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Future of Islam
April 27, 2009
Ali A. Allawi former minister, defense and finance, Iraq
Corey Flintoff foreign correspondent, National Public Radio

Ali Allawi, former Minister of Defense and Minister of Finance in the Iraqi Transitional Government, discusses his new book, The Crisis of Islamic Civilization, with National Public Radio correspondent Corey Flintoff.

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Image of The Crisis of Islamic Civilization
Author: Dr. Ali A. Allawi
Publisher: Yale University Press (2009)
Binding: Hardcover, 320 pages
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Publisher: Yale University Press (2008)
Binding: Paperback, 544 pages
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