"[Common Ground is] ... an earnest attempt to help Muslims to see Buddhism as a true religion, and Buddhists to see Islam as an authentic Dharma."--Professor Mo

In the contemporary world the meeting of Buddhism and Islam is most often imagined as one of violent confrontation. Indeed, the Taliban's destruction of the Bam

The volume analyses the encounter between Buddhist and Muslim communities in South and Central Asia during the medieval period. The articles by historians, epig

Over the last few decades historians and other scholars have succeeded in identifying diverse patterns of connection linking religious communities across Asia a

This book explores pilgrimage as experienced in Buddhist, Christian and Muslim faith communities. It addresses shared goals of personal development and communal