I read a draft of Haris bin Aziz’s book, Freedom of Expression Debates in Europe and the Muslim World after 9/11, learnt from it and found it very valuable.

Sir Richard Sorabji, Wolfson College, Oxford

Beyond the clash of civilization thesis in the broader context of 9/11, Haris bin Aziz's study Freedom of Expression Debates in Europe and the Muslim World after 9/11, locates common perspectives in the projected differences between the Muslim and the western world. A must read for those who envision a shared world through a thoughtful search for the common ground in the intellectual traditions between Islam and the West.

Mohammad Talib, University of Oxford

Haris bin Aziz’sFreedom of Expression Debates in Europe and the Muslim World after 9/11is a masterful study, an important and welcome addition at time when Islamophobia has gone viral in Europe and globally. Haris provides an in depth and heavily documented study for scholars, students and policymakers. The author focuses on controversies and issues regarding freedom of expression and of religion and their impact on Muslims and their freedom in Europe. Equally important, Haris also looks at the debate about freedom of religion and its expressions outside Europe in the Muslim world and Muslim responses.

John L. Esposito, Distinguished University Professor, Georgetown University and Founding Director of the Alwaleed Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding

In his book, Dr Haris Bin Aziz tackles down a most important issue in the contemporary world: the freedom of expressions, with a focus on how the 9/11 drama caused a renegotiation of the relations between the Western world and the Muslims. The main contribution of his work is to show that, despite the claims made by Western powers, the principle of freedom of expression, as it is know in the international institutions, is not universal. As a matter of fact, it results from historical and cultural processes that occurred in the West. Consequently, Dr. Haris Bin Aziz highlights the emergency to re-work the principle of freedom of speech, with Western powers, but also with all the non-Western countries of the world. One can surmise it would be a strong path to build a universal peace.

Michel Boivin, National Scientific Research Center (CNRS), France