Muhammad in Europe A Thousand Years of Western Myth-Making |
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Author:
| Reeves, Minou |
ISBN: | 978-0-8147-7533-2 |
Publication Date: | Aug 2001 |
Publisher: | New York University Press
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Imprint: | NYU Press |
Book Format: | Hardback |
List Price: | USD $89.00 |
Book Description:
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From the time of the Crusades to the present day, European portraits of Muhammad have offered biased and negative representations. This text traces the representations of Muhammad and Islam in Western texts and its manifestation in modern attitudes to Islamic fundamentalism.
From the time of the Crusades to the present day, European portraits of Muhammad have offered biased and negative representations. This text traces the representations of Muhammad and Islam in Western texts and its manifestation in modern attitudes to Islamic fundamentalism.