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Originally Posted by Tribesman
Do not knock Skybirds sources, just errrrrr....comment on the reliabilty and objectivity of his sources  |
Yeah, this one really reeks of intellectual dishonnesty and deception. I found the Encyclopedia of Islam on the net, Raddatz is indeed technically a "co-author" of this book as he has a whopping
one contribution in
one page in
one volume out of the 12.
http://www.archive.org/stream/EI2-v1...2-V-9_djvu.txt
He is certainly NOT "co-editor" as Skybird claimed, and funnily enough, FrontPageMag and various blogs use the same deception to make him look like a major contributor (emphasis mine):
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Peter Raddatz, a German scholar of Islamic Studies and the co-author of the renowned “Encyclopaedia of Islam.”
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http://97.74.65.51/readArticle.aspx?ARTID=5347
Also notice that in both Encyclopedia, the same book from 1971 is referenced, so even his tiny presence in the Encyclopedia doesn't say anything about the value or lack of of his recent work, which I can't judge directly since I don't speak German.
But given that the man's work is superior to that of
Annemarie Schimmel, I have no doubt his books will be translated into several languages very soon. After all, "von Allah zum Terror" has only been published in 2002, it shouldn't take too long now should it?