Studies in Popular Islam

Collection of Papers dealing with the Superstitions and Beliefs of the Common People

BY

SAMUEL M. ZWEMER
D.D., LL.D.

Professor of Religion and Christian Missions (Emeritus)
Princeton Theological Seminary


LONDON
The Sheldon Press
NORTHUMBERLAND AVENUE, W.C.
NEW YORK: THE MACMILLIAN COMPANY

1939

Printed in Great Britain by T. and A. CONSTABLE LTD. at the University Press, Edinburgh

CONTENTS

CHAPTER
INTRODUCTION
I. THE ROSARY OF ISLAM
II. THE PALLADIUM OF ISLAM
III. THE SWORD OF MOHAMMED AND 'ALI
IV. THE CLOCK, THE CALENDAR AND THE KORAN
V. THE FAMILIAR SPIRIT OR QARINA
VI HAIR, FINGER-NAILS AND THE HAND
VII. TRANSLATIONS OF THE KORAN
VIII. THE "ILLITERATE" PROPHET
IX. THE SO-CALLED "HADITH QUDSI"
X.
 THE WORSHIP OF ADAM BY ANGELS

Images

Moslem Rosaries
Friday Prayers at the Ka'aba, facing the Palladium
Drawing of the Quadrangular Court at Mecca
The Sword of Ali

Citation: Zwemer, Samuel. Studies in Popular Islam: A Collection of Papers Dealing with the Superstitions and Beliefs of the Common People, The Sheldon Press, London, 1939 (www.answering-islam.org/Books/Zwemer/Studies/).
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