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100			_aGaudefroy Demombynes Maurice
245		0	_aMuslims Institutions
260			_aLondon
260			_bGeorge Allen And Unwin.
260			_c1954
300			_a216p.
520			_aThe Muslim world is today made up of a number of com munities, each striving to raise itself to the dignity of statehood, but seeking, at the same time, to preserve a measure of spiritual unity. This unity was, for centuries, confused with the idea of political unity, the caliph combining in his person temporal power and spiritual authority. During that period there existed a single Muslim community, the institutions of which were permeated with the spirit of religion. It is those institutions that we have endeavoured to describe, without omitting to point out that they have evolved, and that, at the period of their apparently most perfect unity, they were subject to the modifying influence of changing human moods and varying traditions.
650			_aReligion
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