{"product_id":"beyond-belief-islamic-excursions-among-the-converted-peoples","title":"Beyond Belief: Islamic Excursions Among the Converted Peoples","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRevisiting Indonesia, Iran, Pakistan and Malaysia - the countries he visited for \u003cem\u003eAmong the Believers\u003c\/em\u003e (1981), Naipaul reviews his impressions of the Islamic world. He explores the life and culture, and the current ferment which exists inside the nations of Islam.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIslam is an Arab religion, and it makes imperial Arabizing demands on its converts. In this way it is more than a private faith; and it can become a neurosis. What has this Arab Islam done to the histories of Indonesia, Iran, Pakistan and Malaysia? How do the converted peoples view their past--and their future? In a follow-up to \u003cem\u003eAmong the Believers\u003c\/em\u003e, his classic account of his travels through these countries, V. S. Naipaul returns after a gap of seventeen years to find out how and what the converted preach.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"V. S. Naipaul","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49541823037737,"sku":"647014B","price":11.75,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0857\/9435\/7545\/files\/beyond-belief-islamic-excursions-among-the-converted-peoples-743806.jpg?v=1754398622","url":"https:\/\/thebookstore.pro\/products\/beyond-belief-islamic-excursions-among-the-converted-peoples","provider":"The Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}