I Hear Islam Singing: Shahab Ahmed's What Is Islam? The Importance of Being Islamic
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عنوان ژورنال: Harvard Theological Review
سال: 2016
ISSN: 0017-8160,1475-4517
DOI: 10.1017/s0017816016000420