The Great Theft: Wrestling Islam From the Extremists (40 page)
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Authors: Khaled M. Abou el Fadl
CONCLUSION
1 For a book that succinctly summarizes the enormous humane contributions of the Islamic civilization and their impact on the Western civilization, see D. M. Dunlop,
Arab Civilization to AD 1500
(Harlow, UK: Longman, 1971).
Dr. Khaled Abou El Fadl is one of the most important and influential Islamic thinkers in the modern age. An accomplished Islamic jurist and scholar, he is a professor at the UCLA School of Law, where he teaches Islamic law, immigration law, human rights law, and international and national security law. As the most critical and powerful voice against puritanical and Wahhabi Islam today, he regularly appears on national and international television and radio, including CNN, NBC, PBS, NPR, and
Voice of America
(broadcast throughout the Middle East).
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