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Is the World Isolating Muslims?
By siliconindia
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Monday, 03 October 2011, 15:07 IST |
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On the other hand, the groundless fear or hostility towards Islam can neither be absolutely justified nor rejected. The aforementioned survey also says, "Since 9/11 and the terrorist attacks in Madrid and London, mistrust toward European Muslims has become palpable." While this fact cannot be ignored, the alarming growth of right extremism is equally worrisome. In a visible example of the rise of right extremism, a Norwegian right-wing extremist, Anders Behring Breivik killed up to 98 people in a brutal shooting spree and bomb attack. An AP report said hate crimes (from Islamophobia) by the extreme right wings are rapidly increasing. Another study by a European organization revealed that Muslims are isolated by anti-extremist measures.
The European paranoia about a possible Muslim conquest of the continent is wide open and is expressed both in peaceful and violent methods like that of Anders Breivik. The Muslim community that constitute less than 3 per cent of the European community and only 0.8 per cent of the American population is looked forth with fear and hatred and increasingly exclude the community from political, civic and social life.
There is nothing called an 'Islamic World' or 'Muslim Mind' (as used to reflect extremism) or rather we should think beyond it to comprehend the truth. An unfounded hostility is not the solution neither a self-inflicted isolation as both can only deepen the divide. While the al-Qaeda style of globalization of terrorism should be condemned, the globalization of right-extremist views that of Anders Breivik should be rejected.
