This book discusses the current situations in the Middle East and how the changes affected the people and the future of the Muslim world. Ramadan stated that the book does not claim “. . . to reveal secrets, to unveil what may be strategic goals, and even less to predict the future” for to do...Read More

Islam was at the origin of schools, during the Umayyad and Abbasid periods, as every Moslem had to know how to read the Koran. In different regions, namely Spain, public schools were free, and education went beyond the teaching of the Scriptures. Propagating ideas read or heard was equivalent to an aptitude certificate. This approach...Read More

Taiwan’s Middle East Studies discipline was founded by Taipei’s Republic of China (ROC) government in National Chengchi University (NCCU) in Arabic Department, Turkish Department and Diplomacy Department. NCCU has created “Middle East Language and Culture Intramural Courses” in College of Foreign Language and Literature, “Islamic Civilization and Thought Research Center” in Arabic Department, “Summer Camp...Read More

The impact of the First Crusade proclaimed by Pope Urban II in 1095 during his sermon at Clermont, France goes beyond the historic fall of Jerusalem from Muslim hand to the Western Christians. It was the beginning of a systematic and thoughtful description of Islam and Muslim as the great enemy of Western Christendom. Islam...Read More