The reality is that Islam and West share a common tradition. From the time of the Prophet Muhammad, Muslims have recognized this, but the West cannot accept it. To day some Muslims are beginning to turn against the cultures of the Book, which have humiliated and despised them. They have even begun to Islamise their new hatred. The beloved figure of the Prophet Muhammad became central to one of the latest clashes between Islam and West, especially during the Salman Rushdie affair. If Muslims need to understand our Western traditions and institutions more thoroughly day, we in the West need to divest ourselves of some of our old prejudice. Perhaps one place to start is the figure of Muhammad: a complex, passionate man who sometimes did things that it is difficult for us to accept, but who had genius of a profound order and founded a religion and a cultural tradition that was not based on the sword -<despite the Western myth - and whose name "Islam" signifies peace and reconciliation.
Casalino Pierluigi
Casalino Pierluigi