Imam Al-Ghazali (1058 - 1111) was a Muslim theologian and philosopher. His book The Incoherence of Philosophers was well-known both in Arabic and in Latin translation in the Middle Ages and, as a result of his major work The Revival of the Religious Science, he became known as "the Proof of Islam."
ROBERT IRWIN, the eminent Arabist, is the author of The Arabian Nightmare, Exquisite Corpse, Dangerous Knowledge, Prayer-Cushions of the Flesh, and The Limits of Vision, also available from Overlook.