Here are entered works on the religion of which Muhammad is the prophet. Works on the community of believers in Islam are entered under Muslims. Works on the group of countries in which the majority of the people are Muslims or in which Islam is the established religion are entered under Islamic countries. Works on the cultural system or civilization erected on the foundation of the religion Islam are entered under specific headings according to period covered, e.g. Civilization, Islamic (for the medieval period); Islamic countries--Civilization (for the modern period and general works).

URI: <http://id.loc.gov/authorities/sh85068390#concept>

Type: Topical Term

Alternate Labels: Mohammedanism; Muhammadanism; Muslimism; Mussulmanism

Broader Terms:

• Religions

Narrower Terms:

• Arabian Peninsula in Islam
• Arabs and Islam
• Caliphate
• Communism and Islam
• Cultural pluralism in Islam
• Dār al-ḥarb
• Dār al-Islām
• Freedom of speech in Islam
• God (Islam)
• Imamate
• Islamic fundamentalism
• Islamic modernism
• Jerusalem in Islam
• Mahdism
• Mecca (Saudi Arabia) in Islam
• Medina (Saudi Arabia) in Islam
• Palestine in Islam
• Prophets, Pre-Islamic
• Slavery and Islam
• Socialism and Islam
• Temperance and Islam
• Ummah (Islam)
• Women in Islam

Related Terms:

• Muslims

Examples:

• Notes under Islamic countries; Muslims

LC Classification: BP1

Created: 2004-12-21

Last Modified: 2008-09-09 07:32:07

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