This study aimed to examine the changes in international relations after the events following the 11th September 2001 and to investigate the following the relationship of the West with Islam, the foundations, objectives and the content of this relationship, the role of the intellectual arguments in influencing this relationship Western strategic towards Arabs and Muslims and the Islamic movements, the attempt to link terrorism with Islam, and the impact on the Middle East. By using two methods, historical and analytical approaches, the study showed that after the events of September 11th, there has been an increase in the hostility of the West to Islam and Muslims, focuses On the Islamic movements, the argument against the backdrop of the West that Islam is the new enemy after the retreat of communism; accusing Islam and Islamic movements eleventh of September 2001, of initiating the subsequent events in the world. The study found a series of recommendations to improve the relationship between the West and the Arab and Islamic world, based on dialogue and the renunciation of violence.