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Journey To The End Of Islam (2009)

by Michael Muhammad Knight(Favorite Author)

3.88 of 5 Votes: 3

ISBN

1593762461 (ISBN13: 9781593762469)

languge

English

genre

Memoir & Autobiography

publisher

Soft Skull Press

review 1: An interesting if somewhat disjointed account of a visit to Pakistan and a pilgrimage to Mecca, by an oddball white American Muslim. I could read it with two eyes. The anthropological eye saw the faith of a person who grew up in my modern multicultural America, with a multitude of influences both high and pop culture. And he's certainly opinionated. The rational eye saw someone who accepted just about every faith he ran across regardless of the age of tradition and who spent far too much time attacking himself for doubt. But it was all interesting.
review 2: Not everyone's cup of tea to be sure - the author being a blue-eyed follower of an offshoot of the Nation of Islam. Moreover, there's a stream of consciousness quality to the writing (some digressions, flas... morehbacks, etc.), along with a hip-hoppy tone, and frequent use of Muslim terms that are never explained to the general reader (rakat, du'a, etc.), though can be inferred. So ... why would I recommend it? Knight is a westerner; as he says to one guy in Mecca who criticizes him for not changing his name: "I didn't convert to being an Arab!" In other words, he's even-handed about his positive and negative encounters, neither complaining all the time, nor fawning. He comes off as a bright, though eccentric, young man, who (in spite of the all the hip-hop) expresses himself well. less

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