A Short History (Modern Library Chronicles)

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No religion in the modern world is as feared and misunderstood as Islam. It haunts the popular imagination as an extreme faith that promotes terrorism, authoritarian government, female oppression, and civil war. In a vital revision of this narrow view of Islam and a distillation of years of thinking and writing about the subject, Karen Armstrong’s short history demonstrates that the world’s fastest-growing faith is a much more complex phenomenon than its modern fundamentalist strain might suggest. See details..

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    Series: Modern Library Chronicles
    Paperback: 272 pages
    Publisher: Modern Library; Revised, Updated, Subsequent edition (August 6, 2002)
    Language: English
    ISBN-10: 081296618X
    ISBN-13: 978-0812966183
    Product Dimensions: 5.2 x 0.6 x 8 inches
    Shipping Weight: 7.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
    Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars 291 customer reviews
    Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #58,402 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
        #34 in Books > History > World > Religious > Islam
        #34 in Books > Religion & Spirituality > Islam > History
        #129 in Books > History > Middle East

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