Engaging the Other

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-x

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2. Engaging the Other

   • Mahmoud Eid, Karim H. Karim

   Pages 1-15

3. Toledean Testimony: Reconquista, Architectural Convivencia and the Man from La Mancha

   • H. Masud Taj

   Pages 17-41

4. Christian and Muslim Principles of Debate: Renewing Discourse in the Public Square

   • Marianne Farina

   Pages 43-65

5. European Education and Islam: Liberalism and Alterity

   • Shiraz Thobani

   Pages 67-87

6. Muslim Civil Society in Eastern and Western Contexts

   • Karim H. Karim

   Pages 89-109

7. Bridging Civilizations: The New Hermeneutics of Islamic Law

   • Anicée Van-Engeland

   Pages 111-132

8. The Inner Clash of Civilizations within the Muslim Ummah

   • Steven Kull

   Pages 133-150

9. Public Policy and Muslims in Western Societies: Security and Integration

   • Mahmoud Eid

   Pages 151-172

10. Political Participation among Muslims in Europe and the United States

    • Jocelyne Cesari

    Pages 173-189

11. Producing Alternative Media Discourses on Muslims

    • Faiza Hirji

    Pages 191-211

12. Public Policy and the Clash of Ignorance

    • Mahmoud Eid, Karim H. Karim

    Pages 213-225

13. Back Matter

    Pages 227-248

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Addressing the specific contexts of communal leadership, educational policy, inter-communal relations, legal reform, media production, public discourse, public opinion, and responses to government policy, this volume examines Western-Muslim relations and makes proposals for enhancing Self-Other interaction to improve societal harmony.

• al-Ghazali
• al-Qaeda
• alternative
• Andalusia
• Aquinas
• Arab
• architecture
• art
• Bible
• British
• Canadian
• Christian
• civil society
• civilization
• clash of civilizations
• clash of ignorance
• colonialism
• communication
• conflict
• Convivencia
• desegregation
• Government
• Integration
• Islam
• participation
• Policy
• society

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

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