December 5, 2007
A Glance at the December Issue of Academic Matters: The West's Self-Interest in Islamic Studies
As in the 19th and 20th centuries, the West's interest in Islamic studies continues to be "driven by self-interest," writes Tariq Ramadan, the controversial European Muslim scholar who since 2004 has been barred from residing or working in the United States.
In those past centuries, interest in Islamic studies came largely from colonial powers, such as France and Britain, that were "attempting to understand the religious references and practical motivations of their colonized
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