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Article: Amin Malak: Muslim Narratives and the Discourse of English.(Book review)
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- International Fiction Review
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- January 1, 2007
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Amin Malak Muslim Narratives and the Discourse of English New York: State University of New York Press, 2005. Pp. 81. US $24.95
Although the belief in the superiority of the dominant group has been under attack for quite a long time, a great deal of ambiguity still remains. The values of Islam, for example, are still overlooked and not considered as constitutive elements of historical and cultural development. Amin Malak's comprehensive study of Islam in its literary embodiment is an apt response to this kind of ambiguity and to shallow generalizations about Islam and its people. It is also a response to indifferent academics who relegate Muslim-English texts to ...