I want to get an understanding of the religious and cultural climate of the middle east. Is there any supplementary reading I should do before the Quran or should I just dive right into it?

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Anonymous Mon May 18 01:19:01 2015 No.6555403 [Reply] [Original]

I want to get an understanding of the religious and cultural climate of the middle east. Is there any supplementary reading I should do before the Quran or should I just dive right into it?

>>	Anonymous Mon May 18 01:21:23 2015 No.6555408 >>6555403 Read Sayyid Qutb for an understanding of contemporary radical Islamic culture. Idk what else to tell you to do besides pick up some history books though.

>>	Anonymous Mon May 18 01:21:40 2015 No.6555410 >>6555403 Salman Rushdie - The Satanic Verses Michel Houllebeq - Platform

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Anonymous Mon May 18 01:32:02 2015 No.6555422

>>6555403

I think you are just better off reading political, economic, and general history texts on the region. The Quran has been bent in so many different directions to justify pretty much anything, so no one in power really follows it. History during and after WW1 is a great starting point. Most of the problems in the Mid East today are a result of the fall of the Ottoman Empire.

Anonymous Mon May 18 02:49:41 2015 No.6555591

The Quran is the foundational text of most everything else in that region, so either than the Bible and a biography of Muhammad you're fine. The modern climate is such a clusterfuck you'll be left only more confused using the Quran as anything more than toilet paper

>>	Anonymous Mon May 18 02:55:42 2015 No.6555607 The Qur'an is quite an enjoyable read for the most part, depending on what translation you get of course.

>>	Anonymous Mon May 18 03:01:05 2015 No.6555619 >>6555422 This. The Ottoman Empire is incredibly important to study if you want to get a grasp on this sort of thing. A history book is what I would recommend. Not sure which one specifically though, sorry.

>>	Anonymous Mon May 18 09:26:17 2015 No.6556334 File: 305 KB, 2928x2928, olağanüstü_pepe.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>6555619 Caroline Finkel's "Osman's Dream" is hard to beat. 600-some pages of narrative history, but it's a good read and goes by pretty quickly.

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