apologetic approaches to the study of Islam and makes a powerful argument for a return to the responsible and critical scholarship of classical Orientalism. This is a courageous book, which should ...

The Muslim holy book is called the Qur'an. Muslims believe this to be the word of Allah as dictated to Muhammad. They also have the Sunnah, which Muslims believe to be the practical example of ...

Jaroslav Stetkevych - University of Chicago 'This is a groundbreaking book. Salama’s goal is to address 'the relationship between Islam, culture and history' (p. 216) in twentieth-century Egypt, and ...