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1) Islam in History: Ideas, People, And Events In The Middle East

Author

Lewis, Bernard

Language

English

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From secular-minded autocrats like Saddam Hussein to religious fundamentalists like Osama bin Laden, powerful voices in the Islamic world have been united by a fierce hatred of the West. If we want to know why they think the way they do, we have to understand the history of Islam and its continuous interactions with the West. This masterly collection of essays by a leading expert on Islam and the Middle East ranges over the whole sweep of Islamic...

2) The Jews of Islam

Author

Lewis, Bernard

Series

Princeton Classics

Language

English

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Bernard Lewis is the Cleveland E. Dodge Professor Emeritus of Near Eastern Studies at Princeton University, a long-term member of the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, and the author of numerous works on the Middle East. Mark R. Cohen is the Khedouri A. Zilkha Professor Emeritus of Jewish Civilization in the Near East at Princeton. This landmark book probes Muslims' attitudes toward Jews and Judaism as a special case of their view of other...