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Baha'i Faith
By Hartz, Paula
Publishers Summary:
- ISBN
- 978-0-81606-608-7
- Publisher
- New York : Facts On File, Inc., c2006.
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School Library Journal
Reviewed on March 1, 2007
Gr 7-10 Gordon's update of his 2001 edition includes developments in Afghanistan and Iraq, new census data on the increase of Muslims in the U.S., and half a dozen recent books as further reading. A paragraph in the introduction addressing the association of violence and extremism with Islam cites events in the past five years and adds to the history of Western stereotypes of Muslims. The author includes a slightly more detailed account of Islam's imperial past and subsequent reform movements (still omitting Sayyid Qutb). Oddly, the account of...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
