Islam and the West

Hailed in The New York Times Book Review as "the doyen of Middle Eastern studies," Bernard Lewis has been for half a century one of the West's foremost scholars of Islamic history and culture, the author of over two dozen books, most notably The Arabs in History, The Emergence of Modern Turkey, The Political Language of Islam, and The Muslim Discovery of Europe. Eminent French historian Robert Mantran has written of Lewis's work: "How could one resist being attracted to the books of an author who opens for you the doors of an unknown or misunderstood universe, who leads you with. Read more... ENCOUNTERS; 1. Europe and Islam; 2. Legal and Historical Reflections on the Position of Muslim Populations Under Non-Muslim Rule; STUDIES AND PERCEPTIONS; 3. Translation from Arabic; 4. The Ottoman Obsession; 5. Gibbon on Muhammad; 6. The Question of Orientalism; 7. Other People's History; ISLAMIC RESPONSE AND REACTION; 8. The Return of Islam; 9. The Shi'a in Islamic History; 10. Country and Freedom; 11. Religious Coexistence and Secularism; Notes; Bibliographical Appendix; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z