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'Islam - A short History' by Karen Armstrong, paperback, rrp £6.99.  Universal history series.

One of the greatest of the world religions through the 1500 years of its existance, Islam has also been by far the most misunderstood.  The Western world has undergone a complete revolution of thought in recent centuries, but its mistrust of Islam is still essentially medieval.

Karen Armstrong's book cuts through the cliche.  Islam, she makes clear, has not only been one of the world's most important religions but the basis for one of its most illustrious civilizations.