Recognizing Islam religion and society in the modern Middle East

Recent crises in the Middle East have flooded the media with sensationalist and inaccurate portraits of Islam. This revised edition of Gilsenan's classic work shows that Islam covers a multitude of forms and practices which are woven into daily existence in complex and sometimes almost invisibl...

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Main Author: Gilsenan, Michael (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: London I.B. Tauris 1992
Edition:1st ed
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