I have quite a few translations but this is by far the best, its so simple to read and understand. Commentary is short and the flow is good. Simple summary at the beginning is really good. Would recommend this to anyone and everyone as the 1st translation that should be read.
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I bought this book as an extra when buying something else. I planned to read it on holiday, but it arrived three days before I left and I made the mistake of dipping into it beforehand. It was a mistake because my total absorbtion in this autobiography left me with no more than a few pages to read on my trip. It is a long time since I learned so much from a book. Ayaan writes simply, and without rancour about a life that appears beyond belief to a western male. It is a wonderful, literary achievement that deserves our attention.
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I bought this book as an extra when buying something else. I planned to read it on holiday, but it arrived three days before I left and I made the mistake of dipping into it beforehand. It was a mistake because my total absorbtion in this autobiography left me with no more than a few pages to read on my trip. It is a long time since I learned so much from a book. Ayaan writes simply, and without rancour about a life that appears beyond belief to a western male. It is a wonderful, literary achievement that deserves our attention.
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I bought this book as an extra when buying something else. I planned to read it on holiday, but it arrived three days before I left and I made the mistake of dipping into it beforehand. It was a mistake because my total absorbtion in this autobiography left me with no more than a few pages to read on my trip. It is a long time since I learned so much from a book. Ayaan writes simply, and without rancour about a life that appears beyond belief to a western male. It is a wonderful, literary achievement that deserves our attention.
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I live in Dubai, a progressive Islamic country and have also visited Saudi Arabia on several occasions while my husband worked there. I found this a fascinating book, putting into perspective a lot of the contradictory Islamic practices that I have observed in the two countries.
The author has travelled extensively across Islamic countries and reached into the lives of many women from diverse origins and from as far afield as Africa and Turkey, through to the Middle East. Her easy manner has enabled women of many backgrounds to open up to her.
The result is a very balanced view of Islam and the cultural practices that have become associated with the religion. It was this distinction between The Koran, the hadiths and culture that explained ... Read More:
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Shapes and Forms' paper and Qabalistic based Hermetic design against this work, there is no comparison. Daud Sutton is a born scholar who manages to introduce the dazzling complexity and subtlety of Islamic lineal shapes and forms with consummate ease. One of my favourite source works. --Steven Ashe
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This book is useful only as a short book with some general historical factual information, dates and the like. The analysis of historical and religions events and developements says more about the writer and her post-christian liberalism than it does about Islam. The writer shows some knowledge of the Qur'an but shows litle understanding of the Sunnah and Hadith which are critical to the developement of Islamic thought and practice.
Do NOT rely on what you read in this book. If you are interested in understanding Islam from a western perspective try books by Bernard Lewis instead - they are a harder read but what you read is of more value.
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I know some people have commented that this book came across as obscure and complex, but luckily for me I didn't find that. I found it incredibly helpful and illuminating in what is a deeply complex religion. The key facts that I was able to take away with me have helped to shape my understanding of Islam and what it means to be a Muslim. I thought that it was well written and extremely interesting.
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Absolutely brilliant book. Robert Spencer deserves a nobel prize for writing such a book. Brilliant book, until I read this book I really believed in all that propaganda about "how muslims are very peace loving and all that malarki." This book opened my eyes.
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Absolutely brilliant book. Robert Spencer deserves a nobel prize for writing such a book. Brilliant book, until I read this book I really believed in all that propaganda about "how muslims are very peace loving and all that malarki." This book opened my eyes.
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