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Most books on Islam will be located in the BP 1-253 section of the library book stacks.
Islam is a monotheistic religion, meaning that there is just one god, Allah. Adherents are called Muslims. There are approximately 1.9 billion Muslims in the world. Islam was formed in in the early 600s C.E. when Muhammad began to receive revelations from God.
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The sacred text for Muslims is called the Quran (or Koran.) According to Quran.com, "The Quran is the final revealed message which complements and completes earlier revealed scriptures, just as the Prophet Muhammad ﷺ taught the same essential message as the many prophets before him, including Adam, Noah, Moses, Abraham, and Jesus (peace be upon them all). The Quran clarifies what humanity needs to know from now until the Day of Judgment."
The Quran is written in formal style called Classical or Quranic Arabic. While is can be read in English or other languages, these are considered "interpretations" since the art of translation is never exact. It is divided into 114 surah (or chapters) which are further divided into verses.
Find the Quran on the shelf at BP 100-134
Hadith literature are additional sacred works written on the life and teaching of Muhammad. In the Sunni tradition, there are 6 books of Hadith while in the Shia tradition there are 4 books.
They can be found on the shelf at BP135-136.9.
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Muhammad was born around 570 C.E. When he was about 40 years old, Muhammad began to receive revelations from God through the angel Gabriel.
There are two different major branches in Islam. The split began with a disagreement about who would be the religious leader after the death of Muhammad. The Sunnis believed that the community should choose the next leader while the Shias believed that Muhammad had named his son-in-law as his successor. Today, the vast majority of the world's Muslims are Sunni. They make up approximately 87-90% of the Muslim population. The Shias make up the remaining 10-13%.
Here is a sampling of some paper and ebooks available in the collecton.
Encyclopedia of Islam and the Muslim world by 
One Islam, Many Muslim Worlds by 
The Koran by 
Muhammad by