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The Qur'an Has Become the Best Selling Book in America
The 9/11 tragedy caused the growth of Islam in America to accelerate greatly. One of the clearest indications of this is that after the attacks, the Qur'an became the best-selling book in many states for a long time. American interest in the Qur'an increased to such an extent that Penguin Books, one of the best-known publishers of the Qur'an in English, reported that it had printed 20,000 extra copies after 9/11.54
USA Today reported on this intense interest in "People Want to Know, so Koran is Bestseller," saying that sales of the Qur'an had increased by five times.55 When asked for his view on this matter, a leading expert in Islam, John Esposito, emphasized an important point:
The strength of the Qur'an is that a Muslim, or anyone, can open it to any page and get a message dealing with life's meaning.56
Newsweek devoted eight pages in its February 2001 issue to an examination of the Qur'an. In the report entitled "In the Beginning There Were the Holy Books," it emphasized that God revealed each holy book and that there was no room for religious conflict. Among the issues treated were Qur'anic morality, how Muslims regard Christians and Jews, and Islam teaches people to live. The report states that when they first read the Qur'an, many Christians are surprised to see how much is written in the Qur'an about such Prophets as Jesus, David, Abraham, and Jonah, peace be upon them all, who appear in the Bible. The report also stresses that justice, mercy, and compassion are basic to the Qur'an. The Oprah Show, one of the top three American talk-shows, also discussed Islam. On October 5, 2001, there was an episode called "Islam 101." Participants included Queen Raina of Jordan; Prof. Akbar Ahmed, Ibn Khaldun Chair of Islamic Studies and professor of International Relations at American University in Washington; and Maleeha Lodhi, Pakistan's Ambassador to the United States. The program's purpose was to introduce Islam to the viewers. Along with presenting their views, the program sought to show a cross-section of the daily lives of American Muslims and to help people understand Islam better. Also, the program's Internet site explained Islam's basic tenets.
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Holy Quran top selling book in the West
DUBAI: The Holy Quran has become the top selling book in the West while books about Islam and about the Muslim World were in great demand following the Sept. 11 attacks in the US. This was stated by prominent French political studies scholar Giles Kepel while addressing a seminar on Clash of Civilisations or Opportunity for a Dialogue, at the Dubai Press Club on Saturday evening. He is also a professor at the Institute of Political Studies and a senior researcher at the National Board for Scientific Research, both in Paris.
"Today, there is an increased desire to understand better what takes place in the Muslim World. People are hungry to know more about Islam," Kepel said.
Commenting on the Northern Alliance victory in Mazar-i-Sharif, Kepel said that it was the first breakthrough in the ground operations so far. The turning of the page would change the moral of the troops on both sides, he said, adding that he was not sure how far the victory would go because winter would make it difficult to operate from the air and on the ground it will be difficult to differentiate a Taliban from an Afghan.
Kepel said that France was not taking an active part in the US led attack on Afghanistan because, firstly US had not asked for French participation so far as it did when Kuwait was an issue and secondly because France had reservations on the way the military operation was being conducted in Afghanistan, specially because of the loss to the civilians.
He said that the need to live together was being emphasised more than ever in the French society, where five per cent or about 3 million of the French population, both nationals and residents, were from the Muslim stock. He said that a large number of today's Muslims were born and educated in France unlike the previous generation of Muslims who were new in the country and were not skilled. Today's Muslims had reached a position of influence in the country and, therefore, the feeling for a shared culture, shared civilisation and shared values, was growing, he said.
Kepel said that the events of Sept. 11 had created a rare opportunity for Europe and the Middle East to develop a new type of dialogue for a working and living relationship despite the presence of extremists on both sides. He said that there were 10 million people in Europe from the Muslim countries who will soon become citizens in Europe and take part in politics.
"Time is ripe for an effort to bring our cultures together since it is a matter of survival for both. It is time to extend hands and not fists," he said. He also said that it was very difficult to convince the investors in the West do invest in the Middle East because of their argument that people of the Middle East did not invest in their own region and instead placed their funds in the West. Kepel said that the Muslim Ulema had been cautious in their call for Jihad because they were aware that if the scope of Jihad was not well defined, it could lead to insurrection.
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54. "People Want to Know, so Qur'an is Bestseller," USA Today, November 27, 2001.
55. Ibid.
56. Ibid.
57. "Public Schools Embrace Islam," The American Center for Law and Justice Press Release, January 15, 2002.
58. Bangor Daily News, September 22, 2001
59. Ibid.
60. The Guardian, November 13, 2001.
