Muslim Identities - An Introduction to Islam Second Edition - Aaron W. Hughes
4. The Spread of Islam Beyond the Arabian Peninsula
Muslim Identities - An Introduction to Islam Second Edition - Aaron W. Hughes
Aaron W. Hughes [+]
University of Rochester
Aaron W. Hughes is the Dean’s Professor of the Humanities and the Philip S. Bernstein Professor in the Department of Religion and Classics at the University of Rochester. His research and publications focus on both Jewish philosophy and Islamic Studies. He has authored numerous books, including Situating Islam: The Past and Future of an Academic Discipline (Equinox, 2007); Theorizing Islam: Disciplinary Deconstruction and Reconstruction (Equinox, 2012); Muslim Identities: An Introduction to Islam (Columbia, 2012); and Abrahamic Religions: On the Uses and Abuses of History (Oxford, 2012). He currently serves as the editor of the journal Method and Theory in the Study of Religion.
Description
The chapter begins with the death of Muhammad and some of the early growing pains facing the young community. It gives details of the first four caliphs (al-rashidun), and then the subsequent creation of an Islamic empire that spread from Morocco in the West to India in the East. How did Islam spread? Who was responsible for this spread?