Islam med preteklostjo in sedanjostjo

The contribution of the Islamic civilisation to the treasury of the world\u27s arts and sciences is invaluable. The Islamic civilisation reached its peak under the great Umayyad Caliphate and Abbasid Caliphate, and later in the khanates which emerged after the collapse of the Mongol Empire. Its days of glory came in the time of Safavid Persia, Mogul India and Osman Turkey. During this almost a thousand-year long period, the Islamic world represented, together with China, the leading civilisation in the world. The relations between Europe and the Islamic world were often marked with violence and conflicts. The latter began shortly after the emergence of Islam. When the Arabs conquered the Pyrenean peninsula. They increased during the Crusades and reached the climax in the 19th century, with the discovery of oil in Western Asia. The crisis deepened in the 20th century, with the collapse of Osman Turkey. What are the reasons for these conflicts? Is the fear of the Muslims\u27 otherness justified? How will these relations continue in the future?Prispevek islamske civilizacije v zakladnico svetovne umetnosti in znanosti je neprecenljiv. Islamska civilizacija je dosegla vrhunec v času mogočnega omajadskega in abasidskega kalifata ter kasneje na območju kanatov, ki so nastali na razpadlem mongolskem cesarstvu, najlepši sijaj pa je dosegla v času safavidske Perzije, mogulske Indije in osmanske Turčije. V tem skoraj tisočletnem obdobju je bil islamski svet – skupaj s Kitajsko – vodilna civilizacija na svetu. Odnose med Evropo in islamskim svetom so pogosto zaznamovali nasilje in spopadi. Začetki konfliktov segajo v čas kmalu po nastanku islama, ko so Arabci zavzeli Pirenejski polotok. Še večji obseg so dobili v času križarskih vojn in dosegli vrhunec v 19. stoletju, ko so na območju Prednje Azije odkrili nafto. Kriza se je poglobila v 20. stoletju s propadom osmanske Turčije in z ustanovitvijo judovske države ter dosegla vrh s terorističnimi napadi. Kje so razlogi konfliktov? Ali je utemeljen strah pred drugačnostjo muslimanov? Kako se bodo oblikovali odnosi v prihodnosti