Show the average Westerner a page of abstract Arabic calligraphy and he’ll see nothing but squiggly lines. Show the same page to a devout Muslim and – literate or not – he may see the Word of God.

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Islam's unattainably high standards for governmental behavior meant historically that existing leaders, with their many faults, alienated Muslim subjects, who responded by refusing to serve those ...