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To my mother for all her patience, generosity, and sacrifice. And I promise my Abdullah a novel.
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Page 7 and 8: PREFACE I have two sons. My older s
Page 9 and 10: My work in diplomacy came later, an
Page 11 and 12: playground gossip about the Jews or
Page 13 and 14: THE GRAY AREA Habeebie Saif, You ar
Page 15 and 16: debates that are taking place in Eu
Page 17 and 18: have your favorites. My favorite is
Page 19 and 20: They have stories to tell you about
Page 21 and 22: LANDSCAPES OF ISLAM Saif, You know
Page 23 and 24: Yemen, you will find an intellectua
Page 25 and 26: lot of power and influence at stake
Page 27 and 28: egion—are dry and relatively hars
Page 29 and 30: FRAGMENTS OF MEMORY Habeebie Saif,
Page 31 and 32: impossible to know what my father d
Page 33 and 34: THE LIMITS OF WHAT WE CAN KNOW Dear
Page 35 and 36: MY FIRST DARK DAYS Saif, The summer
Page 37 and 38: He took out a pen and paper and beg
Page 39 and 40: clearly that Allah may intend for u
Page 41 and 42: and therefore, there is some kind o
Page 43 and 44: spread of the Islamic values of res
Page 45 and 46: Perhaps an extended statement like
Page 47 and 48: most important ways are going to be
Page 49 and 50: our lives. I believe we owe that to
Page 51 and 52: Orthodox Islam brought the spiritua
Page 53 and 54: So there are leading Muslim figures
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home you were discriminated against
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the earth at the end of our lives
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accordance with the Quran and the P
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would wonder why I could hardly mem
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slightly more at ease in a world of
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VIOLENCE Habeebie Saif, As much as
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they commit. I want you to see how
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ROLE MODELS Habeebie Saif, You will
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are always called to return by thos
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Everyone seemed to have had a cousi
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Qutb was an extremely fluent and pe
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eject it, as is possible in Western
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Of course we instinctively want to
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REVELATION AND REASON Habeebie Saif
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that for a thousand years we have t
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SERMONS AND WHAT TO EXPECT IN THE M
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y its practitioners. Do you underst
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differs from the Sunni method. The
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opened up the world of knowledge an
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knowledge from other cultures—cul
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learning from their stories. In his
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Remember that I realized that what
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MEN AND WOMEN Habeebie Saif, You ha
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asic respect that any human being d
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FREE SPEECH AND THE SILENCE WITHIN
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a dream come true. Some people cher
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A CLOSER LOOK AT A MORAL CONUNDRUM
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When he saw them again, he inquired
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choices that have been made for us
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likelier to see life for what it is
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ABOUT THE AUTHOR Omar Saif Ghobash
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Contents Title Page Copyright Notic
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LETTERS TO A YOUNG MUSLIM. Copyrigh
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