Islam

Vivian Nutton reviews

Akbar Ahmed looks at the legacy of a Moorish past for the present Spain.

Akbar Ahmed offers the most timely review of how history and stereotype have often combined to make Western Orientalism a hindrance rather than a help in mutual understanding between two cultures.

by Patricia Crone

Francis Robinson takes a look at how Muslims breached the culture gap with the western world.

For the past 600 years the island of Java has been the scene for the encounter of the two major cultural and religious traditions of the world.

Kuwait has enjoyed wealth far longer than the other oil producing states of the Middle East and is proud to spend its riches on its heritage, as Philip Mansel explores here.

Francis Robinson explains how his perception of Islam is reflected in his book, Atlas of the Islamic World since 1500 (Phaidon, 1982).

Whatever may be history’s verdict on the Ayatallah Khomeini, there can be no doubt that he has forced us to question some of our most fundamental assumptions about power in the twentieth century.

Francis Robinson looks at the relationship between teacher and pupil in Islamic society.