Islam and the West
The coming of Islam to the west, expansion and its consolidation are much talked issues in both western and Muslim history works. the first wave of Muslim immigrants to Europe was as early as 710 when the first Arabs and north African Berbers landed on the Iberian peninsula, whew they founded a series of dynasties before the catholic reconquista at to end of the 15 th century 1492.Muslim cultures that arouse under these condition were of immeasurable importance in the development of Christian Europe. Unprecedented attacks of crusaders was another move of western countries to Muslim nations .this caused to bridge between Islam and the west and to interact both two civilizations each other. But another formidable fact is that the crusader is still continued by western countries and their crusade mentality. Another main phase of interaction between both civilizations was the establishment of Ottoman Khilafat in 1288 by Uthman Khan. The confrontation of ottomans and their everlasting f...