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Islam Through Western Eyes: From the Crusades to the War on Terrorism
January, 2012
Cloth, 272 pages,
ISBN: 978-0-231-15894-7
$32.50
/ £22.50
"Jonathan Lyons joins the wisdom of a scholar with the knowledge of a journalist in a timely and necessary book. A much-needed light unto the gentiles wishing to understand the truth and consequences of the Arab Spring." — Lewis H. Lapham, editor, Lapham's Quarterly
"Islam Through Western Eyes is as timely as it is informative, helping us understand the history of understanding—and misunderstanding—between Muslims and non-Muslims over the centuries, patterns that continue today. This is a book that should be read by people of all faiths, not only for edification but also for healing in a religiously fractured world." — Mark Juergensmeyer, author of Global Rebellion: Religious Challenges to the Secular State, from Christian Militias to al Qaeda
"A useful corrective to the powerful voices of those who intersperse claims of Islam’s innate bloodthirstiness with advocacy for suppression of the rights of Muslims at home and abroad." — Publishers Weekly
"Lyons takes a chisel to the ancient and venerable edifice that is the anti-Islam discourse and patiently chips away, hoping to demolish what he considers the chief obstacle obscuring the West’s view of real-life Islam and Muslims." — Rayyan Al-Shawaf, Boston Globe
"This is a first-class book: original, significant, and a very timely contribution. Despite the importance of the topic, especially today, I can think of no other study that offers so comprehensive, persuasive, and engaging an analysis." — John L. Esposito, Georgetown University, author of What Everyone Needs to Know About Islam