Zubair Hamid’s Said Nursi and the Islam-West Discourse offers a perspective that avoids both civilizational antagonism and uncritical accommodation   BOOK REVIEW The interaction between Islam and the West has generated a substantial corpus of scholarship on power, representation, intellectual exchange, and religious identity. From Norman Daniel’s analysis of medieval Christian perceptions of Islam and Edward Said’s critique of Orientalist knowledge production to more recent attempts by scholars such as Bernard Lewis, John L. Esposito, and Karen Armstrong to emphasise dialogue and mutual influence, the field has progressed far beyond simplistic narratives of conflict and confrontation.  Muslim intellectuals, too, have grappled with the challenge of Western modernity, resulting in a wide range of responses, ranging from reformist accommodation to civilizational critique.