Shakib Arslan because in addition to being a politician, he was also an influential writer, poet and historian, among other things. Influenced by the ideas of al-Afghani and Muhammad Abduh, Arslan became a strong supporter of the Pan-Islamic policies of Abdul Hamid. He also advocated the proposition that the survival of the Ottoman Empire was the only guarantee against the division of the ummah and its occupation by the European imperial powers. Wikipedia
A review by Martin Kramer of William L. Cleveland, Islam Against the West: Shakib Arslan and the Campaign for Islamic Nationalism www.geocities.com/martinkramerorg/Arslan.htm
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