No god but God: the origins, evolution, and future of Islam

Prologue : the clash of monotheisms

Author's note

Chronology of key events

The sanctuary in the desert : pre-Islamic Arabia

The keeper of the keys : Muhammad in Mecca

The city of the Prophet : the first Muslims

Fight in the way of God : the meaning of jihad

The rightly guided ones : the successors to Muhammad

This religion is a science : the development of Islamic theology and law

In the footsteps of martyrs : from Shiʻism to Khomeinism

Stain your prayer rug with wine : the Sufi way

An awakening in the east : the response to colonialism

Slouching toward Medina : the Islamic reformation

Glossary.