Summary
PARADISE: A HISTORY OF THE IDEA THAT RULES THE WORLD by Kevin Rushby (Constable Robinson, Pounds 18.99)
TRAVEL writer Kevin Rushby was on another exotic trek. Sitting cross-legged at an Iranian shrine to an Islamic saint, he was getting up close and personal with Muslim worshippers, teasing out their attitude to the West and its habit of demonising their beliefs. 9/11 came up.See the full content of this document
Extract
Has Paradise Lost Its Promise?
What inspired the hijackers, he asked? Was it the promise of 72 virgins in paradise, as the Qu'ran is said to promise?
Abbas, the ponytailed mystic R...See the full content of this document
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