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A Call for Heresy: Why Dissent Is Vital to Islam and America.(Book review)
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ForeWord
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November 1, 2007| Author:
Priess, David
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Work Title: A Call for Heresy: Why Dissent Is Vital to Islam and America
Work Author(s): Anouar Majid
University of Minnesota Press
280 pages, Hardcover $24.95
Religion
ISBN: 9780816651276
Reviewer: David Priess
Recent years have seen no shortage of books offering remedies for the perceived woes of the Islamic world. Most of these---at least the ones receiving attention in the West---focus on the need f...
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