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I said in my introduction that I am not interested in fastening this study to current events, which, admittedly, may appear to be a decision born of diffidence, or worse, of insularity and intellectual cowardice. On the other hand, this study is an affirmation of narrative and its ubiquity. It is an affirmation of texts and textuality in a time in which inconsequential persons can catapult themselves into the world limelight by threatening to burn books. Islamic civilization and culture is an organism, an ecosystem rather, that emerges from a wide body of texts, including literary ones, as well as from a wide body of cultures, ideological perspectives, and political camps. And while this study has proceeded from attention to particular texts and particular experiences in this ecosystem, I must underscore the necessarily global dimensions of any critical discussion of Islam.
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Mirmotahari, E. (2011). Conclusion. In: Islam in the Eastern African Novel. Literatures and Cultures of the Islamic World. Palgrave Macmillan, New York. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230119291_8
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