Misreading Muslim History

Issue Date January 2009
Volume 20
Issue 1
Page Numbers 169-172
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A review of The West and Islam: Religion and Political Thought in World History by Antony Black.

About the Author

Abdou Filali-Ansary is now retired from his positions as director and research professor at the Aga Khan University Institute for the Study of Muslim Civilizations (AKU-ISMC) in London.

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