Islam in the eyes of the West: images and realities in an age of terror

The "West" and the Islamic world: patterns of confrontation and paths to reconciliation / Tareq Y. Ismael and Andrew Rippin -- The origin of difference: Edward Said, Michel Foucault and the modern image of Islam / Dietrich Jung -- Demonizing the enemy in the war on terror / Shadia Drury --...

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Published in:Durham modern Middle East and Islamic world series
Contributors: Ismael, Tareq Y. 1939- (Editor) ; Rippen, Andrew (Other)
Format: Print Book
Language:English
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Published: London [u.a.] Routledge 2010
In: Durham modern Middle East and Islamic world series (16)
Series/Journal:Durham modern Middle East and Islamic world series 16
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Islam / Reception / Western world
Further subjects:B Collection of essays
B Radio program
B Usa
B Terrorism
B Dschihadismus
B Industrial nations
B Jihad
B Terrorism Religious aspects Islam
B Stereotype
B Islam Public opinion
B Reporting
B War on Terrorism, 2001-2009
B Muslim
B Islam Relations
B Bedrohungsvorstellung
B Militancy
B Islam
B Western world
B Perception
B Enemy image
B East and West
B Struggle against
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Summary:The "West" and the Islamic world: patterns of confrontation and paths to reconciliation / Tareq Y. Ismael and Andrew Rippin -- The origin of difference: Edward Said, Michel Foucault and the modern image of Islam / Dietrich Jung -- Demonizing the enemy in the war on terror / Shadia Drury -- Islam and Muslims as seen by the Christian Zionists / Norton Mezvinsky -- Vigilante masculinity and the "War on Terror" / Sunera Thobani -- Islam in the US: the contemporary scene / Fuad Shaban -- "Jihadiology" and the problem of reaching a contemporary understanding of jihad / Abdel Salam Sidahmed -- Muslims, neighbours in Asia? the transformation of Japan's perceptions of Islam as shown in its media / Keiko Sakai islam -- U.S. politics, media and Muslims in the post 9/11 era / Janice J. Terry -- Media and societal discourse on Western-Muslim relations / Karim H. Karim -- Understanding the Muslim world: we can do better / Raymond Baker and Alex Henry -- 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 -- Huntington's "Clash of civilizations": rumours and clarification / Glenn E. Perry -- Getting it wrong yet again: America and the Islamic mainstream / Raymond Baker
ISBN:041556414X