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    Bernard Lewis on Islam
    (University of Management and Technology, 2011) Hanna-E-Kalbi
    In his sixty years of career, Bernard Lewis emerged as the most celebrated and influential Oriental Scholar of America. His work on Islamic History is the cause of it being known to the European and American world. He has conveyed the knowledge about the pre-modern and modern Muslim world. Lewis has played a great role in formation of contemporary Middle Eastern history. His studies of rebellious Muslim sects, slaves, and Jews in Muslim societies broke new ground by expanding the scope of history beyond the palace and the mosque. It is crucial to study and analyze Bernard Lewis for he is the most cherished Western scholar. His advice and thoughts on the region's current events are sought by the most senior current and former members of the U.S. government. Though Lewis is a great scholar of Islamic, Middle Eastern and Ottoman History, there are some areas which need to be critically analyzed. Edward W. Said and A.L. Tibawi are great names among the critiques of Bernard Lewis. Said addresses the issues related to Arabs and Tibawi analyses him as a Zionist Jewish writer. However, I have addressed some other issues which can be ignored by a common Muslim, who does not understand the twists and curls of the language. Not understanding the way of writing of Oriental class of scholars can easily make one think what they right is unquestionable. This dissertation is an endeavor to distinct right from wrong in one of the widely read writers and thought provokers of West: Bernard Lewis.