Islam is often portrayed, especially in Western media, as an alien, violent, hostile, and monolithic religion, whose adherents are intent upon battling nonbelievers throughout the world. Shattering the Myth demonstrates that these conceptions more accurately reflect the bias of Western reporters tha...

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1. Verfasser:	Lawrence, Bruce B. 1941- (VerfasserIn)
Format:	Buch
Sprache:	English
Veröffentlicht:	Princeton Princeton Univ. Pr. 1998
Schriftenreihe:	Princeton studies in Muslim politics
Schlagworte:	Geschichte 1900-2000 Fundamentalisme Islam - 20e siècle Islam Violence - Aspect religieux - Islam Vrouwen Frau Religion Islam > 20th century Violence > Religious aspects > Islam Gewalt
Zusammenfassung:	Islam is often portrayed, especially in Western media, as an alien, violent, hostile, and monolithic religion, whose adherents are intent upon battling nonbelievers throughout the world. Shattering the Myth demonstrates that these conceptions more accurately reflect the bias of Western reporters than they do the realities of contemporary Islam. Westerners are barraged by images of violence that usually originate from armed confrontations in one small corner of the world Islam, Bruce Lawrence argues, is a complex international religious system that cannot be reduced to stereotypes. As Lawrence demonstrates, Islam is a religion shaped as much by its own postulates and ethical demands as by the specific circumstances of Muslim people in the modern world
Beschreibung:	XIX, 237 S. Kt.
ISBN:	0691057699