One Thousand Roads to MeccaSince its inception in the seventh century, the pilgrimage to Mecca, or the Hajj, has been the central theme in a large body of Islamic travel literature. Beginning with the European Renaissance, it has also been the subject for a handful of adventurous writers from the West who, through conversion or connivance, managed to slip inside the walls of a city forbidden to non Muslims. One Thousand Roads to Mecca collects significant works by observant

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Author: Julian Baggini

In Professor Rahman's view the intellectual and therefore the social development of Islam has been impeded and distorted by two interrelated errors

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