Bøker av Akbar Ahmed

Globalization, the war on terror, and Islamic fundamentalism -followed closely by a rise in Islamophobia -have escalated tensions between Western nations and the Muslim world.

Nearly seven million Muslims live in the United States today, and their relations with non-Muslims are strained. Many Americans associate Islam with figures such as Osama bin Laden, and they worry about ""homegrown terrorists.

Examining relations between America and the Muslim world, the author draws on forty case studies representing the global span of Islam to demonstrate how the US has become involved directly or indirectly in each of these societies.