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Islam
Karen Armstrong
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Description for Islam
Paperback. One of the world's foremost commentators on religious affairs on the history (and destiny) of the world's most misunderstood religion. Series: Universal History. Num Pages: 224 pages, maps. BIC Classification: HRAX; HRH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 17. Weight in Grams: 212.
One of the world's foremost commentators on religious affairs on the history (and destiny) of the world's most misunderstood religion.
In the public mind, Islam is a religion of extremes: it is the world's fastest growing faith; more than three-quarters of the world's refugees are Islamic; it has produced government by authoritarian monarchies in Saudi Arabia and ultra-republicans in Iran. Whether we are reading about civil war in Algeria or Afghanistan, the struggle for the soul of Turkey, or political turmoil in Pakistan or Malaysia, the Islamic context permeates all these situations.
Karen Armstrong's elegant and concise book ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Phoenix
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Series
Universal History
Condition
New
Weight
216g
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781842125830
SKU
V9781842125830
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About Karen Armstrong
Karen Armstrong spent seven years as a Roman Catholic nun, an experience she recollected in her two volumes of best-selling autobiography, Through the Narrow Gate and Beginning the World. She is the author of the world-wide best-seller, A History of God (which has now appeared in more than thirty languages), the acclaimed History of Jerusalem and, most recently, The Battle ... Read more
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