Book Review: A Self Study Course on Political Islam. Level 1
Book Review: A Self Study Course on Political Islam. Level 1

Summary/Abstract: „ Self-Study Course on Political Islam – Level 1“ is a book to start with, when you are beginning to read Bill Warner and – according to him – when you are trying to understand political Islam. The contents of this quite short book are focused on the very basics of political aspects of the Islamic faith. He puts a lot of emphasis on the fact, that his research is not about religion or Muslims, be it extremists or not, but about Islamic political doctrine and the history. Content wise, it consists of 13 chapters (or as the author calls them, lessons), which are all focused on one single topic, such as relation of Islam towards Jews, women, or slavery, or an analysis of themes like Jihad or ethics of Islam. Every chapter is approximately 8 pages long, which goes hand in hand with the general idea of simplicity on which is the whole work of Bill Warner based, as I have mentioned before. When a certain topic is closed within circa 8 pages, it is really easy for the reader to comprehend, although on the expense of quality, since you cannot possibly manage to do an in-depth analysis of any topic in such condensed way. It is plausible, however, that particular details of presented topics are further elaborated in the other volumes from the higher course levels.

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