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Poll sees hope in West-Islam ties

Radical groups on both sides are blamed for fuelling conflicts
Most people believe common ground exists between the West and the Islamic world despite current global tensions, a BBC World Service poll has found.
In a survey of people in 27 countries, an average of 56% said they saw positive links between the cultures.

Yet 28% of respondents told questioners that violent conflict was inevitable.

Asked twice about the existing causes of friction, 52% said they were a result of political disputes and 58% said minority groups stoked tensions.


Only in one country, Nigeria, where Christian and Muslim groups often clash violently, did a majority of those polled (56%) cite religious and cultural differences between communities as the root cause of conflict.


Poll results: Common ground or conflict?
Doug Miller, president of polling company Globescan, said the results suggested that the world was not heading towards an inevitable and wide-ranging "clash of civilisations".

"Most people feel this is about political power and interests, not religion and culture," he said.

He pointed to the polarisation of communities in Nigeria as a warning sign to others, but hailed the results from Lebanon, a country frequently caught up in conflicts.

Some 78% of Lebanese strongly believed West-East tensions were politically motivated, while 68% felt common ground could be found between the West and the Islamic world.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/in_depth/6369529.stm

[thepeel]

I get along with muslims very well. They never try to convert me, and a few of my friends here even come along when we go out drinking and dancing all night (like today, Beasties Boys in 10 hours!!). They, of course, abstain from alcohol. I actually like hanging out with them more than I do fundi Xians.

But because our civilizations have points of contact, which they most certainly do, doesn't mean that we are able to easily live in the same nation together, in large numbers. The Algerians in France, the Pakistanis in England, Lebanese in Australia and, Turks in Germany, Somalis in Sweden all demonstrate the multicult can work only in so far as you do not have a large'ish muslim minority in your country.

We should respect their nations (stop invading etc) but we must stop muslim immigration to the West. Eventually, we will come to our senses and deport them all anyways... No need to be unreasonable now.