce it to its fundamentals, without over-simplifying
Not just a sympathetic book that would dispel the misconceptions and misgivings of its western readers, but also a book that is of considerable importance to Muslims
This book is a significant help to understanding the religious experience of Islam and of the fascinating life of Muhammad in particular
Not just a sympathetic book that would dispel the misconceptions and misgivings of its western readers, but also a book that is of considerable importance to Muslims
One of our best living writers on religion
One of our best living writers on religion
Armstrong has a dazzling ability: she can take a long and complex subject and reduce it to its fundamentals, without over-simplifying
Respectful without being reverential, knowledgeable without being pedantic and, above all, readable
This book is a significant help to understanding the religious experience of Islam and of the fascinating life of Muhammad in particular
Respectful without being reverential, knowledgeable without being pedantic and, above all, readable