Beyond belief: (Record no. 196242)
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| 000 -LEADER | |
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| fixed length control field | 02410cam a2200289 a 4500 |
| 001 - CONTROL NUMBER | |
| control field | 1876106 |
| 003 - CONTROL NUMBER IDENTIFIER | |
| control field | BD-DhUL |
| 005 - DATE AND TIME OF LATEST TRANSACTION | |
| control field | 20170514190047.0 |
| 008 - FIXED-LENGTH DATA ELEMENTS--GENERAL INFORMATION | |
| fixed length control field | 970808s1998 nyu 000 0 eng |
| 010 ## - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CONTROL NUMBER | |
| LC control number | 97037350 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| International Standard Book Number | 0375501185 |
| 040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE | |
| Original cataloging agency | TOC |
| Language of cataloging | eng |
| Transcribing agency | BD-DhUL |
| Modifying agency | ANL:NR |
| -- | BD-DhUL |
| 082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 910 |
| Item number | NAB |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Naipaul, V. S. |
| Fuller form of name | (Vidiadhar Surajprasad), |
| Dates associated with a name | 1932- |
| 245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Beyond belief: |
| Remainder of title | Islamic excursions among the converted peoples / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc. | V.S. Naipaul. |
| 250 ## - EDITION STATEMENT | |
| Edition statement | 1st ed. |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
| Place of publication, distribution, etc. | New York : |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc. | Random House, |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc. | 1998. |
| 263 ## - PROJECTED PUBLICATION DATE | |
| Projected publication date | 9806 |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | xi, 408 p. ; |
| Dimensions | 25 cm. |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc. | Beyond Belief is a book about one of the more important and unsettling issues of our time: the effects of the Islamic conversion of Indonesia, Iran, Pakistan, and Malaysia. It is not a book of opinion. It is - in the Naipaul way - a very rich and human book, full of people and stories. Islam is an Arab religion, and it makes imperial Arabizing demands on its converts. In this way it is more than a private faith, and it can become a neurosis. What has this Arab Islam done to the histories of these converted countries? How do the converted peoples, non-Arabs, view their past - and their future? In a follow-up to Among the Believers, his classic account of his travels through these countries, V. S. Naipaul returns after seventeen years to find out how and what the converted preach. |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc. | In Indonesia he finds a pastoral people who have lost their history through a confluence of Islam and technology. In Iran he discovers a religious tyranny as oppressive as the secular one of the Shah, and he meets people weary of the religious rules that govern every aspect of their lives. Pakistan - in a tragic realization of a Muslim re-creation fantasy -inherited blood feuds, rotting palaces, antique cruelty; then President Zia installed religious terror with $100 million of Saudi money. In Malaysia, the Muslim Youth organization is alive and growing, and the people are mentally, physically, and geographically torn between two worlds, struggling to live the impossible dream of a true faith born out of a spiritual vacancy. |
| 600 10 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Naipaul, V. S. |
| Fuller form of name | (Vidiadhar Surajprasad), |
| Dates associated with a name | 1932- |
| General subdivision | Journeys |
| Geographic subdivision | Islamic countries. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Islam |
| Geographic subdivision | Asia. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Islam |
| General subdivision | Controversial literature. |
| 651 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--GEOGRAPHIC NAME | |
| Geographic name | Islamic countries |
| General subdivision | Description and travel. |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) | |
| Source of classification or shelving scheme | |
| Koha item type | Books |
| Price effective from | Date last seen | Permanent Location | Not for loan | Date acquired | Source of classification or shelving scheme | Koha item type | Lost status | Withdrawn status | Source of acquisition | Collection code | Damaged status | Shelving location | Barcode | Current Location | Full call number |
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| 2017-05-14 | 2017-05-14 | Dhaka University Library | Not For Loan | 2017-05-14 | Books | gift | Non Fiction | Dr. Aftab Ahmed Collection | 427237 | Dhaka University Library | 910 NAB |