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Since its inception, Islam and its civilization have been in continuous relationships with other religions, cultures, and civilizations, including not only different forms of Christianity and Judaism inside and outside the Middle East, Zoroastrianism and Manicheism, Hinduism and even Buddhism,but also tribal religions in West and East Africa, in South Russia and in Central Asia, including Tibet. The essays collected here examine the many texts that have come down to us about these cultures and their religions, from Muslim theologians and jurists, travelers and historians, and men ofletters and of culture.
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Muslim Perceptions of Other Religions
MUSLIM PERCEPTIONS of OTHER RELIGIONS A Historical Survey
Edited by Jacques Waardenburg
New York
Oxford
OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS
1999
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Copyright © 1999 by Jacques Waardenburg Published by Oxford University Press, Inc. 198 Madison Avenue, New York, New York 10016 Oxford is a registered trademark of Oxford University Press All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior permission of Oxford University Press. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Muslim perceptions of other religions : a historical survey / edited by Jacques Waardenburg. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references ISBN 0-19-510472-2 1. Islam—Relations. 2. Islam—History. I. Waardenburg, Jean