"The results of the First Pro Oriente Colloquium Syriacum, which took place in Salzburg from 14 to 16 November, 2007, are now available in this book"--Preamble.

Includes bibliographical references.

Syriac churches encountering Islam : editor's note / Dietmar W. Winkler -- Muslim-Christian dialogue in Syriac sources / Mar Louis Sako -- The Syriac-speaking churches and the Muslims in the Medinan era of Muhammad and the four caliphs / Sidney H. Griffith -- The Syrian churches during the Umayyad era / Mar Gregorios Yohann Ibrahim -- Christian responses to Islam in the Umayyad period / Dietmar W. Winkler -- The contribution of Mesopotamian Christianity during the Abbasid period / Mar Bawai Soro -- The interaction of Syriac Christianity and the Muslim world in the period of the Syriac renaissance / Herman Teule -- The personal status of Christians in the Ottoman Empire / Mar Julius Mikhael Al-Jamil -- Syrian churches encountering Islam in the Ottoman period : some aspects / Martin Tamcke -- Christian-Muslim relationships on the Malabar Coast / Baby Varghese -- Christian minorities in the countries of the Middle East : a glimpse to the present situation and future perspectives / Joseph Yacoub -- Relations between Christians and Muslims in Iraq : a brief statement / Mar Louis Sako -- Culture and coexistence in Syria / Mar Gregorios Yohanna Ibrahim -- Christians build a state : Lebanon / Karam Risk -- First Pro Oriente Colloquium Syriacum final report -- First Pro Oriente Colloquium Syriacum press communiqué -- First Pro Oriente Colloquium Syriacum invited participants -- Third Meeting of the Pro Oriente Forum Syriacum in Aleppo press release 2008.