Modernist and Fundamentalist Debates in Islam
Subtitle: A Reader
Contributors: Mansoor Moaddel (Editor); Kamran Talattof (Editor)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: September 6, 2002
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 304
ISBN-13: 9781403960924
Subjects: Islam; Islamic studies; Political science & theory; 20th century; c 1800 to c 1900; Islamic fundamentalism; General; Political Science; Politics / Current Events; Politics/International Relations; Middle East; Islamic modernism; Islam - General; Middle East - General; Religion / General; Essence, genius, nature
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