Description
Book SynopsisExplores the problematic relationship between Islam, the West and 'modernity'
Trade Review'An admirable stocktaking of how Muslims came to be where they are today in the modern world. It is a tour de force through centuries and across continents' -- Erika Friedl, Islam and Christian-Muslim Relations
'Examines a long history of volatile social relations based on extensive travels and research across four continents ... Iftikhar H. Malik offers a wealth of case studies' -- The Middle East
Table of ContentsPreface
Glossary
1. Modernity and Political Islam: Contestants or Companions?
2. The Saga of Muslim Spain: Pluralism to Elimination.
3. Muslims in Spain: Beginning of an End.
4. Islam and Britain: Old Cultures, Odd Encounters.
5. Muslims in Britain: Multiculturalism and Emerging Discourse.
6. Muslim in France, Germany and the European Union: Aliens or Allies?
7. Ireland and Islam: The Green Twins or Worlds Apart?
8. Islam and the United States: New Friends or Old Enemies?
Epilogue : Andalusia or Renaissance?
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