Can there be a dialogue among scholars about Islam?

As the debate over the meaning of a just war in Islam plays out, a parallel dispute has split the mostly liberal Western scholars and intellectuals who theorize about war and justice: What sort of dialogue with Islam is both prudent and possible?

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