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Mullahs on the Mainframe
The image we get of Islam in the Western press is often that of a
hidebound, traditionalist and resolutely anti-modernistic religious
movement. The fact, however, is that there are many sects, subgroups and
cultures within Islam, some of which accept and even embrace some of the ideas
and technologies that we associate with the modern West. Jonah Blank's
study examines one of these groups, the Daudi Bohras, and their mix of
orthodox religion, modern technology and liberalist politics. Jonah Blank |
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A Peace to End All Peace
For the peoples of the Middle East, an important consequence of World
War I was the regional political upheaval that resulted in the
dissolution of the Ottoman Empire. Fromkin's book tells the story of
the intrigue, competition and political and military folly that
determined the modern geopolitics of the region and how the continuing interference of the great powers of Europe in the
early 20th century created the conditions for the conflicts that have
troubled the Middle East to the present day. David Fromkin |
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A History of the Arab Peoples
This book is deep enough for a specialist reader but clear and
carefully detailed enough for someone new to the subject. Hourani
traces the history of Arab civilization from the rise of Islam thorugh
the fall of the Ottomans, the struggle against colonialism and the
establishment of the post-colonial states of the Islamic world. Albert Hourani |
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