[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.

[Chickensoup]

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

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I recommend the second one. It is a look at the positive an negatives in a Muslim Culture overlay that proudly provides feudalism, patriarchy and nepotism as better options than freedom.

We are in the beginning stages of the first book. The second book provides a look at our children’s future.