Islam in History

Ideas, People, and Events in the Middle East

Nonfiction, Religion & Spirituality, Middle East Religions, Islam, History, Middle East
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Author: Bernard Lewis ISBN: 9780812697575
Publisher: Open Court Publication: April 15, 2011
Imprint: Open Court Language: English
Author: Bernard Lewis
ISBN: 9780812697575
Publisher: Open Court
Publication: April 15, 2011
Imprint: Open Court
Language: English

From secular-minded autocrats like Saddam Hussein to religious fundamentalists like Osama bin Laden, powerful voices in the Islamic world have been united by a fierce hatred of the West. If we want to know why they think the way they do, we have to understand the history of Islam and its continuous interactions with the West.

This masterly collection of essays by a leading expert on Islam and the Middle East ranges over the whole sweep of Islamic history and Western attempts to comprehend it.

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From secular-minded autocrats like Saddam Hussein to religious fundamentalists like Osama bin Laden, powerful voices in the Islamic world have been united by a fierce hatred of the West. If we want to know why they think the way they do, we have to understand the history of Islam and its continuous interactions with the West.

This masterly collection of essays by a leading expert on Islam and the Middle East ranges over the whole sweep of Islamic history and Western attempts to comprehend it.

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