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"A multidisciplinary study of Western-Muslim interactions in historical and contemporary times, this volume explores ways of enhancing productive engagement in domestic and transnational contexts. Leading scholars discuss Western-Muslim intersections in the areas of civil society, educational curriculum, government policy, legal reform, media production, political participation, public discourse, and public opinion. This book appears at a time when Western forces are withdrawing from Afghanistan and policymakers are exploring the viability of long-term approaches that go beyond securitization and militarization. Engaging the Other will appeal to readers specifically interested in policy issues relating to conflict, culture, diaspora, education, immigration, inter-faith dialogue, intercultural and international relations, Islam and the West, law, media, multiculturalism, national security, political participation, public discourse, public policy, and religion"--
List of contents
Preface; Karim H. Karim and Mahmoud Eid 1. Engaging the Other; Mahmoud Eid and Karim H. Karim 2. Toledean Testimony: Reconquesta, Architectural Convivencia and the Man from La Mancha; H. Masud Taj 3. Christian and Muslim Principles of Debate: Renewing Discourse in the Public Square; Marianne Farina 4. European Education and Islam: Liberalism and Alerity; Shiraz Thobani 5. Muslim Civil Society in Eastern and Western Contexts: A Confluence of the Historical, the Local, and the Global; Karim H. Karim 6. Bridging Civilizations: The New Hermeneutics of Islamic Law; Anicée Van-Engeland 7. The Inner Clash of Civilizations within the Muslim Ummah; Steven Kull 8. Public Policy and Muslims in Western Societies: Security and Integration 9. Political Participation among Muslims in Europe and the United States; Jocelyne Cesari 10. Producing Alternative Media Discourses on Muslims; Faiza Hirji 11. Public Policy and the Clash of Ignorance; Mahmoud Eid and Karim H. Karim
About the author
Jocelyne Cesari, Georgetown University and Harvard University, USA
Mahmoud Eid, University of Ottawa, Canada
Marianne Farina, Dominican School of Philosophy and Theology, USA
Faiza Hirji, McMaster University, Canada
Karim H. Karim, Carleton University, Canada
Steven Kull, University of Maryland, USA
H. Masud Taj, Carleton University, Canada
Shiraz Thobani, Institute of Ismaili Studies, UK
Anicée Van-Engeland, SOAS, University of London, UK
