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Legacy Of The ProphetDespots, Democrats, And The New Politics Of Islam\nAuthor(s): Anthony Shadid\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Basic Books, United States\nImprint: Basic Books\nISBN-13: 9780813340180, 978-0813340180\nSynopsis\nNow available in paperback, Legacy of the Prophet is a sweeping, first-person account of the transformation in the style and message of Islamic politics at the beginning of the twenty-first century. As terrorism floods our headlines, this book offers a rare but much-needed counterpoint: it shows that Islamic activists have increasingly renounced violence in order to form political parties, engage in grass-roots work, and enter into civil society to bring about peaceful reform in their authoritarian societies. Drawing on his years of reporting in more than a dozen countries of the Muslim world, Anthony Shadid charts the way in which the adolescence of yesterday's Islamic militants is yielding to the maturity of today's activists. Through personal interviews a.