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Islam in History: Ideas, People, and Events in the Middle East New Edition, Revised and Expanded

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Chicago; La Salle: Open Court, 1993Edition: 2nd edDescription: vii, 487 p., 23 cmISBN:
  • 9780812692174
Subject(s): Summary: Recent events have made an understanding of the turmoil in the Middle East more important than ever. In these essays, Bernard Lewis, a leading expert on Islam, gives essential background on Middle Eastern conflicts with the West and shows how Islam — from its first expansion to its interpretation by Saddam Hussein and other extremists — has always been inextricably linked to the Western world.
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Recent events have made an understanding of the turmoil in the Middle East more important than ever. In these essays, Bernard Lewis, a leading expert on Islam, gives essential background on Middle Eastern conflicts with the West and shows how Islam — from its first expansion to its interpretation by Saddam Hussein and other extremists — has always been inextricably linked to the Western world.

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