Behind the Iron Veil: How the West Become Hated and Other Reflection from the Islamic Lands

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'Behind the Iron Veil' is a witty, engaging and intelligent travelogue that explores some of the most pressing matters of our time. The author, a Western Muslim, uses his journey through several Middle Eastern countries (Iran, Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, Israel/Occupied Palestine) as a canvas to debate an entire spectrum of issues affecting contemporary relations between the West and Islam and within the Muslim world itself. These range from US foreign policy in the Middle East to the Arab-Israeli conflict, from the impact of American culture on Muslim lands to representations of women in the Islamic world, from the theological debates surrounding secularism vs theocracy to whether Islam really needs a reformation, from the purported morality behind Muslim based terrorism to the 'Satanic Verses Affair' and much much more!