The Crisis of Islam (Magill’s Literary Annual 2004)
At a glance:
- Author: Bernard Lewis
- Type of Work: Current affairs, history, and religion
- Time of Work: 622-2003
- Setting: The Middle East and the United States
- Subjects: United States or Americans, Islam, Twenty-first century, Religion, Muslims, Middle East, Fanaticism, Seventh century
Bernard Lewis is considered by many to be the foremost scholar of Islam writing in the English language. This concise, 164-page expansion of his earlier George Polk Award-winning New Yorker article describes the historical roots of present-day Muslim hostility toward the Western world. Although President George W. Bush insists the United States is not engaged in a war with Islam, Lewis notes that terrorists reject this formulation. Osama bin Laden and his followers are proud to be Muslims and claim to be engaged in a religious war of Islam against infidels, especially targeting...
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