@article{Wattu_Naseem_2018, title={CRITICAL APPROACH TO PERCEPTIONS OF BERNARD LEWIS REGARDING ISLAMIC POLITICAL & SOCIAL PRACTICES.}, volume={1}, url={http://iqan.com.pk/index.php/iqan/article/view/38}, DOI={10.36755/iqan.v1i01.38}, abstractNote={<p>Bernard Lewis is a representative scholar of eastern studies and western thoughts, and he is the most influential political figure in the U.S politics. So his thoughts play an important and vital role in academic and political fields of the West. Most of his writings explore his prejudiced attitude toward Islam and Muslims. He wrote many books about the teachings of Islam. Islam being a universal religion is an interesting topic for western intelligentsia like Lewis. There are many institutes of Islamic studies in their universities and many think tanks are working on various aspects of Islamic teaching for multiple purposes. In some educational institutions of the west revisionist orientalists such as Andrew Rippin are teaching Islamic thoughts from a critical and revisionist perspective which is quite contrary to the traditional Islamic teachings. Bernard Lewis is attached with The RAND cooperation (the most influential think tank of U.S.A) and most of his writings are evident of his prejudiced theories about political and social practices of Muslims.</p>}, number={01}, journal={ĪQĀN}, author={Wattu, Dr, Inam Ullah and Naseem, Abida}, year={2018}, month={Dec.}, pages={1–23} }