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    <body><![CDATA[An interesting book, conceptually, but hamstrung by poor timelines and a polemical tone which undercut the author's message. A better chronology would have served him well, and a more balanced discussion throughout. Still the message is quite strong, which is to say that the &quot;fundamentalisms&quot;...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/42826346">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I picked this book up in order to try to understand a little more about the views of the author behind 'The Islam Qintet'.  While my primary regional interest is South Asia, I'm interested in what Ali has to say about 'fundamentalisms' more generally.<br/><br/>I'd highly recommend this book to any...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/9642469">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[kind of a repeats a lot from his other book on the sixties but good comments on aethiesm]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Another must read by a preeminent intellectual of the left.  How can so may people in disagreement be so convinced they have a monopoly on reality?  Here's part of an answer.]]></body>
    
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