The World from Islam by George Negus

'Not everything, but a hell of a lot of what you always wanted to know about Muslims -- but no one got around to telling you.'
George Negus

In this updated edition of the Number 1 bestseller, George Negus adds new thoughts on the complex topics of faith, war and Islam.

In this inimitable no-nonsense style, Negus is hellbent on demystifying the issues, the misconceptions and prejudice that have set the Islamic and non-Islamic worlds against each other. Through encounters and conversations with people in the region, from sheiks to mullahs, and academics to former slaves, Negus explores those questions pre-occupying non-Muslims in our post-September 11, post-Bali, post-Saddam world: Should we fear Islam? What do Muslims believe and why? Do they really fight jihads, holy wars? Just how great is the mutual ignorance - the belief chasm - between Muslims, Jews and Christians or do we have far more in common than we realise? And where does a loving God or a loving Allah fit into all the violence and hatred?

George Negus is one of Australia's most respected journalists and popular personalities. For twenty-five years he's travelled extensively throughout the Middle East, camping in goat-hair tents with Bedouins, partying in marble palaces, strolling across the infamous Allenby Bridge, and wandering the ancient streets of Jerusalem in his quest to decipher the way of life that is Islam. His observations are Frank; his insights timely. You'll be wiser for the read.

'Over the last twenty-five years, I've worked and travelled in more than a dozen Islamic countries. On the basis of this regular and varied contact, I would argue that more than 99.99 per cent of Muslims are not, repeat not, terrorists.' George Negus

Genres: Nonfiction -  Religion - Islam - Australia - Travel - History
Condition: Very good
Published: First published in 2003. This updated edition published in 2004 by HarperCollinsPublishers
Pages: 292
ISBN: 0732280486
Weight: 370g