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A WORLD WITHOUT ISLAM
“Graham Fuller offers perhaps the most penetrating analysis of what is going on
in Egypt and elsewhere in regards to political Islam…. A World Without Islam
imagines what kind of world we would have if Islam had never existed. It is a
brave thesis, pulled off magnificently…. While not dismissing concerns about
terrorists who are Muslim, A World Without Islam deftly calms many North
Americans’ hysteria about the negative power of religion, particularly Islam….
With his wealth of knowledge, Fuller is convincing when he maintains the
present crisis of East-West relations has little to do with religion and almost
everything to do with political and cultural frictions, land and oil interests, power
rivalries and propaganda.”
—Douglas Todd, Vancouver Sun
“Fuller has been a voice of reason and calm in an otherwise hysterical debate….
A World Without Islam is a needed corrective, a sober call not to settle for
historical pabulum and instead recall a past and recognize a present that is far
more complicated and layered than any polemic would have us believe.”
—Zachary Karabell, Los Angeles Times
“At once a brilliant history lesson and a fascinating thought experiment, A World
Without Islam is sure to challenge the simplistic view held by so many in the
West that Islam is the source of the conflicts we are witnessing in the Middle
East.”
—Reza Aslan, author of No god but God and Beyond Fundamentalism
“A World Without Islam cogently lays out the complex causes of contemporary
conflicts and makes bold policy recommendations that move conversations
about East-West relations beyond religious and ideological divides.”
—Publishers Weekly
“Fuller dares to suggest that overcoming the twenty-first-century anti-Western
animosities of Middle Eastern Muslims requires an honest and historically
informed assessment of economic and political inequities that moves us beyond

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a fixation on religious issues. This exceptional inquiry finally sustains a quite
specific—and controversial—set of recommendations for reframing American
foreign policy.”
—Booklist (starred review)
“Well-reasoned…. Fuller’s book is indeed a useful corrective.”
—Ishaan Tharoor, Time
“A must-read. Graham Fuller’s A World Without Islam is a tour de force by one
of the foremost authorities on global Muslim politics. Fuller’s masterful study
provides an insightful and at times provocative analysis of the character of
Muslim-West relations from the rise of Islam, addressing the major issues from
the clash of civilizations and the roots of terrorism to the significance of the
Palestinian-Israeli conflict and U.S. foreign policy.”
—John L. Esposito, author of The Future of Islam
“A book of ambition and scope.”
—Bruce Lawrence, Middle East Journal
“Since September the 11th, some argue that we are engaged in a conflict with
radical Islamists that some describe as the Long War. Former intelligence officer
Graham Fuller proposes that we look at these challenges in a different way.
Would the world be very different if Islam never existed? He argues that the long
and difficult relationship between the West and the Middle East has less to do
with religion and more to do with disputes over land, resources, politics, and
power.”
—Neal Conan, Talk of the Nation, National Public Radio “Brilliant and
erudite…. Fuller’s treatment of these issues is deeply learned but executed with
an enviable lightness of touch…. One doesn’t have to agree with all his
arguments to conclude that this is one of the most stimulating books written on
the Middle East in recent years.”
—Srinath Raghavan, Times of India

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Copyright
Copyright © 2010 by Graham E. Fuller All rights reserved.
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ISBN: 978-0-316-07201-4

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