''Lost Islamic History: Reclaiming Muslim Civilisation from the Past'' is a book on Islamic history, written by American researcher and historian Firas Alkhateeb. It was first published in 2014 via

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in the

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. It has since been translated into Turkish, Indonesian, and Urdu. Per the author, the book is intended to serve as a primer for readers unfamiliar with the subject of Islamic history.

Synopsis

The book covers a brief overview of the

history History (derived ) is the systematic study and the documentation of the human activity. The time period of event before the invention of writing systems is considered prehistory. "History" is an umbrella term comprising past events as well ...

of Muslim

Civilization A civilization (or civilisation) is any complex society characterized by the development of a state, social stratification, urbanization, and symbolic systems of communication beyond natural spoken language (namely, a writing system). ...

, from the early days of Islamic Civilization to modern day.

Release

''Lost Islamic History: Reclaiming Muslim Civilisation from the Past'' was first published in the United Kingdom on 1 August 2014 through Hurst Publishers. A revised and expanded second edition was released on 15 November 2017, also via Hurst Publishers. This newer edition contained an additional chapter entitled "The Islamic Sciences", which covers aspects of Islamic sciences not covered in the 2014 release.

Reception

The

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, recommended the book via

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as a read for young people during the

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, as he felt that it was "An excellent brief history of the driving force that made Islamic civilisation the greatest of its time and then the factors behind its decline." After this tweet Alkhateeb discovered that a fake version of his book containing inaccuracies and other misinformation was being digitally distributed on the Internet, prompting him to warn readers that the false version was "entirely inaccurate & Islamophobic".

References

External links

Review
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