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Is Islam compatible with "The West"?
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It's no more or less compatible than any other religion.
I think the article is a shining example of the inequalities the lady sites in her column.
When in Rome....
What is "our culture"?
When in Rome...
It all depends on interpretation and tolerance. From a strict point of view even Christianity is incompatible with today's Western societies, given that pre-marital sex, same-sex relations, cohabitation and many other things are commonplace across Western societies. But perhaps the difference is that the majority of Christians, both clergy and the faithful, have come to realise that they have to adapt and tolerate to today's society.
I think a proportionally bigger number of Muslims are still adhering to a more strict moral code and are not as flexible (or resigned) as members of other religions in the West are towards society at large.
Then again I've met several Muslims who not only don't have any problem with Western society but happily drink alcohol and sleep around themselves. As said earlier, it's all about the practitioner not the religion.
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You get retired ...
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As has been pointed out it is down to individuals really.
There is no such thing as Eastern or Western culture, this is a myth and a dangerous one......
How do you mean?
Religion is often intertwined with culture, which is why this is even an issue. Islam, Christianity, even atheism are practiced in different ways across the globe. The fundamental beliefs may be the same, but what effect those beliefs have on behaviour is purely cultural.
A lot of the Islamist terrorism is actually more of a pride problem than a religion one.
Quite.
That's why the Spanish on the coast hate the English.
I probably wasn't clear.
Yes there are clear differences between East and West but is wrong to think that there is a unified culture anywhere.
For example if you sat down a Tory and a fairly hardline Muslim, two people you might superficially expect to be quite hostile to eachother I think you would find that they would agree on many issues, quite probably more than that same Muslim and a Lib Dem voter for example.......
That is why making stark contrasts is ridiculous.
There are no universal values that 'Weserners' hold. It is often pointed out that Muslim values go against western liberal values but I would say that these 'liberal' values of tolerance etc are not actually that common, they might be more common that in a Muslim country but they are not common enough to be inately part of 'Western' culture.......