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Pipes' critique overdue

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Submitted by Dr Gautam Sen (United Kingdom), Nov 28, 2003 at 15:24

If Pipes found Hourani's Arab history more apology than fidelity I wonder how he would react to the endless reams of Stalinist apologia suggesting that the Muslim conquests of India created a golden age? Of course his government agrees with this extraordinary depiction because the Library of Congress has recently appointed one of these apologists of Islamic conquest to its most distinguished chair.
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4Read both... [31 words]abdal malikJul 28, 2005 13:2323958
2Pipes' critique overdue [63 words]Dr Gautam SenNov 28, 2003 15:2412366
A suggestion [42 words]IbethApr 4, 2003 12:538037

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