What Do a Billion Muslims Really Think?
Posted on April 9th, 2009 by Michael
Who Speaks for Islam? What a Billion Muslims Really Think
By John L. Esposito, Ph.D., and Dalia Mogahed
Based on the largest and most in-depth study of its kind, this book presents the remarkable findings of the Gallup Poll of the Muslim World, the first ever data-based analysis of the points of view of more than 90% of the global Muslim community, spanning nearly 40 countries.
John L. Esposito, one of the leading experts on the Muslim world, and Dalia Mogahed, Gallup’s executive director of Muslim studies, offer readers an evidence-based understanding of extremism, the role of women in Muslim societies, Islam, and democracy, and what more than a billion Muslims really think about the West.
May 1st, 2009 at 9:52 pm
How about we ask all those questions to the one or a few Muslims we know, make an effort to understand their answers, and try to build a strong mutially beneficial relationship with them.
And if we don’t know any, get to know some…
Starting at the level we can have an impact on is my preference over books that try to synthetize the opinions and views of a quarter of the world population..
..with all due respect to the authors and the book itself, which I’m sure is decent..
April 15th, 2009 at 11:50 pm
I can’t help but wonder how biased this will be…
April 11th, 2009 at 11:35 pm
we all need to understand muslims more in all manifestations
April 10th, 2009 at 9:20 pm
It will be a very interesting book.