{"id":4825,"date":"2013-05-17T10:56:23","date_gmt":"2013-05-17T15:56:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/danversreads.wordpress.com\/?p=4825"},"modified":"2013-05-17T10:56:23","modified_gmt":"2013-05-17T15:56:23","slug":"staff-recommendation-the-first-mulim-the-story-of-muhammad-by-lesley-hazelton","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.danverslibrary.org\/readthis\/?p=4825","title":{"rendered":"Staff Recommendation: The First Muslim: The Story of Muhammad by Lesley Hazelton"},"content":{"rendered":"<p id=\"yui_3_8_1_1_1368545188893_1140\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.danverslibrary.org\/readthis\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/firstmuslim.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-4826\" alt=\"firstmuslim\" src=\"http:\/\/www.danverslibrary.org\/readthis\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/firstmuslim.jpg\" width=\"260\" height=\"391\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.danverslibrary.org\/readthis\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/firstmuslim.jpg 260w, https:\/\/www.danverslibrary.org\/readthis\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/firstmuslim-199x300.jpg 199w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 260px) 100vw, 260px\" \/><\/a>&#8220;<b id=\"yui_3_8_1_1_1368545188893_1141\">The extraordinary life of the man who founded Islam, and the world he inhabited\u2014and remade.<\/b><\/p>\n<div id=\"yui_3_8_1_1_1368545188893_1121\">\n<p id=\"yui_3_8_1_1_1368545188893_1120\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Muhammad\u2019s was a life of almost unparalleled historical importance; yet for all the iconic power of his name, the intensely dramatic story of the prophet of Islam is not well known. In <i id=\"yui_3_8_1_1_1368545188893_1139\">The First Muslim<\/i>, Lesley Hazleton brings him vibrantly to life. Drawing on early eyewitness sources and on history, politics, religion, and psychology, she renders him as a man in full, in all his complexity and vitality.<\/p>\n<p>Hazleton\u2019s account follows the arc of Muhammad\u2019s rise from powerlessness to power, from anonymity to renown, from insignificance to lasting significance. How did a child shunted to the margins end up revolutionizing his world? How did a merchant come to challenge the established order with a new vision of social justice? How did the pariah hounded out of Mecca turn exile into a new and victorious beginning? How did the outsider become the ultimate insider?<\/p>\n<p>Impeccably researched and thrillingly readable, Hazleton\u2019s narrative creates vivid insight into a man navigating between idealism and pragmatism, faith and politics, nonviolence and violence, rejection and acclaim. <i id=\"yui_3_8_1_1_1368545188893_1138\">The First Muslim<\/i> illuminates not only an immensely significant figure but his lastingly relevant legacy.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Donna says, &#8220;She is an amazing writer. It was captivating from the first word.&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><a href=\"http:\/\/evergreen.noblenet.org\/eg\/opac\/record\/3225450?locg=1\" target=\"_blank\">Check the Catalog for Availability<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;The extraordinary life of the man who founded Islam, and the world he inhabited\u2014and remade. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Muhammad\u2019s was a life of almost unparalleled historical importance; yet for all the iconic power of his name, the intensely dramatic story of the prophet of Islam is not well known. 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