DOC Islamicate Societies: A Case Study of Egypt and Muslim India Modernization; Colonial Rule; and the Aftermath by Husain Kassim in History

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Intended for students as well as scholars of religion and violence; Belief and Bloodshed discusses how the relationship between religion and violence is not unique to a post-9/11 world_it has existed throughout all of recorded history and culture. The book makes clear the complex interactions between religion; violence; and politics to show that religion as always innocent or always evil is misguided; and that rationalizations by religion for political power and violence are not new. Chronologically organized; the book shows religiously motivated violence across a variety of historical periods and cultures; moving from the ancient to medieval to the modern world; ending with an essay comparing the speeches of an ancient king to the speeches of the current U.S. President.