Crescent between cross and star Muslims and the West after 9/11

This volume presents a historical account of relationships among the Abrahamic traditions and then focuses on recent scholarship and polemical outpourings which have spawned anti-Muslim sentiments. Case studies from Western and Southern Asia illustrate a complex interplay between the written word an...

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Main Author: Malik, Iftikhar Haider
Other Authors: Iftikhar H. Malik
Language:Undetermined
English
Published: Karachi Oxford University Press 2006
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Institutions: Trung tâm Học liệu Trường Đại học Trà Vinh
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Summary:This volume presents a historical account of relationships among the Abrahamic traditions and then focuses on recent scholarship and polemical outpourings which have spawned anti-Muslim sentiments. Case studies from Western and Southern Asia illustrate a complex interplay between the written word and volatile geopolitics. Despite its focus on the Judaic-Christian formulations vis-à-vis Islam, the book also attempts to assess the Muslim position on ideological challenges presented by this dramatic phase in the tri-polar relationship
Physical Description:viii, 371 p.
22 cm
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (p. [349]-358) and index
ISBN:0195472861
9780195472868