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indicates that believers share values such as peace and forgiveness

this book gives snapshots of Muslim societies in Africa over the last millennium

He explains that principles of Ibn Arabi's Koranic hermeneutics with unprecedented clarity

challenging mainstream accounts of African economic history

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