V S Naipaul <br/><br/>
Beyond Belief: Islamic Excursions Among the Converted Peoples 

 - New York  Random House  1998 
 - xiii,408 p.  HB  24x17 cm. 
<br/><br/> Naipaul draws a distinction between Arab countries and the countries of "converted peoples" where the adoption of Islam involves to some extent the adoption of Arabic culture. The book describes his five-month journey in 1995 revisiting four Muslim countries: Indonesia, Iran, Pakistan and Malaysia.<br/>Naipaul takes the view that "The British period--two hundred years in some places, less than a hundred years in others--was a time of Hindu regeneration."  https://www.pinterest.com/pin/609041549592493600/ 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0375501185 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Political Science<br/>Islam and Politics<br/>Islamic Countries
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Asia
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>320.55  / NAIB