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learning about the interactions of Islam and Buddhism

Date: September 09, 2003 | 12 Rajab 1424 Hijriah
Blog: veiled4allah
Subjects: history
Following up on my post yesterday about Islam in Tibet, I've been browsing an e-book called The Historical Interaction Between the Buddhist and Islamic Cultures Before the Mongol Empire. It is a fascinating read and I recommend it to anyone who is interested in learning more about Central Asian history.

The author has a large number of other materials on Islam in Central Asia at his site including the historical sketch of the Muslims of Tibet that I linked to yesterday. Beyond that he seems to have a vast collection of resources on Tibetan Buddhism.
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one of the top five commentors on this blog! Zack Ajmal said: Total comments: 112   gold stargold stargold stargold stargold star

Subject: Re: learning about the interactions of Islam and Buddhism

Thanks, this looks very interesting.

~ Posted at September 9, 2003 05:01 PM | Comment Permalink
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Subject: Re: learning about the interactions of Islam and Buddhism

I'm still in part one, but I've already learned a lot and I look forward to reading the rest.

My interest in this was sparked by the book I'm reading right now. It's a mystery novel called "The Skull Mantra" by Eliot Pattison. It really gives a look into Tibetan culture and the situation in Tibet today. The second book in the series, which I bought today, is set partly in Xinjiang.

~ Posted at September 9, 2003 08:04 PM | Comment Permalink
Brian Ulrich said: Total comments: 41   gold stargold stargold stargold star

Subject: Re: learning about the interactions of Islam and Buddhism

I just had time to glance at this, but it looks interesting. Did you know the Barmakids were originally Buddhist?

Volume II of Andre Wink's Al-Hind: The Making of the Indo-Islamic World also covers Muslim-Buddhist relations in India, before Buddhism's final collapse there. I have to talk him up, because he was on my prelim committee

~ Posted at September 10, 2003 02:56 PM | Comment Permalink

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