An integrative approach combining an historical approach and anthropological interpretation / Relying essentially on indigenous Arabic sources, often inaccessible to foreign scholars, the book presents a more objective view of Islam as a culture / Underlines at every turn the close and complex interrelatedness of religion and politics in Muslim societies.

An integrative approach combining an historical approach and anthropological interpretation / Relying essentially on indigenous Arabic sources, often inaccessible to foreign scholars, the book presents a more objective view of Islam as a culture / Underlines at every turn the close and complex interrelatedness of religion and politics in Muslim societies.