Bernard Lewis: Window on Islam
Renowned scholar weighs in on religion, politics, extremism and war
- On misunderstanding the concept of Islam
- On Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
- On the prospects for democracy in the Islamic world
- On fighting the war on terror
- On Wahhabism
- On the importance of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict
- On the resolve of the West (!!!)
Read the Dallas News article (summary/excerpts) here or the original (much longer) transcript of Bernard Lewis speech at The Pew Forum on April 27, 2006: Islam and the West: A Conversation with Bernard Lewis
VERY Interesting!
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