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An accessible overview of the history of Islam, its core beliefs, and its conflicts documents events from the works of the Prophet Mohammad to the present, citing the link between certain Islamic beliefs and terrorist groups while distinguishing between militants and peaceful Muslims. Original.
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An extremely brief overview of the growth, politics, culture, and current issues of Islam that relies heavily on such right-wing sources of information as Freedom House, Bernard Lewis, and Daniel Pipes. However, attempting to cover such an extremely broad topic in so few pages has left little room for the worst of their biases to come to the fore, and some effort has been made to point out that all Muslims are not Osama Bin Laden supporters. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
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