“Serious ‘scientific’ Islamic studies have been left to Western Orientalists and their pupils, who have made great contributions but have analysed Islam ‘merely as a historical datum, as a dead body, so to say.’ It is unlikely that many of Dr. Rahman’s readers will be left thinking of Islam, the religion, as dead.”

Times Literary Supplement

“In this informative and interpretive survey of major dimensions and developments in Islam, [Rahman] . . . offers an advanced introduction to the world’s second-largest religious tradition. . . . Containing a wealth of important factual information and provocative interpretive insights, Rahman’s Islam can be neglected only to the detriment of those who would understand this increasingly important religious tradition.”

James E. Royster | The Muslim World