![]() ![]() Therefore, it is worthy to explore how a person trained in the Western thought understands the problems of Muslim civilization and what she suggests as countermeasures to take in this regard. However, scant consideration has been given to the fact that while pointing out the reasons for the downfall of Islamic civilization, she also criticizes Muslim scholarship. Her various writings on the comparative study of Western and Islamic culture, civilization, and history encouraged her readers to consider her as a fervent critic of Western civilization and as a staunch supporter of Muslim cause in the modern world. Born to a non-observant Jewish family in New York, she travelled to Pakistan on the invitation of Abul A"la Maududi where she spent more than fifty years and never returned to America. Maryam Jameelah was an American convert to Islam. ![]()
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