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Malise Ruthven is a writer and historian of the Islamic world. He has been a scriptwriter with the BBC Arabic and World Services and has taught Islamic Studies and Comparative Religion at the University of Aberdeen, the University of California and at Dartmouth. He is a frequent contributor to the New York Review of Books, among other publications, and is the author of several books, including Fury for God, Fundamentalism and Encounters with Islam (I.B.Tauris, 2012).

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• AcknowledgementsForeword by Colin ThubronPreface to this EditionProloguePart One: The Road to ZionI The Pilgrim TrailII Prophets, Shakers and MartyrsIII The Golden PlatesIV The Holy FamilyV The Camp of IsraelVI Unease in ZionPart Two: The Rim of the WorldVII Purity and DangerVIII Love is GodIX Comic BizPart Three: People of the BookX GenesisXI Among BelieversXII The Black GospelXIII Holy WarsXIV The Power of SilenceEpilogueA Note on Sources