Monthly Archives: April 2009

The following is a useful (abridged) review of Confessions of a British Spy by: Adnan Malik Librarian for the South Asian Collections South/Southeast Asia Library 120 Doe Library University of California Berkeley, CA 94720-6000 I have reviewed the two e-books you sent me earlier. The first one, Confessions of a British Spy, is an obviousContinueContinue reading “Confessions of a British Spy: Book Review”

Last year, the author of the now famous Ulama in Contemporary Islam: Custodians of Change, Muhammad Qasim Zaman, published a biography of the great savant and saint Hakim al-Ummah Mawlana Ashraf ‘Ali al-Thanawi (may Allah shower him with His mercy). The book is part of  The Makers of the Muslim World Series. I recently obtainedContinueContinue reading “Ashraf ‘Ali Thanawi: Islam in Modern South Asia by Muhammad Qasim Zaman”