The main goal of this book is not to explain how the West rose to power but rather how the less developed parts of the world such as China, Mexico, Ethiopia, and Turkey, understood and responded to this new power. ...
Muslim men may marry Muslim women or non-Muslim People of the Book' (Jewish or Christian women). ... The husband who divorces his wife must be of mature age and of sound mind; he must exercise his own free will and have two witnesses. ...