Poll: Muslim-West divide can be bridged
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A majority of people around the world do not believe the world is locked in a "clash of civilizations" that will lead to violent conflict between Islam and the West, according to findings of a poll published Monday.
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Islamic extremism in Britain has created communities that are "no-go areas" for non-Muslims, a Pakistani-born Church of England bishop said in The Sunday Telegraph. Michael Nazir-Ali, the bishop of Rochester, told the newspaper that Britain's policies of multiculturalism have created separate Muslim communities that fail to integrate into mainstream society. "There has been a worldwide resurgence of the ideology of Islamic extremism. One of the results of this has been to further alienate the young from the nation in which they were growing up and also to turn already separate communities into `no-go' areas where adherence to this ideology has become a mark of acceptability," said Nazir-Ali. Read more
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Only 28 miles separate Imam Talibâs mosque in Harlem from the Islamic Center of Long Island. Yet a vast gulf divides them.
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BRUSSELS, Jan 20 (IPS) - People in Europe and the United States may tend to  associate Islam with immigrants, autocratic regimes in the Middle  East and political violence. But many more Muslims live in  democratic countries in Asia, where political developments are  less spectacular and not as headline-grabbling, but as decisive.
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Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan is heading into what's billed as his final major address Sunday, and some Muslims are wondering if the fiery orator &#151; now slowed by poor health &#151; will try to repair old divisions between his movement and mainstream Islam.
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Azhar Park's architecture could have been an opportunity to bridge a cultural divide. Instead, it expresses a disillusionment with Western modernity in the Islamic world.
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Leaders of the U.S. Islamic community are fearful that sectarian slaughter tearing Shi'ite and Sunni communities apart in Iraq is testing unity among Muslim immigrants in the United States.
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DAVOS, Switzerland  - Most people in Muslim and Western countries believe divisions between them are worsening and each side believes the other disrespects their culture, according to a poll released on Monday.
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The trans-Atlantic divide that opened up over the Iraq war remains wide, but there is no wholesale erosion of the relationship between Europeans and Americans, according to a survey released Thursday.
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KOTA BAHRU, Malaysia  - The political battle lines are clear in Malaysia's predominantly Muslim state of Kelantan: religion versus money.
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Turkey is navigating between the forces pulling it closer to Islam and the institutions that safeguard its secularism.
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Across the Middle East, many people are forced to put off marriage, the gateway to independence. In their frustration they turn to religion for solace.
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On one hand there is the European Union, demanding Turkey reform its criminal code. On the other, a powerful group of conservative Muslims who insist such changes should include criminalizing adultery.
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ISTANBUL, Dec. 5 (IPS) - On its long and winding road to becoming the first  Muslim nation of the European Union, Turkey's accession  talks are heading towards a breakdown. The question is whether  there will be a minor collision or a major crash that could  eventually derail its membership bid.
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Pronouncements by politicians and religious leaders are again spotlighting the cultural divide between the Muslim community and the rest of British society. This time, the issue is people who marry their cousins.
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Pew - A majority (53%) of all Muslim Americans say that, since the 9/11 attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, it has become more difficult to be a Muslim in the United States, a view that is especially prevalent among highly educated and wealthier Muslims.
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The contest is viewed as pivotal in determining the balance between Islam and secularism.