The Islam/West debate : documents from a global debate on terrorism, U.S. policy, and the Middle East

In 2002, sixty prominent American intellectuals released an open letter defending the use of military force against al-Qa'ida.

The letter sparked an impassioned international debate unlike any other, in which jihadists, journalists, liberal Muslims, and German pacifists engaged one another on the most pressing issues of our time terrorism, U.S. policy, and Islam-West relations. A valuable resource for specialist and non-specialist alike, this volume chronicles that debate and includes contributions from both sides of the political spectrum in America and the Middle East-and even from al-Qa'ida.