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Abd Al Hamid II
Abd El
Abu Bekr
Arabia
Arabian Ulema
Arabic Language
Author_Wilfred Scawen Blunt
Barbary Coast
Bird's Eye
caliphate succession
Category=QRP
comparative religion studies
Dar El
Eleventh Hour
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Face To Face
Frederick III
historical analysis of Islamic society
Holy Men
Ibn Saoud
Islamic reform movements
Mahomet II
Mameluke Sultan
Middle Eastern politics
Mohammedan Population
Mohammedan World
Muslim world demographics
Muslim Worlds
Ommiad Dynasty
Ottoman Caliphate
religious modernisation
Saut El
Sherifal Family
Wilfrid Scawen Blunt
Young Man
Product details
- ISBN 9780700714605
- Weight: 408g
- Dimensions: 138 x 216mm
- Publication Date: 16 May 2002
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Hardback
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When it first appeared in 1882, this book was a pioneering work in every respect. It was the first coherent study of 'modern' Islam, explaining in a simple and functional manner its tenets and roots, the diversity of its cultural and political experience, and its dynamism and potential for good in the modern world. This was at a time when the Muslim world was perceived by most people in the west as inert and spent, caught in an irredeemable malaise of its own making. Blunt's attitude, shaped by several factors and sharpened by personal knowledge of important parts of the Muslim world and close association with many leading reformers in it, was unprecedented and startling at the time.
This new edition includes an Introduction and numerous footnotes, updating statistics, explaining the background to historical events and religious and political figures, and filling in gaps.
