West ‘must stop looking at Islam through the lens of terror’ | Special Reports | EducationGuardian.co.uk

Tony Blair would do well to listen to Akbar Ahmed when he takes up his new role as Middle East envoy in earnest. One of the world’s leading authorities on Islam, Prof Akbar says education, rather than violence, is the way to smooth relations between the Muslim world and the west.

And it is imperative that it happens sooner rather than later, he told EducationGuardian.co.uk. “Europe is going down in population, whereas the Muslim world is rapidly rising. By the middle of this century a quarter of the world’s population will be Muslim. “If that’s the case, we can’t afford an unending clash between the Muslim world and the west. The world will be consumed by religious turmoil. We are facing a major breakdown in the 21st century. Unless we begin to change now, the chances of us surviving are limited,” he said… [read on]

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