Islam and the west: part I.

From: Contemporary Review | Date: March 1, 2003| Author: Ramsay, Allan | Copyright information

EVEN before the attack on the World Trade Center it was noticeable that there has been an increase in the availability of new publications in the West on the subject of Islam. They range from relatively sophisticated analyses to straightforward handbooks of the 'Teach Yourself Islam', 'Living with Islam', 'Know Islam' type. Many are published by Islamic centres in the West. The majority are aimed specifically at the Western non-Muslim public of the wider sort. The weightier works s...

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