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Why Did the Islamic World Reject the Printing Press

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- Technology and Religious Change: Islam and the Impact of Print by Francis Robinson
- Early Muslim Printing: A Study of Early Muslim Experiences with the Printing Press from 1700-1900 by Bryan S. Ayers
- Print or not print: is that still the question? by Walid Ghali Nasr


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