Born a Muslim
I enjoyed reading this book - should serve as a “Dummies guide to Islam and Indian Muslims”.
It provides a lot of valuable context for Islam, which would save us so much heartache, especially in todays inflammable socio-political context.
Especially if you are a well meaning person who is being bombarded by WhatsApp University sponsored by the Indian Uncle Bullshit Association - and want to build up your immunity, this should help.
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