Teaching Islamic studies in an Australian university

Christian West and Muslim East share a religious tradition that traces its history back to the prophet Abraham. Over the centuries Western scholars have often studied Islam in different Muslim societies as an exotic phenomenon. However, the events of 9/11 have changed this approach in a radical way. Today, Islam is being studied not only within Muslimmajority nations, but also within the countries of the West, and is being researched by not solely Western scholars but people of all creeds and ideological persuasions, including Muslims themselves.