# How Europe Erased Islam with Dr Francesca Bocca-Aldaqre

An episode of [The Thinking Muslim](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1471798762), 29 Jun 2025, 46 min.

Audio: https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/64fc8470defa1f0011d1a4d6/e/686081f95670d86508637f85/media.mp3

Help us expand our Muslim media project here: https://www.thinkingmuslim.com/member... Donate to our charity partner Baitulmaal here: http://btml.us/thinkingmuslim Why has the West obsessed about Islam for centuries? European thinkers and philosophers have for long caricatured Islam and its key figures, painting a picture of the faith that persists today. Dr. Francesca Bocca-Aldaqre offers a thoughtful reflection of the place of Islam in European imagination over the past few centuries. Dr. Francesca Bocca-Aldaqre holds a MSc in Neuro-Cognitive Psychology & a PhD in Systemic Neuroscience (both from Ludwig-Maximilians Universität Munich, Germany) and a Diploma in Islamic Psychology (Cambridge Muslim College). She works as a counsellor in Islamic Psychology worldwide. She authored several books in poetry as well as essays on the relationship between Western thought and Islam. Here is Dr Francesca's profile if you wish to find out more about her: https://linktr.ee/francescabocca Become a member here: https://www.thinkingmuslim.com/member... Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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