Westernization and Muslims’ Spiritual Apathy - IslamiCity
Jan 10, 2018 · Westernization, as a process whereby societies come under or adopt Western culture, including lifestyle, religion, philosophy, entertainment, government and values, is often cited as one of the main reasons for a rapid decline in Muslims’ religiosity. It is often perceived that being westernized is the antithesis of being a good Muslim.
The Great Divide: How Westerners and Muslims View Each Other
Jun 22, 2006 · This section examines the positive and negative characteristics Muslims associate with Westerners – including Muslim minorities in four Western European countries – and the traits that non-Muslims associate with Muslims.
Islam and Western Culture - Kennedy Center
The Western media offend Muslims at two levels: first, Muslims are often demonized in media programs as fundamentalists, terrorists, or religious zealots; and, second, many Western cultural practices, including drinking alcohol, gambling, and permissive sexual activities are too offensive for Islamic moral-ethical tradition.
Major Themes - Islam And The West | Muslims | FRONTLINE - PBS
Islam, like any religion, is facing challenges to evolve and adjust to modernity and in particular to the economic and cultural power of a dominant West. Historically, what have been Islam's...
Islam and the West: How Muslims are constructing a new identity
Aug 26, 2018 · In contemporary Western liberal democracies, Muslim communities constitute a new immigrant minority religion and the dynamics surrounding their identity construction in many important ways resemble those of other communities which have operated in similar contexts.
In this paper, I propose to explore the avenues selected by modernizing countries and explore why some have been successful while other choices have failed to bring these societies into the world system. Westernization (the world system) cannot happen without modernization preceding it.
Third-generation Muslims in the West are devising a new Islam …
Feb 14, 2019 · Of the three generations that have grown up since Muslims arrived in the West in the 20th century, the third is the most stridently opposed to government interference, be it foreign or Western,...
Islamic and Western Values - Foreign Affairs
Sep 1, 1997 · Westerners tend to think of Islamic societies as backward- looking, oppressed by religion, and inhumanely governed, comparing them to their own enlightened, secular democracies. But measurement of the cultural distance between the West and Islam is a complex undertaking, and that distance is narrower than they assume.
Islam and the West: How Great a Divide? | Pew Research Center
Jul 10, 2006 · The survey shows that Muslims in Muslim countries view the West as immoral. Is this an Islamic perception of Western culture gleaned from movies, TV and the Internet, or a perception of government policy, such as the Iraq war?
Muslims and the Modern Phenomenon of Westernization : The …
Psychological and intellectual needs are the most important needs of the youth of Islamic societies; and if ignored and neglected, it will lead to deviations and disastrous consequences. One of the consequences of this is the tragedy of Westernization and the lack of identity of the youth, which appears in various ways.