[Chickensoup]

Anyone else read these?

[BunnySlippers]

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[Dinah Lord]

Haven’t read them - but thanks for the recommendation.

[Zhang Fei]

Two have to read books about the Muslim takeover of Indonesia, Iran, Pakistan and Malaysia.

I highly recommend both of these books. Naipaul is one of my favorite authors. The one thing he is not is politically-correct.

[mojito]

“Among the Believers” is the first book that I am aware of that actually takes note of political Islam as a global force. It's a remarkably prescient book. Naipaul ascribes the rise of political Islam as a response to failed societies, but he drives home again and again how worthless political Islam is as a creed to better peoples lives.

I haven't read the second, “Beyond Belief,” but if it's by Naipaul, I'm sure it's full of brilliant insights.

[PotatoHeadMick]

Muslims haven’t “taken over” Indonesia, where did you hear that nonsense?

The last time I checked Indonesia had just overwhelmingly re-elected their pro-western president Susilo Bambang Yudyono to a second term in one of the world’s biggest ever democratic elections, just for the record the “islamist” parties (and they’re a rather wishy washy form of islamism) scored a rather measly 5% in the election.

[dennisw]

Read them both a while back. Being of Hindu& third world background, VS Naipaul knows exactly what the Muslim Jihad is all about