Stereotype on Islam and on Muslims. The essay traces back the prejudices or mistakes within the framework of Czech people´s perception and understanding of Islam an makes an attempt to describe and analyze some of the fundamenal trends in our comprehension of Muslims.
This essay deals with fundamental features of Arab oneirology that formed medieval Muslim attitudes towards dreams and their interpretation. Since the rise of Islam, Muslims kept voluminous records of the famous dreams of important historical figures, the dreams´ hidden meanings, and methods of explanation. Medieval Islamic thought considered oneirology an important part of human knowledge and education. Oneirological literature received wide spread attention among Muslim scholars. This essay focuses on the basic characterization of the medieval perception of dreams and aims to put forth the fundamental principles of dream interpretation essential for the correct understanding of this part of spiritual Muslim heritage.