The Islamic World and the West

This timely volume brings together contributions by 14 established Muslim and Western scholars. It intends to present a somewhat more positive outlook in the currently rather strained relations between the Islamic world and Europe by drawing on shared values and possibilities of cooperation in various fields, such as those reflected in worldview, education, economics, multiculturalism, religious dialogue, politics, as well as security issues. It also contains a historical revaluation of some of those contacts.