Edward Said writes in Orientalism that the European domination of the globe has created a superiority complex that colors all their literature. This superiority complex makes it impossible for them provide an objective analysis of the East.
Unfortunately, many of our intellectuals who are trained in the West also absorb these ideas of Western superiority and Eastern Inferiority. So the first step is to cleanse our minds of these ideas. For this purpose, we need to re-tell the story of the rise of Europe from an Islamic perspective. Also we need to re-tell the story of the decline of Islamic Civilization from an Eastern perspective. Both of these projects are sorely needed to create the self-confidence currently missing from large numbers of Muslims.
Retelling European History in way which does not glorify Europe.
1. Global Rift: by Stavrianos, tells the ugly story of imperialism and colonization by Europe.
Short Articles of mine debunking various European Myths about their own history: [link]