Ebook: Journey to the End of Islam
Author: Knight Michael Muhammad
- Tags: Knight Michael Muhammad -- Travel -- Islamic countries., Islam -- 21st century., Islamic countries -- Politics and government -- 21st century., Islamic countries -- Description and travel., Knight Michael Muhammad., Islam., Politics and government, Travel., Islamic countries.
- Year: 2009
- Publisher: Soft Skull Press
- City: Berkeley, Islamic countries, Islamic countries
- Language: English
- epub
In Journey to the End of Islam, Michael Muhammad Knight? whose work has led to him being hailed as both the Jack Kerouac and Hunter S. Thompson of American Islam? wanders through Muslim countries, navigating between conflicting visions of his religion. Visiting holy sites in Pakistan, Syria, Egypt, and Ethiopia, Knight engages both the puritanical Islam promoted by Saudi globalization and the heretical strands of Read more...
Abstract: In Journey to the End of Islam, Michael Muhammad Knight? whose work has led to him being hailed as both the Jack Kerouac and Hunter S. Thompson of American Islam? wanders through Muslim countries, navigating between conflicting visions of his religion. Visiting holy sites in Pakistan, Syria, Egypt, and Ethiopia, Knight engages both the puritanical Islam promoted by Saudi globalization and the heretical strands of popular folk Islam: shrines, magic, music, and drugs. The conflict of?global" and?local" Islam speaks to Knight's own experience approaching the Islamic world as a uni