What Is Sufism And Can It Stop Radical Islam?
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While Muslim countries are now criticized over education and expression, the Golden Age of Islam wasn’t. So what was this prosperous period?

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Britannica: Abbasid Dynasty

The New Yorker: Invaders

PBS: Timeline of Islam

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