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Spadola's book is theoretically sophisticated, skillfully constructed, and rich in detail.

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Journal of Religion

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Calls of Islam is an instructive contribution to the literature on Morocco's socio-culltural and political idiosyncrasies.

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Review of Middle East Studies

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Spadola's dense but short study . . . manages admirably well to deal with a complex topic, skillfully balancing ethnographic and analytic elements.

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American Ethnologist

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[The] tension between social classes is subtly drawn out throughout this exemplary book, and Spadola also does a magnificent job tying local, national, and transnational contexts together. Although writing about a very specific place and time, he manages to capture post-millennial anxieties about Islam and belonging that are far reaching in their scope.

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Contemporary Islam