Description: Further DetailsTitle: Being MuslimCondition: NewEAN: 9780888998873ISBN: 9780888998873Publisher: Groundwood Books Ltd ,CanadaFormat: PaperbackRelease Date: 04/17/2008Item Height: 177mmItem Length: 127mmItem Weight: 141gAuthor: Haroon SiddiquiLanguage: EnglishDescription: Being Muslim is written for Muslims and non-Muslims alike. It presents a readable explanation of the most complex and emotion-laden issues of our troubled times. The varying branches of Islam are analyzed and their history outlined — but the focus is on the present. In speaking about and crossing political, cultural and religious divisions, this book offers a unique perspective, forged in Canada, a country where people from everywhere on earth have found a way to live in peace. Terrorism. Wars. Jihad. Hijab. Polygamy. Muhammad's many wives. Muslim prayer. Female circumcision. Honor killings. Sharia. Stoning. Status of Muslim women. All these topics and more are tackled in this fascinating and informative book for young adult readers. "[The Groundwork Guides] are excellent books, mandatory for school libraries and the increasing body of young people prepared to take ownership of the situations and problems previous generations have left them." — Globe and Mail Correlates to the Common Core State Standards in English Language Arts: CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.6.1 Cite textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text. CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.6.2 Determine a central idea of a text and how it is conveyed through particular details; provide a summary of the text distinct from personal opinions or judgments. CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.6.3 Analyze in detail how a key individual, event, or idea is introduced, illustrated, and elaborated in a text (e.g., through examples or anecdotes). CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.6.6 Determine an author's point of view or purpose in a text and explain how it is conveyed in the text.Country/Region of Manufacture: CABook Series: Groundwork GuidesGenre: Children's ReferenceEdition: Revised EditionItem Width: 11mmRelease Year: 2008 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.
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Publication Name: Being Muslim
Title: Being Muslim
EAN: 9780888998873
ISBN: 9780888998873
Release Date: 04/17/2008
Release Year: 2008
Country/Region of Manufacture: CA
Series: Groundwork Guides
Edition: 2
Book Title: Being Muslim
Number of Pages: 160 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: Groundwood Books
Topic: Religion / Islam, Islamic Studies, Islam / General, People & Places / Middle East
Publication Year: 2008
Item Height: 0.5 in
Genre: Young Adult Fiction, Religion, Young Adult Nonfiction, Social Science
Item Weight: 5.1 Oz
Item Length: 7.1 in
Author: Haroon Siddiqui
Item Width: 5.1 in
Book Series: Groundwork Guides
Format: Trade Paperback
