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Book Title: Questioning Secularism: Islam, Sovereignty, And The Rule Of ...
Item Length: 0.9in
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Author: Hussein Ali Agrama
Publication Name: Questioning Secularism : Islam, Sovereignty, and the Rule of Law in Modern Egypt
Format: Trade Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Series: Chicago Studies in Practices of Meaning Ser.
Publication Year: 2012
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 16 Oz
Number of Pages: 288 Pages
