Islam in the eyes of the West
Subtitle: images and realities in an age of terror
By: edited by Tareq Y. Ismael and Andrew Rippin.
Contributors: Ismael, Tareq Y.; Rippin, Andrew, 1950-
Series: Durham modern Middle East and Islamic world series
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2010
Place of publication: New York, NY
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780415564144; 9780203854389
Subjects: Islam -- Relations; Islam -- Public opinion; East and West; Terrorism -- Religious aspects -- Islam; War on Terrorism, 2001-; Jihad
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The "West" and the Islamic world: patterns of confrontation and paths to reconciliation / Tareq Y. Ismael and Andrew Rippin; title: The origin of difference: Edward Said, Michel Foucault and the modern image of Islam / Dietrich Jung; title: Demonizing the enemy in the war on terror / Shadia Drury; title: Islam and Muslims as seen by the Christian Zionists / Norton Mezvinsky; title: Vigilante masculinity and the "War on Terror" / Sunera Thobani; title: Islam in the US: the contemporary scene / Fuad Shaban; title: "Jihadiology" and the problem of reaching a contemporary understanding of jihad / Abdel Salam Sidahmed; title: Muslims, neighbours in Asia? the transformation of Japan's perceptions of Islam as shown in its media / Keiko Sakai islam; title: U.S. politics, media and Muslims in the post 9/11 era / Janice J. Terry; title: Media and societal discourse on Western-Muslim relations / Karim H. Karim; title: Understanding the Muslim world: we can do better / Raymond Baker and Alex Henry; title: Applying "the McCarthy test" to Canadian and American security legislation: a 10-year retrospective on the impact of September 11, 2001 on privacy rights / Patrick Smith; title: Huntington's "Clash of civilizations": rumours and clarification / Glenn E. Perry; title: Getting it wrong yet again: America and the Islamic mainstream / Raymond Baker.