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Explores the complex history of Islam and the philosophical and religious discrepancies that distinguish traditional beliefs from radicalism, and discusses the history of radical Islam and the role of the Saudi Arabian government.
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Journalist and author Schwartz has worked for the Jewish Forward and the Voice of America, and been an interfaith activist in Bosnia-Herzegovina and Kosovo as well as writing books on history and culture. He challenges the hegemony of Saudi-backed extremism in the Muslim world, but also rejects the simplistic crusader polemics now so prevalent in western intellectual life. Annotation (c) Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
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