The Story of Islam, Muslims, and the Caliphate: History of Faith, Conquests, and Conflicts - First 100 Years (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781522741435)

If you ever wanted to know the background and religious history of the conflict that has people in Syria and Iraq (along with Saudi-Arabia and Iran acting as proxies) embroiled in a never ending conflict, then this book provides those answers and a coverage of the sensational events from the first 100 years of Islamic history.

This unique book provides a unique view of Islamic history starting from the time when Makkah did not exist as a city and takes the reader through the next 100 years to a time when the Muslim territories included areas in present-day Saudi-Arabia, Jordan, Syria, Iraq, Israel, Palestine, Azerbaijan, Pakistan, Tunisia, Turkey, and Morocco. You will learn about the Islamic caliphate, Shiite Sunni Split, battles in Iraq and Syria, and more.

In this publication, you will learn the following:

• Pre-Islam Arabia and the beginnings of Makkah as a city

• The Message of Islam revealed on the Prophet

• History of the early years of the Muslim Caliphate

• Lives of the Rashidun Caliphs (Abu Bakr, Umar Ibn Khattab, Uthman Ibn Affan, Ali Ibn Abu-Talib, Hassan Ibn Ali)

• The early Muslim Caliphs

• How one person started the fitna / instigation that later resulted in the Shiite (Shia) split from the people of Sunnah (Sunnis)

• Differences between the Shia and Sunni

• The Battle between Caliph Ali and Ayesha

• The Battle between Caliph Ali and Muawiyah (Governor of Syria)

• Story of times when multiple Muslim caliphs ruled the Muslim lands

• The story of the Khawarij (Extremist dissenters)

• Banu Umayyah Caliphate

• Caliphate capitals (Madinah, Kufah, Damascus)

• Stories of conflict that brewed between Madinah, Kufah, Basrah, and Syria

• Hajjaj Ibn Yousuf's Tough Governance over the people of Iraq

• and more