Before Orthodoxy: The Satanic Verses in Early Islam
By: Shahab Ahmed
4.52
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
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By: None , H.T. Willetts , Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
3.98
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4.57
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3. Orientalism
By: None , Edward W. Said
4.12
Format: 424 pages, Paperback
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6. The Bible Unearthed: Archaeology's New Vision of Ancient Israel and the Origin of Its Sacred Texts
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3.91
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4.11
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3.74
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4.23
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12. الرحيق المختوم
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3.66
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13. The Life of Muhammad
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3.96
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3.64
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15. Muhammad and the Empires of Faith: The Making of the Prophet of Islam
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4.36
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3.95
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3.76
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4.21
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4.00
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20. Before Orthodoxy: The Satanic Verses in Early Islam
By: Shahab Ahmed
4.52
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
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3.43
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