Arab Studies Quarterly (Jun 2019)

The Clashing Religions at Turbulent Political Times

  • Samar Attar

DOI
https://doi.org/10.13169/arabstudquar.41.3.0235
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 41, no. 3
pp. 235 – 250

Abstract

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“The Clashing Religions at Turbulent Times” describes the tragic relationship between the Islamic Civilization and the West throughout history to the present day, and the reaction of 17th-, 18th- and 19th-century writers in Britain, and the rest of Europe, to the devastating historical events and numerous translations of Arabic and Islamic sources into Latin, English and other languages. Extraordinary zeal both in politics and religion leads to nothing but bloodshed and wars, and creates eternal enmity between nations. Social, political and religious toleration is a moral virtue and an essential key to our mutual peaceful coexistence in this world.