why is there a confliction between Islam and the western world?
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we just forgot all about it... there was no conflict 100 years ago.. it is all about the lost rights of Palastinian ppl in havin thier own land and the lost right of all muslims to get thier Aksa Mousqe in Jersualem back.. and the west is protecting Israel with all means.. in order to not give the muslims thier rights... i condem any terrorist attack on any country... but we should ask our selves why these ppl are doing so.. i think it is thier dispair in getting our rights... it is not the well to kill.. or that islam tell us to kill.. we have to be objective and not shallow when we think about it.. the medie story telling is so so so misleading about the truth of the whole coflict.. if we can solve the Plastanian Islreali conflect then i thnk no confict will find place.... but the problem that they want to force ppl to accept what is on the real site... regarding the rights of muslims.. then the conflict happen..... you can tolerate in your personal right.. but you can not in your reliogous rights... and if you ask muslims to do so... then why dont Jews do it..
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EVERYTHING HAS ITS LIMITS AND WHAT ELSE THAN THE TRUEST RELIGION ON EARTH THE ISLAM KNOWS THESE LIMITS.....WHAT U CALL AS TECHNOLOGY AND SOCIAL ADVANCEMENT IS NOTHING ELSE THAN TOTAL RUIN.......ITS MAKING WEST HEAD TOWARDS TOTAL DEVASTATION AND NOTHING ELSE...........BE AWARE DEAR
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Absolutely!  A few years ago I had the opportunity to work with several Yemenis and Saudis.  They are the salt of the earth; hard-working, family men, always eager to learn.  And I could always count on them to show up for work stone cold sober.\nWe often discussed the differences between the cultures of the Middle East and the Western world.  Though they didn't like some of the things they saw in the West (this was in Hawai'i), they unanimously had NO desire whatsoever to use violence to change it.  They completely accepted the fact that the West was different, and they could live with that.\nI think that this is the case in most of the Muslim world; since then I've traveled to Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, and Oman.  In my experience Muslims are overwhelmingly generous and kind people, even if they disagree with the customs of the Western nations.
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Islam is the only potent force, based on general Western assumptions, that poses a challenge to the whole Idea and existence of present Western Civilisation. It has been one in the past and continues to be so in the future. It is traditionally perceived as the complete antithesis to anything that the West believes and aspires the world to be.\nIt was the only major religion that existed at a State level that challenged Trinity, Christianity and the whole of Christendom of the past. \nIt was the only religion that formed the basis of an Empire that posed a potential threat to the Middle Age christian Kingdoms, Byzantium and the holy Roman Empire. \nIt was the only religion that set foot on Western Europe in Spain for 700 years and revived Classical knowledge of ancient Roman and Greece only to be ousted vehemently later.\nIt continued to be a threat to the very idea of the Enlightenment, the basis of modern Western ideals on secularism and humanism.\nIt was the only thing that continues to challenge the real estate claim to Jerusalem as a holy place.\nIt shares the history of Adam, Abraham and the Israelite prophets but presented it in a different perspective.\nAfter the downfall of Communism, the West must continue to weed out anything that comes in its way. The biggest is Islam.\n\nThe West today dominates the present world and the world sees itself through Western perspectives. \nIt is not a mere coincidence, therefore that such gross misunderstanding is able to take place.
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It's not Islam.  It's the state of Muslim nations which is in a struggle for freedom.  Muslim nations have directly and indirectly been, and in some cases, continue to be colonized by Western Nations.\n\nMuslims have not been able to fully practice their beliefs in about 100 years.  In many cases they have been oppressed by tyrranical regimes that are supported, militarily and economically, by Western countries.\n\nAs a result, desperation and extremism have been allowed to flourish in some parts of these countries.  If history is any indication, once these people are able to rule themselves by the Islamic Shari'a (jurisprudence), they will not have any animosity against anyone.\n\nWhat we are seeing today is reactionary.  If the West, especially the U.S., was to implement a more even-handed, fair, and truly pro-democratic foreign policy, there would not be a need for such extremist reactions.  Unfortunately, so far the West has viewed the Middle East as a region to serve interest of the West, even if it went against the interest of people of the Middle East.\n\nI must say that it is arrogant to think that what pleases the West (i.e. materialism) will be the answer that will please Muslim nations.  Not to mention, absolute freedom infringes on the borders of morality that Muslims live by. This is philosophical and idealogical colonialism at its worst, which is more dangerous than military and economic imperialism.\n\nWho are we to think that they're jealous of us?  If anything, Pope Benedict was correct in saying that Muslims criticize the West for marginalizing God and religion in everyday life.  The West is in dire need for an idealogical renaissance.  Morality has been replaced with greed and selfishness.  As a result, we say 'democracy' but act in the most fascist manner.\n\nIt's time for us in the West to wake up.  The presence of extremism in the world indicates that we are also extreme, but in the opposite direction.  We need to start refocusing on God, human rights, family, and the global community.  Then, and only then, will we not taste the sour fruits of our seeds.
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The real reasons seem to go back to the days of the Crusades and following invasion of Europe by Muslims.\nChristians and Muslims have been at each other's throats for centuries.  All in the name of God or Allah as the case may be.
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Islam is the religion of Peace
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Egypt is a transitional country. There are elements of the west & Islam. Big time clash-zone.
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I am a western person and I don't view Islam that way. I think it is the minority in Islam that have a terroristic attitude.
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The problem is in Danish government which is don't has any politic man who can prevent this tension in relation between 1,000,000,000 muslim and Danish people .\nsecond point is who draw this carton has no enough knowledge in history because if you knew who is Mouhammed you will respect him . \nthird point the problem in freedom because everything in this world has limit no one in this world can talk in everything so you have to respect muslim as the muslim people respect you but the strange thing is how  is this come from Danish people because they are a nice  people . \nhow is the drawer do something like this drew carton about somebody who they didn't know ?Now this is my message to the West: \n\n\n\nThere exists a cultural vagueness in the West. This vagueness results from the presence of two different concepts. The first is a great Western concept that we respect, appraise, and need. That concept is freedom of speech. This is a great humane and civilized concept. On the other hand, there is the great Islamic concept of dignifying Allah’s Messenger (SAWS). The problem arises due to the lack of understanding of the Islamic Civilization and the Western Civilization regarding these two concepts. The non-Muslims cannot value the rank of dignifying the Prophet (SAWS). On the other hand, due to the below-average quality of practical application of freedom of speech, Muslims have a vague understanding of the concept of respecting freedom of speech. \n\n\n\nAccordingly, what is required now? We do not want to refuse the concept of freedom of speech, absolutely not. However, the West should alter the freedom of speech so that it does not collide with the very important Islamic value of dignifying the Prophet (SAWS). Here lies the vagueness and ambiguity. The West understands very well the freedom of speech (which we appreciate) but it does not understand Islamic values, such as dignifying the Prophet (SAWS) and other Islamic sanctities. This is where the Western cultural vagueness lies.\n\n\n\nI clearly say to the West, you have a problem. You cannot comprehend how much the Muslims love Prophet Muhammad (SAWS). You are still unable to understand this point. If you had really encompassed its significance, you would never have accepted what happened. The West, in general, governments and people, does not apprehend that Allah’s Messenger (SAWS) is dearer to us than our parents, dearer to me than my father and dearer than my mother. I am sure that any Muslim woman listening to me now, be her religious or not, will swear on that fact. Just ask, what does Prophet Muhammad (SAWS) mean to you? It is not even necessary to do that because it is so evident, but you may conduct surveys for yourselves, and you will realize how true what I am saying is. Ask any youth, be he heedless or pious; ask any Muslim anywhere, in Bangladesh, Pakistan, Yemen or in Egypt. Ask any Muslim in any village regardless of how religious he is, be he an obedient Muslim or not, a drug user or not, successful in his life or a failure, old or young, ask them, what does Allah’s Messenger (SAWS) mean to you?\n\n\n\nO West, I affirm that Allah’s Messenger (SAWS) is dearer to all Muslims than their own parents. O West, Allah’s Messenger (SAWS) is dearer to us, Muslims, than our children and grandchildren. O West, Allah’s Messenger (SAWS) is dearer to us than our money, dearer to us than our own selves. He is dearer to us than our own countries. O Egyptian, who is dearer to you, Egypt or Allah’s Prophet? O Saudi, who is dearer to you, Saudi Arabia or Allah’s Prophet? O Yemeni, O Moroccan, O Algerian, who is dearer to you, your country or Allah’s Messenger (SAWS)? O West, comprehend that meaning, Allah’s Messenger (SAWS) is dearer to Muslims than their children and their own selves.\n\n\n\nWe can never forget the hadith that I repeatedly mentioned during the episodes of “On the Path of the Beloved”. O West, listen to this hadith[11] as it form
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yes.\n\nThis is actually not a very new thing.  'The West' has been fighting with Islam for over a thousand years.  The only time this ever stopped was when the west was fighting Communism and Facism for 70 years in the 20th century.\n\nThe people that believe that 'all war is bad' are the people that are causing the west to sleep at the wheel on this issue.  All war is NOT bad -- World War 2 was NOT bad, that was a good war.  The Napoleonic wars against France were NOT bad wars.  The US Civil War was EXTREMELY bloody, it was also innevitable and it was by and large a necessary war.
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Don't forget by the time this statement was told, there was a war between muslims and jews and that statement was probably needed to encourage muslism to fight. Now with new trend of Islam (promoted by aplogists), no more war and therefore no need for such a statement.
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There is a serious chasm between traditional Islam and Western liberal democartic values. Islam is a dominating religion, and by that I mean that it has a very linear world view. It cannot accept that other religions might have any validity and their adherents certainly should not be treated as equals with Muslims.\n\nIslam also seeks to impose its requirements on the wider community - calling for separate bathing days in public swimming pools, recognition of sharia courts instead of civil courts, demanding preferred treatment rather than equal treatment.\n\nSince the view of Dar al Islam (the world of Islam) is ever expanding and never contracting - witness Osama bin Laden's demand for restoration of the Muslim Caliphate from the sixteenth century - it will inevitably lead to conflict with the West. That woudl certainly mean the end of the Western 'fabric of life'.\n\nHowever, there is the chance for a modern reformed Islam, as the other major monotheistic religions have 'reformed' so address this problem. If Islam could be wrenched from the literal and warlike readings of the writings of Mohammed, then there is a chance of reconciliation. I think this is slim, but possible over time. Until then, it is, as the questioner says, the head loppers who currently represent Islam and those Muslims who disagree aren't standing up to be counted.
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The ongoing conflict between the Islamic world and Denmark has resulted from the fact that many in the western world do not understand what mohammed (PBUH) means to muslims. He is dearer to the vast majority of muslims ( religious and non religious) than thier lives, families and homeland.
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It is the paranoia of Americans and the West itself. \nOur Muslim brothers are very well-educated and overwhelming majority of them have stood against violence and hatred incited by others.\nSuch great thinkers as Avicenna (founder of modern medicine), Alfraganus (whose astronomic works were laid as foundation for Dante Alighieri's Divina Commedia), Al-Horezmi(whose works are the basis of today's algoritm and IT at all) and many more thousands have studied in madrassa. Are they terrorists? \nHow many of Western people have memorized at least one chapter of Bible, how many Christians read Bible AT ALL? How many of them follow the Ten Commandments by Moses or teachings of Jesus? Unlike those many people who have tried to answer the question above without even being to madrassa or knowing their graduates, I would state that it would be a grave mistake for Western people to ascribe violent characteristics to religious schools - madrassas. \nRegarding shutting down all of them - let's shut down Catholic schools in Northern Ireland, who are preaching for killing protestants or American sects who are preaching for American heartland and etc.\nAgain, my dear Western friends, I would recommend You to look more deeply into matter before simply typing something for gaining points in this Yahoo! Answers.\nIthink this has been created for people would share some knowledge, based on facts and objective analysis.\nPeace be upon You.
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With today's technology and demographic implosion,  the world has become a smaller place. We have a clash with other civilizations not understanding different cultures. Each culture differs in customs, traditions, behavior, religion and language. The idea that the Western culture wants to impose a Universal State in the world is impossible and not even war can make it happen. We are headed towards major destruction, not total, but something very drastic.
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That's hard to answer, both Christian and Islamic denominations have been responsible for large wars that killed hundreds of thousands of people.  Let's just say the world would be a more peaceful place if people didn't start wars that are motivated by religious ideology.