Abstract: Religions do not lend themselves easily to rational, cool-headed debate. They arouse such passion that, for even the most liberal modern iconoclast, they often remain a last taboo. Such discussions as do take place are frequently characterized by platitudes and prejudice; with “positive prejudice” tending to be more insidious and harder to identify than its more virulent negative counterpart. Yet neither is based on a deductive analysis of the religion itself. Nowhere is this truer than in Western attitudes towards Islam.
Publication Year: 2008
Publication Date: 2008-01-01
Language: en
Type: book-chapter
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