Tag Archives: Western Civilization
A Critique of Orientalism and the Christian Western View of Islam
Dr. Abdolrahim Gavahi
I would like to thank the host, the Embassy of Islamic Republic of Iran in Zagreb and especially my dear friend Ambassador Sharif-Khodai, Mr. Jamshidi, the cultural representative of Iran in Zagreb, officials of the Faculty of Politics at Zagreb University, and finally all the scholars and students attending this session for their kind invitation, hospitality, and presence.
Dialogue Between Islam and Christianity & It’s Impact on Global Peace
Dr. Abdolrahim Gavahi
In the words of Annemarie Schimmel , the great contemporary Islamologist and Orientalist, „Among all the religions which Christianity had to confront and deal with, Islam was both misunderstood and attacked most intensely. For more than a millennium Islam seemed to be a major-if not the major- threat for the people of Europe, and this feeling has contributed to the fact that Islam and those who confessed it, the Muslims, were regarded as arch enemies of Christianity and Western Civilization.
Die Zeitschrift Spektrum Iran mit den Heften Nr. 3 und Nr. 4 des Jahrganges 2023 ist erschienen und mit folgenden Beiträgen verfügbar: 
