Islam, Authoritarianism, and Underdevelopment: A Global and Historical Comparison, by Ahmet T. Kuru

This is an outstanding book written by Ahmet Kuru and published in 2019. The author narrates an interestingly instructive anecdote in its Preface. The summary of the anecdote is that reading a book is not enough to reach a conclusion on any topical issues especially those that are controversial and many sided. The references at the end of the book foreground the fact that it is a well-researched and academically rich book—reading of which students of knowledge, scholars, and researchers should compete for and be proud of. The book is well-timed—it coincides with a period of resurgence of Islamic political activists.