Bibliograph

Islam in History, Ideas, People, and Events in the Middle East

Type

Label

Islam in History, Ideas, People, and Events in the Middle East

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Islam in History

Medium

electronic resource

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Sub title

Ideas, People, and Events in the Middle East

Summary

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

Target audience

adult

Classification