A Question of Precedence & Other Middle East Stories by Marmaduke Pickthall Pickthall

A Question of Precedence & Other Middle East Stories by Marmaduke Pickthall PickthallPickthall is a wonderful storyteller. He brings us straight into the narrative, with sharply drawn personalities, dealing with dilemmas to which we can relate. He builds a picture of the physical environment; buildings, flowers, the landscape that is convincing. His central characters may be rogues and cheats, religious fanatics, bandits or hypocrites. They are all drawn as the result of acute observation. We see the world from the perspective of an

His recent works include The Four Imams and Their Schools

clever and impassioned character

there are misunderstandings regarding the Prophets

Ehsan Masood confesses he spent his youth reading the extremist writer Maryam Jameelah

References to Islamic theology provide an ethereal backdrop to a story set in one of the most sought after cities in the world

wonder and scholarship

beneath the surface

After answering the riddles of the dragons in the dragon chamber and earning both their friendship and rewards she continues on with her constant companion

engaging our senses and revealing the rich tapestry of Balochistan

Ziauddin Sardar and Samia Rahman suggest that extremism is an expected product of our complex and chaotic postnormal times

theory and practice

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