Europe and the Muslim World: Some Issues and Approaches

Abstract

Today's Muslim world is beyond the periscope of Muslim majority societies and rather inclusive of the ever growing Muslim communities in the West. The ongoing predicaments in the Muslim societies might though be contemporary but inextricable from the bequeathed European legacies in these societies. Although, European formal administration of the Muslim world is past historical reality, nonetheless, should Europe take responsibility for the happenings in the Muslim world? In the post-Cold War era, how much similarities and dissimilarities can be drawn in the EU and the US foreign policies and actions towards the Muslims. The post 9/11 developments indicate visible signs of approaches and opinions in the EU countries towards some of the issues of the Muslim World – more so in the case of Palestine, Iraq Syria and Iran – ostensibly independent of Washington. Should the European gestures be taken as goodwill and pragmatism or other side of the coin in the US foreign policy? Would there be any degree of correlation between affairs of European Muslims and the larger Muslim societies? The need for greater mutual understanding between the EU and the Muslim countries as well as the OIC, is evident.

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