Studies in Islamic history and institutions

Abstract

Yet Islam is not the religion of the arabs alone, it is a universal, a world religion. As is well known, the Arabs constitute a minority among the muslim. The largest single group Muslims is formed by people speaking Indo-European languages : iranians, Afghans and the Muslims of Pakistan and India, altogether about 180 million, over twice as many as the Arab people.ix, 379 p.; 24 c