Mike’s Reviews > Destiny Disrupted: A History of the World through Islamic Eyes > Status Update
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Prior page makes interesting point for why Christians would want Muslim conquest over Byzantines (lower taxes and less religious interference - don’t care about Christian sects).
— Dec 01, 2018 03:20PM
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Very good insights into development of Hadith and Ulama. Readable for HS and gives clarity to ambiguities.
— Dec 04, 2018 06:44PM
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Clarification on Shi’a belief of divine connection of the Imam after Muhammad.
— Dec 04, 2018 06:12AM
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Ali cast in an unfortunate light, as inheritor of a corrupted Umma.
— Dec 04, 2018 06:08AM
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Good, dispassionate analysis of the struggle over Muhammad’s successor after his death.
— Dec 01, 2018 08:50AM
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Introduction deals with the idea of “parallel history” between the West and Islamic world. Interesting conversations on periodization.
— Nov 27, 2018 07:09PM
