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Ayman Ibrahim's newest study is his most comprehensive so far. Until now, Ibrahim has demonstrated a thorough grasp of the Arabic sources, and this volume on conversion, which could almost serve as an introduction to the early Islamic sources in Arabic, does not disappoint. He gives the reader a very thorough discussion of the issue of conversion to Islam as it is portrayed in the earliest sources, not shying away from the many problematic issues such a study entails. This survey is sure to be a fundamental work not merely on conversion but also on Arabic historiography for years to come * David B. Cook, Rice University * Reading Conversion to Islam is an education. Ibrahim has used his vast knowledge of early Arabic historical works and encyclopedic grasp of secondary scholarship on them to produce a compelling and important study of how medieval Muslim historians wrote about conversion. This book is a wonderful achievement * Jack B. Tannous, Boston University * This remarkably thorough book overturns the facile notion that the first Muslim historians had little to say about conversion to Islam. Ayman Ibrahim tracks down the myriad stories they told about the all-important conversions of Muhammad's inner circle, showing how the political and religious commitments of each writer guided his narrative. He has given us an authoritative account of conversion themes and topoi in the debates that tore the early Muslim community apart. It is a book that has much to teach us about how conversion was represented and imagined in early Islamic history * Luke B. Yarbrough, University of California, Los Angeles *

This remarkably thorough book overturns the facile notion that the first Muslim historians had little to say about conversion to Islam. Ayman Ibrahim tracks down the myriad stories they told about the all-important conversions of Muhammad's inner circle, showing how the political and religious commitments of each writer guided his narrative. He has given us an authoritative account of conversion themes and topoi in the debates that tore the early Muslim community apart. It is a book that has much to teach us about how conversion was represented and imagined in early Islamic history -- Luke B. Yarbrough, University of California, Los Angeles Reading Conversion to Islam is an education. Ibrahim has used his vast knowledge of early Arabic historical works and encyclopedic grasp of secondary scholarship on them to produce a compelling and important study of how medieval Muslim historians wrote about conversion. This book is a wonderful achievement -- Jack B. Tannous, Boston University Ayman Ibrahim's newest study is his most comprehensive so far. Until now, Ibrahim has demonstrated a thorough grasp of the Arabic sources, and this volume on conversion, which could almost serve as an introduction to the early Islamic sources in Arabic, does not disappoint. He gives the reader a very thorough discussion of the issue of conversion to Islam as it is portrayed in the earliest sources, not shying away from the many problematic issues such a study entails. This survey is sure to be a fundamental work not merely on conversion but also on Arabic historiography for years to come -- David B. Cook, Rice University

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Ayman S. Ibrahim is the Bill and Connie Jenkins Professor of Islamic Studies at Southern Seminary and Director of the Jenkins Center for the Christian Understanding of Islam. He is the author of The Stated Motivations for the Early Islamic Expansion.

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