By John Miller and Aaron Kenedi (Editors). Inside Islam offers an unprecedented and timely examination of Islam, one of the world's three major monotheistic religions, in all its complexity. Editors John Miller and Aaron Kenedi, who in God's Breath collected the essential sacred texts of seven major wisdom traditions, bring together pieces by such notable writers and thinkers as Karen Armstrong, Huston Smith, V. S. Naipaul, Thomas Cleary, Ryszard Kapuscinski, Robert D. Kaplan, Geraldine Brooks and others. Organized into three sections—on Muslims, their beliefs, and their ancient and modern conflicts—Inside Islam is for everyone seeking new levels of understanding about the religion whose influence is being felt around the world now more than ever. Da Capo Press (2002), English, Paperback: 366 pages.

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 A timely gathering of articles and essays on a rapidly expanding, influential faith. "Understanding Islam is...imperative to anyone wanting to make sense of living in the twenty-first century," writes Islamist Akbar S. Ahmed in his introduction to this anthology, assembled by packagers Miller and Kenedi. Given recent world events, Ahmed's claim seems entirely valid; with militant, fundamentalist Islam on the rise in many countries, with secular regimes there ever embattled, and with the seemingly rising conflict between the Western and Muslim spheres, knowing more about the religion and cultures of Islam is an incontestably good thing. This is a modest contribution toward that end, drawing on much-anthologized work by the likes of Bernard Lewis, Karen Armstrong, and V.S. Naipaul, among other well-credentialed contributors...