Sunlight and Shadow : The Jewish Experience of Islam Book

	Acknowledgements
	Foreword
	Introduction	1
1	The Pre-Islamic World	7
2	Muhammad, Messenger of God	14
3	Conquests of the Arabs	20
4	Islam, Judaism and the Jews	26
5	The Dhimma	31
6	Sources	39
7	Historical Background	43
8	Jews in the Early Centuries	47
9	Jewish Institutions and Officials in Abbasid Baghdad	51
10	Jewish-Arab Symbiosis	65
11	Al-Andalus	73
12	Massacres and Forced Conversions	83
13	Turkish and Mongol Invasions	88
14	The Ottoman Turks and the Jews	96
15	The Jews in Ottoman Society	105
16	Ottoman and Jewish Decline	112
17	Redemption	120
18	Provincial Life in 18th Century Aleppo	129
19	Westernisation	143
20	Colonial Period and Independence	149
21	Islamic Fundamentalism	154
	Sources and further reading	160
	List of quotations	161
	Significant Dates	164
	Index	170