In the wake of such events as the publication of offensive
cartoons of the prophet Mohammed in a Danish newspaper, the murder
of Dutch filmmaker Theo van Gogh by an Islamist extremist, and a
growing anti-immigrant and anti-Muslim sentiment across Europe,
relations between Europeans and both the Islamic world and Muslims
living in Europe are increasingly strained.
Islam and Europe brings together seven authorities on the global
role of Islam to discuss ways to overcome this entrenched animosity
and engender new possibilities and understandings. Though
approaching this issue from distinct points of view, the
contributors agree that only dialogue both between the West and
Islam and within and among societies historically identified with
Islam will confrontation give way to consensus. Moreover, by
encouraging free and critical thinking, such dialogue may, the
contributors argue, pave the way to social equity and the
scientific innovation that will lead to greater prosperity in the
Muslim world.
Based on papers presented at the first Intercultural Relations
Conference, organized by Forum A. & A. Leysen, held in Leuven
in 2007, the essays collected in this volume are accompanied by the
most important questions after each presentation and the speakers'
responses. Although the question of how to actually construct the
dialogue remains unsettled, this groundbreaking book takes a giant
step toward an answer.
Contributors: Luda A. Abicht, University of Ghent and University
of Antwerp; Sadik al-Azm, Yale University, Hunter College, Damascus
University, and Princeton University; Tariq Ali; John R. Bowen,
Washington University, St. Louis; Roger Dillemans, Katholieke
Universiteit Leuven; Mark Eyskens, Former Minister of State,
Belgium; Marie-Claire Foblets, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven;
University of Brussels, and University of Antwerp; Tariq Modood,
University of Bristol; Ruud Peters, University of Amsterdam; Jean
Pierre Rondas, Journalist, Belgium; Bassam Tibi, University of
Gottingen; Nasr H. Abu Zayd, University of Utrecht and University
of Leiden"
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