books.google.co.uk - Islam scares the West. Militant conservatism and the horrific acts of violent fundamentalists evoke outrage, but the reprehensible few reinforce a longstanding Western stereotype of all Muslims as "incorrigibly fanatical, violent and morally and culturally different." Overlooked is the long history of...http://books.google.co.uk/books/about/The_Pursuit_of_Learning_in_the_Islamic_W.html?id=KTWDxDEY-Q0C&utm_source=gb-gplus-shareThe Pursuit of Learning in the Islamic World, 610-2003