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Book Title: Sceptics Of Islam: Revisionist Religion, Agnosticism And Dis...
Item Length: 9.2in
Item Height: 0.6in
Item Width: 6.1in
Author: Ralph M. Coury
Publication Name: Sceptics of Islam : Revisionist Religion, Agnosticism and Disbelief in the Modern Arab WORLD
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Publisher: I. B. Tauris & Company, The Limited
Series: Library of Modern Middle East Studies
Publication Year: 2018
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 19.9 Oz
Number of Pages: 272 Pages