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Islam's deep traditions of art and science have had a global influence

  • Written by Kalpana Jain, Senior Religion + Ethics Editor
imageMosul, a major city in northern Iraq, in the 19th century The Print Collector via Getty Images

For people who would like to learn more about Islam, The Conversation is publishing a series of articles, available on our website or as six emails delivered every other day, written by Senior Religion and Ethics Editor Kalpana Jain. Over the past few...

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