Stories from Islamic History

Stories from Islamic History picks out twelve popular tales from Islamic history. These stories cover most of the landmark events in the history of Islam, starting from the struggle between Ali and Mu'awiyah, moving on to the gory incident of Karbala, the struggle between the rationalists and the orthodoxy, the jihad against the Mongols, the struggle revisited between the Salafis and the status-quoists, the tragedy of Islam in Spain and the Americas, and more. Each story highlights episodes of courage and character, that has made Islam what it is today. With this book, a student of history gains from rich material insights, an avid reader gets insights of courage and character that separate heroes from ordinary mortals, casual readers get inspiring and enriching tales, followers of Islam get fresh insights into their past, in an angle rarely presented before... and finally there is a question of "what would have been" if the events had unfolded a little different from what it did.