REL119 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Eurocentrism, Hubris
1 May 2020
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Islam is both a religion and a culture. A historical fact spanning more than fourteen centuries of human history and a regional presence in large areas extending across the continents of. Asia and africa and even parts of europe. Very different temporal and spatial circumstances has transformed the inner and outer existence of numerous human beings. More than 1. 2 billion people from various ethnic and cultural backgrounds are. Muslim today, and islam has played a significant role in the growth of some aspects of other societies, particularly western civilization, historically. Not only is islam a significant presence in today"s world but its influence is also evident in christian west culture, not to mention that of india and other asian and. Therefore, one would think that the study of islam will be widespread in the west and especially in america, which has a prominent muslim minority and can now exert so much influence global.
