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Hater Depot
Joined: 29 Mar 2005
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 Posted: Sat Jun 24, 2006 6:36 pm Post subject: How Muslims and Westerners view each other |
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http://pewglobal.org/reports/display.php?ReportID=253
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After a year marked by riots over cartoon portrayals of Muhammad, a major terrorist attack in London, and continuing wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, most Muslims and Westerners are convinced that relations between them are generally bad these days. 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.
A rare point of agreement between Westerners and Muslims is that both believe that Muslim nations should be more economically prosperous than they are today. But they gauge the problem quite differently. Muslim publics have an aggrieved view of the West - they are much more likely than Americans or Western Europeans to blame Western policies for their own lack of prosperity. For their part, Western publics instead point to government corruption, lack of education and Islamic fundamentalism as the biggest obstacles to Muslim prosperity.
Nothing highlights the divide between Muslims and the West more clearly than their responses to the uproar this past winter over cartoon depictions of Muhammad. Most people in Jordan, Egypt, Indonesia and Turkey blame the controversy on Western nations' disrespect for the Islamic religion. 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.
The chasm between Muslims and the West is also seen in judgments about how the other civilization treats women. Western publics, by lopsided margins, do not think of Muslims as "respectful of women." But half or more in four of the five Muslim publics surveyed say the same thing about people in the West. |
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VirginIslander
Joined: 24 May 2006
Location: Busan
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| Posted: Sun Jun 25, 2006 12:53 pm Post subject: |
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| Useless informtation. Do you that in Trinidad, Chistian and Hindus celebrate Islamic holidays with Muslims? In short, rum and a day off from work, unites all people. |
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fiveeagles
Joined: 19 May 2005
Location: Vancouver
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| Posted: Tue Jun 27, 2006 5:18 am Post subject: |
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| VirginIslander wrote: |
| Useless informtation. Do you that in Trinidad, Chistian and Hindus celebrate Islamic holidays with Muslims? In short, rum and a day off from work, unites all people. |
Do you like Jimmy Buffet?
Too bad what you said wasn't the truth. It is becoming increasingly hostile and will increase. |
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VirginIslander
Joined: 24 May 2006
Location: Busan
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| Posted: Tue Jun 27, 2006 8:00 am Post subject: |
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HOLIDAYS
All together T & T has 14 holidays each year. Christian holidays include Christmas Day, Boxing Day, New Year's Day, Good Friday, Easter Monday and Corpus Christi. Christmas is not a one-day holiday in T & T. It is a season in which Christians and non-Christians participate. People go to parties before Christmas Day, then celebrate until New Year's Day. Recently, a new Christian holiday has been added, Spiritual Baptist Day.
The Hindu festival of lights, Diwali, is usually celebrated in November. Hindu friends and family gather to celebrate Diwali, sharing special vegetarian meals and Indian sweets made with milk, butter and flour.
Muslims celebrate Eid-al-Fitr, the traditional feast after fasting. Muslims and non-Muslims visit each other, exchange gifts and enjoy food. It also marks the start of the Islamic New Year.
Other holidays have political origins. Labour Day is celebrated on June 19. Emancipation Day on August 1, celebrates the emancipation of slaves. Independence Day celebrates Trinidad's independence from Britain on August 31, 1962. Arrival Day which originally commemorated the arrival of the East Indians, now includes all people and is observed on May 30.
Did you know?
Carnival originated in the 1700s. The French planters started a series of balls. These were transformed by emancipated Africans into a street party celebrating freedom and mocking the French high society.
Carnival Monday and Carnival Tuesday are celebrated just before Ash Wednesday. These two days are still official working days for government employees, but only the very essential services are provided.
In addition to these national holidays, T & T has a number of other festivals. One of the most popular of these is Hosay, originally a Muslim mourning festival. It is now more of a joyous multi-ethnic event. Another, Hindu holiday is the spring festival, Phagwa. Ram Leela is the Hindu celebration of their hero Ram. The Tobago Heritage Festival hosts displays of folk traditions.
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I spent some time in Trinidad, and Christians themselves told me that they celebrate Muslim holidays (because it was a chance to have a day off from work and to see friends).
I understand that there is an increase in radical Islamic acticity; but, historically, the people of Trinidad and Tobago have celebrated across religious lines.
No, I hate Buffet, and really do not like that implication. My favorite song is from a singer on the island of Bequia. It goes:
So while Mr. Buffet waste away
I will be in sweet Bequia
Living about the poverty line in style |
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bucheon bum
Joined: 16 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Tue Jun 27, 2006 10:40 am Post subject: |
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| VirginIslander wrote: |
| Useless informtation. Do you that in Trinidad, Chistian and Hindus celebrate Islamic holidays with Muslims? In short, rum and a day off from work, unites all people. |
And an example closer to you: singapore. |
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Ilsanman
Joined: 15 Aug 2003
Location: Bucheon, Korea
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| Posted: Wed Jun 28, 2006 2:33 am Post subject: yes |
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| Standard muslim shit. Blaming the west for all of their troubles. We tell them to look into themselves for the problems, and they call us racist, selfish, etc. |
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