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Beyond Belief: Islamic Excursions Among the Converted Peoples

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Publication details: New York Random House 1998Description: xiii,408 p. HB 24x17 cmISBN:
  • 0375501185
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 23 320.55 NAIB
Summary: Naipaul draws a distinction between Arab countries and the countries of "converted peoples" where the adoption of Islam involves to some extent the adoption of Arabic culture. The book describes his five-month journey in 1995 revisiting four Muslim countries: Indonesia, Iran, Pakistan and Malaysia. Naipaul takes the view that "The British period--two hundred years in some places, less than a hundred years in others--was a time of Hindu regeneration." https://www.pinterest.com/pin/609041549592493600/
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Naipaul draws a distinction between Arab countries and the countries of "converted peoples" where the adoption of Islam involves to some extent the adoption of Arabic culture. The book describes his five-month journey in 1995 revisiting four Muslim countries: Indonesia, Iran, Pakistan and Malaysia.
Naipaul takes the view that "The British period--two hundred years in some places, less than a hundred years in others--was a time of Hindu regeneration."

https://www.pinterest.com/pin/609041549592493600/

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