| 词条 | Beyond Belief: Islamic Excursions among the Converted Peoples |
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| name = Beyond Belief: Islamic Excursions among the Converted Peoples | title_orig = | translator = | image = File:BeyondBelief.jpg | caption = Cover of the first edition | border = yes | author = V. S. Naipaul | illustrator = | cover_artist = | country = United Kingdom | language = English | series = | genre = | publisher = Random House | release_date = 1998 | english_release_date = | media_type = Print (Hardback & Paperback) | pages = 408 pp (first edition, hardback) | isbn = | preceded_by = | followed_by = }} Beyond Belief: Islamic Excursions among the Converted Peoples is a non-fiction book by V. S. Naipaul published by Vintage Books in 1998. It was written as a sequel to Naipaul's An Islamic Journey (1979). SummaryNaipaul draws a distinction between Arab countries and the countries of "converted peoples" where the adoption of Islam involves to some extent the adoption of Arabic culture. The book describes his five-month journey in 1995 revisiting four Muslim countries: Indonesia, Iran, Pakistan and Malaysia.[1] Naipaul takes the view that "The British period--two hundred years in some places, less than a hundred years in others--was a time of Hindu regeneration."[2] ReceptionBeyond Belief has been criticized notably by Eqbal Ahmad, who regarded its view of Islam as erroneous. Ahmed Rashid, a personal friend of Eqbal's, appears in the book as the character "Shabaz".[3]Reviewing it in The Sunday Times Patrick French wrote that "The human encounters are described minutely, superbly, picking up inconsistencies in people’s tales, catching the uncertainties and the nuances...". Later, in his authorised biography of Naipul he adds that "Most of the converts in question changed faith somewhere between the seventh and eleventh century, yet Naipaul’s sense of the past is so intense, so profound, that he sees them as rejectors of their indigenous belief, engaged in “a dreadful mangling of history”, and suffering from resultant “neurosis”. Conversion to Islam and the ensuing emphasis on foreign holy places is for him 'the most uncompromising kind of imperialism'. He does not consider the possibility that Islam might, over the centuries, have become an indigenous religion, while his claim that, “Everyone not an Arab who is a Muslim is a convert” might just as well be made about Christianity."[4] References1. ^Beyond Belief {{V. S. Naipaul}}{{Islam-book-stub}}2. ^p.247 3. ^"Beyond Belief – V.S. NaipaulInterviewed by David Barsamian" [https://web.archive.org/web/20111113234603/] 4. ^{{cite book|last1=French|first1=Patrick|title=The World Is What It Is: The Authorized Biography of V.S. Naipaul|date=2009|publisher=Picador|isbn=978-0330440097|page=480|edition=Reprint|url=https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=a5Bcrbhd3TEC&pg=PA480&lpg=PA480&dq=%22the+human+encounters+are+described+minutely,+superbly,+picking+up+inconsistencies+in+people%E2%80%99s+tales,+catching+the+uncertainties+and+the+nuances%22&source=bl&ots=6OGcQOsVeJ&sig=bqaaLyK4nreNNxGR3ZmsE2PELPU&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjZ6aXyie7XAhUkIsAKHcmBDRgQ6AEIMDAB#v=onepage&q=%22the%20human%20encounters%20are%20described%20minutely%2C%20superbly%2C%20picking%20up%20inconsistencies%20in%20people%E2%80%99s%20tales%2C%20catching%20the%20uncertainties%20and%20the%20nuances%22&f=false|accessdate=3 December 2017}} 5 : 1998 non-fiction books|Books about Islam and society|Books by V. S. Naipaul|1998 in Islam|Books critical of Islam |
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