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Islam: Fostering Pluralism Could Help Ease Tensions With West | November 27, 2007

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Media headlines often speak of tensions between the Western and Islamic worlds in terms of religion.
The frictions can range from protesters in Brussels trying to highlight what they see as the dangerous encroachment of Islamic values into Europe to protesters in the Middle East demonstrating against what they see as insults in Western newspapers to the Prophet Muhammad.
observers say that one important fact is too often lost sight of.
the tensions between East and West are far more often over political than religious values.
U.S. -- A Muslim girl holds a copy of a book on the Islamic Prophet Muhammad in New York City, 17Feb2006
in the Islamic world there are many conspiracy ideas about the West's war on Islam, so called, and on the other hand many Westerners suspect that the Muslims are rallying against Western civilization in general," says Mustafa Akyol, deputy editor of the Istanbul-based "Turkish Daily News." "I think that these fears, that are exaggerated on both sides, create the basic divisive point."
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