Language, Identity, Modernity: The Arabic Study Circle of Durban, by Shamil Jeppie

摘要

Shamil Jeppie’s book tells a fascinating story about a small but significantnDurban-based Muslim organization that grappled with the compatibility betweennIslam and modernity. Jeppie, who is an historian based at the University of CapenTown, divides his book into eight chapters and a useful set of set of endnotes andnreferences.