Politics and the Prophet
Malise Ruthven, 1 August 1996
Lords of the Lebanese Marches: Violence and Narrative in an Arab Society
by Michael Gilsenan.
Tauris, 377 pp., £14.95, February 1996,1 85043 099 3 Show More
by Michael Gilsenan.
Tauris, 377 pp., £14.95, February 1996,
The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Modern Islamic World
edited by John L. Esposito.
Oxford, 480 pp., £295, June 1995,0 19 506613 8 Show More
edited by John L. Esposito.
Oxford, 480 pp., £295, June 1995,
Islam and the Myth of Confrontation: Religion and Politics in the Middle East
by Fred Halliday.
Tauris, 256 pp., £35, January 1996,1 86064 004 4 Show More
by Fred Halliday.
Tauris, 256 pp., £35, January 1996,
“... Islamic studies was confined to a relatively small number of specialists. There is undoubtedly, as John Esposito, editor of the Oxford Encyclopedia, states in his Preface, a need for an ‘easily accessible major reference work’ in which students, journalists and political analysts can find ‘readily available and succinct information on contemporary ... ”