The Islam/West Debate Documents from a Global

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.

Editors' Notes

ix

Acknowledgements

xi

Introduction

Introducing the Debate

15

(6)

Alex Roberts

What We're Fighting For: A Letter from America

21

(20)

The U.S.-Middle East Dialogue

What We're Fighting For: A Follow-Up

41

(8)

Saleh Bashir

Hassan I. Mneimneh

Hazem Saghie

Key Intellectualism

49

(4)

Heshmatollah Falahatpisheh

The Letter is American, the Schizophrenia Islamic

53

(4)

Saad Mehio

Options Are Limited

57

(8)

How We Can Coexist

65

(16)

Please Prostrate Yourselves Privately

81

(36)

Letter to the American People

117

(10)

``Osama bin Ladin''

Reading an Enemy: Analyzing al-Qa'ida's ``Letter to America''

127

(6)

David Blankenhorn

What We're Defending: A Letter from Makkah in Response to the Open Letter from Sixty American Intellectuals

133

(42)

Safar al-Hawali

Can We Coexist? A Response from Americans to Colleagues in Saudi Arabia

175

(10)

Saudis Ban Paper with U.S. Scholars' Letter

185

(2)

Alan Cooperman

American Values Abroad

187

(4)

Claudia Winkler

The First Point of Disagreement

191

(2)

Dawud al-Sharyan

Learning through Letters

193

(6)

Rasha Saad

The New Intra-Arab Cultural Space in Form and Content: The Debates Over an American ``Letter''

199

(16)

Hassan I. Mneimneh

The Need for a Paradigm Shift in American Thinking: Middle Eastern Responses to ``What We're Fighting For''; ``Together with the Democratic Iraq Initiative and the Sharon Initiative''

215

(24)

Chibli Mallat

Pre-Emption, Iraq, and Just War: A Statement of Principles

239

(6)

The U.S.-German Dialogue

A World of Justice and Peace Would Be Different

245

(8)

Letter from U.S. Citizens to Friends in Europe

253

(8)

Is the Use of Force Ever Morally Justified?

261

(6)

The U.S.-German Conversation

267

(4)

Claudia Winkler

In the Twenty-First Century, There Is No Longer Any Justification for War

271

(10)

Conclusions

Just War and Internationalism: Oppositional or Complementary?

281

(8)

Alex Roberts

The Arab World and the United States: A Just War?

289

(4)

Abdulrahman al-Salimi

Bibliography

293

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