Between Jihad and Salaam
Today, politicians and political activists of every stripe recognize the power of the international media. From the most gilded generalissimo to the grulr biest guerrilla, there are few who would pass up a chance to plead their case on the world stage. This has given foreign correspondents, particu...
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oai:doaj.org-article:dd4e7d756e8d4d5d83d51f9d87489f452021-12-02T19:22:40ZBetween Jihad and Salaam10.35632/ajis.v19i1.19572690-37332690-3741https://doaj.org/article/dd4e7d756e8d4d5d83d51f9d87489f452002-01-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.ajis.org/index.php/ajiss/article/view/1957https://doaj.org/toc/2690-3733https://doaj.org/toc/2690-3741 Today, politicians and political activists of every stripe recognize the power of the international media. From the most gilded generalissimo to the grulr biest guerrilla, there are few who would pass up a chance to plead their case on the world stage. This has given foreign correspondents, particularly those from first world countries like the United States, easy access to movers and shakers across the globe. Unfortunately, understanding does not always come with access. Nowhere has this lack of understanding been more pervasive- or more pernicious - than among those reporters covering the Islamic world. Joyce M. Davis, deputy foreign editor for Knight Ridder newspapers and former deputy senior editor at National Public Radio, sets out to remedy this prolr lem in her book, Between Jihad and Salaam: Profiles in Islam. Through interviews with 17 "Islamic leaders," Davis endeavors "to help us understand the intellectual vitality that is now igniting the Muslim world." However, like too many of her colleagues, the author quickly becomes lost in the surface realities of that world. In the end, her book does little to challenge the stereotypes and misconceptions she promises to shatter. Davis begins the book with an introduction that outlines her mission while revealing the limits of her own understanding. While she deftly dispels some of the more blatant misunderstandings about Islam, she also throws around technical terms like "lslamists" and "scholars" without ... Jamaluddin HoffmanInternational Institute of Islamic ThoughtarticleIslamBP1-253ENAmerican Journal of Islam and Society, Vol 19, Iss 1 (2002) |
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Today, politicians and political activists of every stripe recognize the power
of the international media. From the most gilded generalissimo to the grulr
biest guerrilla, there are few who would pass up a chance to plead their case
on the world stage. This has given foreign correspondents, particularly
those from first world countries like the United States, easy access to
movers and shakers across the globe. Unfortunately, understanding does
not always come with access.
Nowhere has this lack of understanding been more pervasive- or more
pernicious - than among those reporters covering the Islamic world. Joyce
M. Davis, deputy foreign editor for Knight Ridder newspapers and former
deputy senior editor at National Public Radio, sets out to remedy this prolr
lem in her book, Between Jihad and Salaam: Profiles in Islam. Through
interviews with 17 "Islamic leaders," Davis endeavors "to help us understand
the intellectual vitality that is now igniting the Muslim world."
However, like too many of her colleagues, the author quickly becomes lost
in the surface realities of that world. In the end, her book does little to challenge
the stereotypes and misconceptions she promises to shatter.
Davis begins the book with an introduction that outlines her mission
while revealing the limits of her own understanding. While she deftly dispels
some of the more blatant misunderstandings about Islam, she also
throws around technical terms like "lslamists" and "scholars" without ...
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