Books Review
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THE CARTOONS CRY
The Year 2005 and the month of September of that year, is going to resonate in the corridors of history,…
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ISLAM AND THE WEST: REFLECTIONS FROM AUSTRALIA
Catastrophes happening in small countries often do not affect the world too much. However, if the country happens to be…
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JOURNEY INTO THE MIND OF AN ISLAMIC TERRORIST
The first thing that would strike a reader of this book, is the mystery about the identity of the author,…
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ENGAGING INDIA: DIPLOMACY AND THE BOMB
This book provides a diplomatic account of America’s negotiations with India and Pakistan subsequent to their May 1998 nuclear tests.…
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INDONESIA’S STRUGGLE: JEMAAH ISLAMIYAH AND THE SOUL OF ISLAM
In any discussion of Islam today it is important to make a distinction between regional and global Muslim identity. Despite…
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QUOTING GOD
This book tries to explore how media deal with religious news. It also looks at how traditional and emerging religions…
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THE AGE OF WAR:THE UNITED STATES CONFRONTS THE WORLD
This book deals with US foreign policy since 1950, especially focusing on the period after 2000. Kolko argues that the…
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ISLAM WITHOUT FEAR: EGYPT AND THE NEW ISLAMISTS
The last few decades have seen a battle between the secularists and the conservatives in many Muslim countries. The issue…
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MINISKIRTS, MOTHERS AND MUSLIMS: A CHRISTIAN WOMAN IN A MUSLIM LAND
There is a considerable body of writing on Muslims, particularly Arabs, by Western scholars, creative writers, officials posted in the…
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DEBATING GLOBALIZATION
Presenting a critique of globalization, David Held argues that the post war multilateral order is threatened by the Washington Economic…
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