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Allah's Torch by Tracy Dahlby

Allah's Torch

A Report from Behind the Scenes in Asia's War on Terror

by Tracy Dahlby
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  • Jan 1, 2005, 320 pages
  • Paperback:
  • Dec 2005, 327 pages
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A portrait of a religion under change, which can be as thoughtful and as insightful as it is sometimes irreverent.
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