Islam: A Need For Dialogue And Awareness On All Sides

This book, Islam: A Need for Dialogue and Awareness on All Sides, challenges us to see our Muslim brothers and sisters as they are: not a monolith or a collection of stereotypes but a community that is multicultural and multiracial with different interpretations and understandings of Islam. Dick Scaine has made a wonderful and powerful contribution to the dialogue that we badly need, especially during this time in our history. He has given us a book that shows us the relationship between the sacred and the political, the Western and Muslim worlds, the modern and the traditional, the moderate and the extremist, and the necessity of the Abrahamic peoples, Jews, Christians and Muslims, to face the common challenge of creating societies based on peace and justice. But above all, when you read the pages of Dick’s book, you need to face your own interpretations, biases, misunderstandings and prejudices and be willing to admit your own ignorance that is the basis for our fear that breeds violence and racism.