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Fresh survey reveals Islam-West rift
26.06.2006 - 10:04 CET | By Helena Spongenberg
There is a lack of understanding between Muslims in the Middle East and Asia and westerners, with both being suspicious of each other, a new opinion survey reveals.
Westerners are generally skeptical of Muslim values, according to the report by Pew Research Center in Washington DC published on Thursday (22 June).
People in Europe and the US also often believe that there is a conflict between being a devout Muslim and living in a western society at the same time.
Muslims in the Middle East and Asia generally think that westerners are egocentric and morally wrong, according to the report, which points out that there is a "great divide" between Muslim and western civilisations.
"The state of relations is not very good," said Richard Wike from Pew research, according to CNN.
"Many in the West see Muslims as fanatical, violent and as lacking tolerance. Meanwhile, Muslims in the Middle East and Asia generally see Westerners as selfish, immoral and greedy - as well as violent and fanatical."
This years upheaval caused by Danish paper Jyllands Posten's printing drawings of the prophet Muhammed highlighted the problem, researchers behind the report said.
"Most people in Jordan, Egypt, Indonesia and Turkey blame the controversy on Western nations' disrespect for the Islamic religion," the report said.
"In contrast, majorities of Americans and Western Europeans who have heard of the controversy say Muslims' intolerance to different points of view is more to blame."
Within Europe, the Germans and Spanish both express a far more negative view of Muslims than the French or British do, the report says.
Just 36 percent in Germany and 29 percent in Spain express a positive opinion of Muslims. In France and Great Britain solid majorities say they have favourable opinions of Muslims.
Roughly eight in ten Spanish and Germans say they associate Muslims with being fanatical – only about half of the French and the British agree with that view.
Muslims living in European countries, on the other hand, tend to hold views that they are midway between the people they live with and the people living in Muslim countries.
They are less anti-Semitic than other Muslims, somewhat less likely to see a conflict between their religion and western society, and less tolerant of suicide bombings and other terrorist activities, according to the survey.
Researchers asked 14,000 residents in 13 countries in Europe, the Muslim world and the US in April and May this year for the survey called "The great divide: How westerners and Muslims view each other".
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L? Instituto di ricerca Pew di Washington,è arrivato a certe conclusioni:
C'è mancanza di comprensione fra musulmani del Medio Oriente-Asia e Occidente.
Gli Occidentali sono generalmente scettici.Gente in USA ed Europa spesso credono che c'è conflitto fra essere fedele musulmano e vivere in società occidentale.
I Musulmani vedono gli Occidentali come egocentrici e moralmente errati.
Richard Wike del Pew ha detto che lo stato attuale delle relazioni non è molto buono.
"Molti in Occidente vedono i musulmani come fanatici,violenti ed intolleranti.Allo stesso tempo i Musulmani vedoo gli occidentali come egoisti,immorali e avidi".
Per quanto all' episodio dei fumetti di Moametto:
"La maggior parte della gente in Giordania,Egitto,Indonesia e Turchia accusano per la genesi della controversia i paesi occidentali, che non rispettano la religione islamica".
Al contrario per gli occidentali ,la colpa è l' intolleranza dei musulmani.
In Europa Tedeschi e Spagnoli esprimono opinione molto più sfavorevole sui musulmani in confronto con Francia e Gran Bretagna.
Solo il 36% dei Tedeschi e il 29% degli Spagnoli hanno giudzio positivo ,mentre esiste un solido giudizio positivo in Francia e UK.
8 su 10 Spagnoli e Tedeschi li vedono fanatici,mentre il Francia e UK solo il 50%.
I Musulmani che vivono in Europa hanno una opinione a metà strada fra i due "campi".
Sono meno antisemiti e meno pronti a vedere un conflitto fra la loro religione e la società in cui vivono e meno tolleranti at attacchi terroristici.
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