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First Published in 1968. This works seeks to be neither
controversial nor polemical, the author intends to present an
entirely objective account of the beliefs and institutions of
Islam. Lammens describes Hejaz as the cradle of Islam, where
Western Arabia in its mountainous complexity holds as the primary
focus in this title. Discussing Islam as having been formed by the
evolution of thirteen centuries, the details supplied within enable
the reader to extensively follow its historical development.
This is a reprint of the late professor's work on Jamal al-Din
al-Afghani (1838-1879) and his well-known Egyptian discipline
Muhammad 'Abduh (1849-1905), the Mufti of Egypt. These two men have
generally been seen as devout Muslims who helped rejuvenate their
religion which had been stagnating for many centuries.
The author provides evidence which suggests that these two men were
involved in Islam's small and silent atheist movement which had a
subversive rather than constructive influence on mainstream Islam.
He also examines Afghani's and 'Abduh's political activities in
Egypt before and during 'Urabi's revolt of 1870 and in the process
throws new light on Egypt's politics during this turbulent decade.
He argues that Afghani could have been a Russian agent, possibly a
French one and probably offered his services to the British.
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