Graham E. Fuller
Hardcover | Pages: 336 pages Rating: 3.98 | 1504 Users | 206 Reviews
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| Title | : | A World Without Islam |
| Author | : | Graham E. Fuller |
| Book Format | : | Hardcover |
| Book Edition | : | First Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 336 pages |
| Published | : | August 11th 2010 by Little, Brown and Company (first published 2010) |
| Categories | : | Nonfiction. Religion. History. Islam. Politics. Theology. Political Science. International Relations |
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What if Islam never existed? To some, it's a comforting thought: no clash of civilizations, no holy wars, no terrorists.But what if that weren't the case at all? In A WORLD WITHOUT ISLAM, Graham E. Fuller guides us along an illuminating journey through history, geopolitics, and religion to investigate whether or not Islam is indeed the cause of some of today's most emotional and important international crises. Fuller takes us from the birth of Islam to the fall of Rome to the rise and collapse of the Ottoman Empire. He examines and analyzes the roots of terrorism, the conflict in Israel, and the role of Islam in supporting and energizing the anti-imperial struggle. Provocatively, he finds that contrary to the claims of many politicians, thinkers, theologians, and soldiers, a world without Islam might not look vastly different from what we know today.
Filled with fascinating details and counterintuitive conclusions, A WORLD WITHOUT ISLAM is certain to inspire debate and reshape the way we think about Islam's relationship with the West.
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| Original Title: | A World Without Islam |
| ISBN: | 031604119X (ISBN13: 9780316041195) |
| Edition Language: | English |
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Ratings: 3.98 From 1504 Users | 206 ReviewsPiece Of Books A World Without Islam
When I first read the title, my mind automatically jumped straight to islamophobic rhetoric, cheap, prejudiced, disgusting, but a bestseller these days. But then, as usual, I would go through the review on the back and skim through some pages, and immediately those thoughts evaporated into thin air. The book is anything but prejudiced and - at least - islamophobic."Complex" minds ask the simplest questions, and here the complex mind Graham E. Fuller (ex-CIA analyst) asks the simplest question ofAs someone who already has a general understanding of Islam, and a passion and fondness for this faith, it is so refreshing to see someone try to put things back into perspective, especially given the fact that so many are so ill-informed about Islam and what it teaches. With so many focusing on Islam as "the enemy" merely because they don't know or understand anything more than what their preachers or newscasters have told them, its so important for someone to be the voice that nudges us out of
Actually this book doesn't really meet my expectation in explaining a world without Islam. It's maybe because I am a Muslim and found this book explain nothing to me but the historical view of Islam and Abrahamic faiths and current condition of Islam and other religion. Yes indeed I learn much about history of Islam in China, Russia, Western Europe and India in this book. Therefore reading this book still gives me something new about my understanding about Islam around the world.This book would
This was another one won through this site's awesome giveaway system (well, it's awesome when you manage to win the draw), so thanks to goodreads, where thanks are due.While this book doesn't say anything radically new, and isn't really a thought experiment about what the world would be like if Islam didn't exist, I still found it deeply interesting because of its unbiased look at religion as a state tool and the origin of east-west tension, which Fuller often attributes to geopolitical issues;
Despite a very anti-islamic title (some of my friends raised their eyebrows when they see me reading this book... and I live in Indonesia in which the majority of people are Moslems), the content of the book itself can't be further than that. For me who know so little about Abrahamic faiths, this book is very eye opening and adds a lot to my knowledge.The arguments presented in the book is very logical and easy to understand. I found myself knowing a lot more about middle east region after
Finally! This is not a beach read obviously. I picked it up by the provocative title and wanted to see how comfortable I would be by this book's argument.The book tries to detail Islam and its known significance to the World to everyone but carefully avoided by the West, that it is not; Us against them mentality but rather Everyone against ignorance. I for one found myself highlighting many points of enlightenment.So I was enthralled by the short easy to read history of Islam and its existence
Fuller offer great insight into a troubling issue of the 'West vs Islam'. He explores the history and theology of Christianity, Judaism and Islam and the evolution of Christianity in Europe; leadership of the Catholic church within the Roman Empire and the foundation of Eastern Orthodoxy, and subsequent Prostestant movement. In doing so, Fuller draws parrelels between history and present day events, and parrells between the religions of the book. The main point here is Islam is seen as the
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