Among the Believers An Islamic Journey Author:V.S. Naipaul "Among the Believers" is V. S. Naipaul's classic account of his journeys through Iran, Pakistan, Malaysia and Indonesia; 'the believers' are the Muslims he met on those journeys, young men and women battling to regain the original purity of their faith in the hope of restoring order to a chaotic world. It is a uniquely valuable insight into mode... more »rn Islam, and the comforting simplifications of religious fanaticism. 'The edgy exactitude of Naipaul's writing is both effortlessly classical and yet at the same time brilliantly contemporary, as sharp and lucid as a spear of glass...He is inimitable, truly great and truly deserving of the Nobel' - "Observer".« less
A personal look at Islam at the time of the Iranian revolution.The author visits Iran, Pakistan, Malaysia and Indonesia at this time of great change and finds primarily people dreaming for an Islamic paradise which seems impossible to create.