how islam shaped the west

The book’s importance is thus not only to do with its nuanced account of the varieties of western European responses to Islam – though this is valuable enough, if only to show how inadequate is the narrative of a static and “medieval” Islam confronting a dynamically..

why do people join extremist organizations?

Many young people believe that West has been suppressing Muslims for centuries The current fighting Syria, Iraq and Libya is against Muslims by Muslims, and there is widespread perception that behind this mayhem is Western conspiracy to weaken Islam. . ..

islam is part of western civilisation – john

Islam is part of Western civilisation . . . As the arguments about Western civilisation roll on, I’m struck by the assumption, seemingly shared by both sides of this debate, that the Islam and the Islamic world aren’t part of “Western civilization”. . .....

farsnews

The Kurdish-language Hawar news reported that infighting among terrorists of Ahrar al-Sharqiyeh and other elements of Jeish al-Islam intensified al-Sanaeh district and Kaveh square in Afrin Western Aleppo when they disagreed over their share of people's plundered properties.. In..

icc: the court of last resort

Given the high geopolitical stakes in the region -- oil, terrorism, Western fears of Islam, and sensitivities over both Israel and Iran -- there is danger that the more traditional interests of the most powerful states will get even greater weight formulation, pushing justice to the..

islam's future lies east of mecca

Over the past few decades, Middle Eastern oil wealth has been used by the most restrictive, to export regressive, ferociously intolerant and anti-Western form of Islam to mosques and madrassas abroad, from the immigrant quarters of London to the back-country of Indonesia. ..

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