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Merryl Wyn Davies is appalled by the sectarian divisions in Muslim societies; Yasmin Saikia is angry at the Sectarian violence unleashed in the name of Islam; Ebrahim Moosa suggest the Sunnis, the majority Muslim sect, need a little self-reflection; Faisal Daviji explores the historic contribution and present predicaments of the Ismailis; Imranali Panjwani explains what it means to be a Shia; Zacharias Pieri joins the evangelical Tablighi Jamaat on a religious retreat; Robin Yassin-Kassab traces the origins of the Alawis of Syria; Hassan Mohamedallie has a conversation with Mirza Masroor Ahmad, the Caliph and spiritual leader of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community; Francesco Cavatorta thinks the Salafis represent the greatest danger to Islam; Jamie Gilham asks why converts tend to be over-zealous; and Faizur Rahman spends some quality time with the puritan Deobandis of India.

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Book category Books in English Society & social sciences Society & culture: general Social groups

• Full title: Critical Muslim 10: Sects
• Author: Ziauddin Sardar
• Language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 264
• EAN: 9781849043953
• ISBN: 1849043957
• ID: 02357412
• Publisher: C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd
• Weight: 368 g
• Dimensions: 217 × 145 × 21 mm
• Date of publishing: 11. April 2013

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