Title: Rambling
Product review: The author obviously knows his subject well, however, most of the book does not really address the question raised. For the most part the book is a history of the culture and political developments of Islamic peoples. For 90% of the book he discusses literature, music, political institutions and military campaigns. The failure of Islam to enter modernity is the same failure that has afflicted other nations and empires: failure to separate church and state, failure to develop capitalism, and failure to nurture democracy. These are the same shortcomings that have brought down or stunted the growth of other nations and empires. Turkey has shown us that a nation that is 99% Moslem can also achieve modernity.
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