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Table of ContentsPrologue PART I Indonesia The Flight of the N 250 1. The Man of the Moment 2. History 3. A Convert 4. A Sacred Place 5. Kampung 6. Below the Lava 7. Oh Mama! Oh Papa! 8. Ghosts PART II Iran The Justice of Ali 1. The Foundation of the Oppressed 2. Mr. Jaffrey's Round Trip 3. The Great War 4. Salt Land 5. The Jail 6. The Martyr 7. Qom The Punisher 8. Cancer 9. The Two Tribes PART III Pakistan Dropping off the Map 1. A Criminal Enterprise 2. The Polity 3. Rana in His Village 4. Guerrilla 5. Penitent 6. Loss 7. From the North 8. Ali's Footprint 9. War PART IV Malaysian Postscript Raising the Coconut Shell 1. Old Clothes 2. New Model 3. The Bomoh's Son 4. The Other World Acknowledgments The Wall Street Journal, Eric OrmsbyMr. Naipaul may not be interested in conveying the inner religious life of Iranian or Pakistani or Malaysian Muslims perhaps he would dismiss the very attempt as specious but the distinctive human voices he captures and the sense he creates of obscure but unforgettable individuals struggling with incomprehensible forces make Beyond Belief, for all its tendentiousness, a compelling book
ISBN: 0375501185
Author: V. S. Naipaul
Category: Religion
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