Islama eta Mendebaldea - Jakin

Islam and the West
S u m m a r y
• Islam, a necessary dialogue
The professor Luis Sols provides us with an extensive and didactic
presentation of the world of Islam, both from its religious and its
political, historical, sociological and cultural points of view. The
author provides us with an analysis of the conflictive relations existing
between Islam and the West, the historical-religious evolution
of Islam, the situation of the Near East in the 20 t h century, the origins
and evolution of Islamism, the different political attitudes of
the Islamic movements, the social situation in Muslim countries,
the situation of women in Islamic society, the most recent military
conflicts and in short, the current socio-political situation of Islam
and Islamic countries and on the international front. w L U I S S O L S
• Opinions regarding relations between Islam and the
West
The experts in matters of international politics Mikel Aramendi, Gabirel
Ezkurdia, Jose Mari Pastor, Juanjo Sanchez Arreseigor and Jesus
Torquemada provide us with their view of the conflictive relations
existing between the Islamic world and the West. Thus, they emphasize
multiple controversial matters, each one from his own particular
perspective: the concept of «war of civilizations», the Western
interpretation of Islamism, the identification of Islam with fundamentalism,
the religious magnitude of Islamic societies, the incompatibility
of Islam with democracy and modernity and the bases for
dialogue between Islam and the West. w Various Authors
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