The West in an Islamic Mirror Part II
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The West in an Islamic MirrorPart II
Muzaffar IqbalBaqir al-Ulum University, Qum, Iran
November-December 2005
Muslims and the West
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Four Facets to the Mirror
The Making of the Contemporary West The Making of the Contemporary Muslim
World Muslims in a Western Mirror The West in an Islamic Mirror
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A Muslim Lens
Unlike the Islamic lens, it is bound by space and time (history); one must contextualize.
How did Muslims see the West at various times in global history?
Turkish map of the Americas printed in the Jihan Numa of Hajji Khalifah
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Medieval Europe(barbarism, ahl al-kitab)
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European Scientific Revolution
(ranging from interest to apathy to ignorance)
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Colonization(inferior, despairing, aspiration to climb colonizers’ social order)
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Muslim Nation-states and the West
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Muslim Institutions, Rulers, the West
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Attempts to counter Western influence often attack the surface(do not address primary causes).
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Economic Alliance of Necessity
Case studies
Arabia Jordan Egypt Pakistan Kuwait Gulf States
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Muslim Masses and the West Technology forming the image The media
– Education– Books, Ideas
Values, ethics, and relationships in Muslim society Popular image of the West