Western Civilization - Islam and Muslims, (Paperback)

<p><strong><em>Western Civilization: Islam and Muslims</em></strong> examines a central modern question for Muslim societies: how to respond to the expanding influence of Western thought, education, and social forms without losing Islamic identity. Written as a historical assessment, the book surveys attitudes ranging from isolation and neutrality to selective adoption and full westernization, and evaluates their consequences across the Muslim world. </p><p>Across its chapters, the work traces major currents of modernism and westernization-highlighting the role of education, cultural planning, and intellectual leadership-while recording how ideas and institutions were received, resisted, or imitated in different regions. </p><p>It argues that the challenge is not hypothetical, but a real and urgent civilizational problem requiring clear principles, moral restraint, and mature judgment. </p><p>The author also frames a "permanent role" for the Muslim world grounded in faith, learning, and reform-affirming that Muslims must neither reject all that is useful nor surrender to uncritical imitation, but distinguish beneficial knowledge from harmful values. </p><p><strong>Ideal for: </strong> scholars and students of Islamic thought, modern Muslim intellectual history, comparative civilization studies, and library collections seeking a disciplined, historically grounded critique of westernization from within the Islamic scholarly tradition.</p>

• Western Civilization - Islam and Muslims, (Paperback)
• Author: Nadwi Press
• ISBN: 9789394770997
• Format: Paperback
• Publication Date: 2026-03-02
• Page Count: 268