TY  - BOOK
AU  - Weismann,Itzchak
AU  - Sedgwick,Mark J.
AU  - Martensson,Ulrika
TI  - Islamic myths and memories: mediators of globalization 
SN  - 9781472411495 (hardcover : alk. paper)
PY  - 2014///]
CY  - Farnham Surrey, Burlington, VT
PB  - Ashgate
KW  - Globalization
KW  - Religious aspects
KW  - Islam
KW  - Historiography
KW  - Islamic sociology
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