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Ahmed Paul Keeler examines Islam and Western narratives

The University of Cambridge visiting fellow and author discusses his life, the West, modernity and Islam in an Al Jazeera programme.

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Ahmed Paul Keeler has discussed Islam, modernity and Western narratives about the Islamic world in a programme published by Al Jazeera.

Keeler, described as a University of Cambridge visiting fellow and author, also reflects on his life and the relationship between the West and modernity.

The discussion examines how the Islamic world might challenge Western narratives about it. The supplied material does not provide specific proposals, arguments or quotations from Keeler.

The programme presents the subject through Keeler’s perspective and does not establish that he speaks for the Islamic world as a whole. Al Jazeera identifies the item as a discussion of Islam, the West and modernity.

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