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Being an expert in the Islamic issues and writings, Bernard Lewis has been able to write a lot of materials and books relating to the same. The latest volume, the crisis of Islam has been able to address issues in the Muslim world as well as addressing the various causal factors in the recent conflicts between the Islams and the western society. Although he is not able to provide a long lasting solution in his volume, he provides a lot of information concerning the fallouts between the two civilizations and this helps in educating a lot of readers without losing their concentration in the text through circumlocution. There is a focus on how the Muslim society is seeking to continue establishing good relationships with the rest of the world …show more content…

However, the Muslim community has been divided and there is an amorphous body in the Muslim community seeking to find its way towards modernity in the modern world. Due to these changes in the society, there have been a lot of reactions from the general public leading to a lot of resentment as well as despair among the various people. This lead to the springing of the terrorist activities in the modern world because of lack of unity and hegemony in the Muslim world (Lewis and Sersun 123). According to Bernard Lewis, “something deeper is involved than these specific grievances, numerous and important as they may be, something deeper which turns every disagreement into a problem and makes every problem insoluble. What we confront now is not just a complaint about one or another American policy but rather a rejection and condemnation, at once angry and contemptuous, of all that America is seen to represent in the modern world” (Lewis 76). This shows that there were resentments in the Muslim world and they were critical of the American policies and their desire to instill change in the Muslim …show more content…

In elaborating more about the comparison, Lewis expounds more on the differences existing between the assassins who used a dagger in order to kill a target and he was killed in the process by the security apparatus belonging to the victim. He also explains more about a homicide bomber who was able to use explosives to carry out an attack on international and national victims. In the process, he was able to kill himself as a result of the attack. The two deaths are different because one is on the enemies’ lines while the other commits suicide and the Koran is specific on this kind of committing suicide where it elaborates that such people are going to burn in

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