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Samiul Hasan

Islam and the West: Reflections from Australia edited by Shahram Akbarzadeh and Samina Yasmeen

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May 2005, no. 271
Samiul Hasan reviews ‘Islam and the West: Reflections from Australia’ edited by Shahram Akbarzadeh and Samina Yasmeen

The professed ‘clash of civilisations’, primarily between the West and Islam, makes an understanding among civilisations an imperative. Shahram Akbarzadeh has been promoting this understanding. In the past he has worked on Muslim Communities in Australia (2001) and Islam and Political Legitimacy (2003); this time his venture is with Samina Yasmeen. The UNSW Press has also been promoting interfaith understanding by publishing books such as this one.

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