Muslims: Their Religious Beliefs and Practices - Paperbackby Teresa Bernheimer (Author), Andrew Rippin (Author) Muslims: Their Religious Beliefs and Practices offers a survey of Islamic history and thought from the formative period of the religion to the contemporary period. It examines the unique elements which have combined to form Islam, in particular, the Qurn and perceptions of the Prophet Muammad, and traces the ways in which these ideas have interacted to influence Islam's path to the present.