Discovering Islam [electronic resource] : making sense of Muslim history and society / Akbar S. Ahmed ; with new foreword by Lawrence Rosen.

Now reissued with a new introduction, Discovering Islam is a classic account of how the history of Islam and its relations with the West have shaped Islamic society today. Islam is often caricatured as aggressive and fanatic. Written in the tradition of Ibn Khaldun, this readable and wide-ranging bo...

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Online Access:	Full Text (via Taylor & Francis)
Main Author:	Ahmed, Akbar S.
Format:	Electronic eBook
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Routledge, 2002.
Edition:	Rev. ed.
Subjects:	Islam > History. Islam > Essence, genius, nature. Islam > 20th century. Islam > 1800- Islam. 1900-1999 History.