Zafer Senocak on the "war of the ignorants"

The Mohammed cartoon dispute "has not trigged a war between the civilisations, but a war between the ignorants," writes German-Turkish author Zafer Senocak. He warns that the West's ignorance about Islam is playing right into the hands of Islamists. "The Islamophobia which is trying to make itself heard in the West is nothing more than the other side of Islamism. It's long been common practice to file away practices such as forced marriages and honour killings, practices which are not legitimised by the muslim religion, under the category of Islam. This plays right into the hands of those who claim to have the exclusive right to the sources of the religion of Islam – a premise which is untenable according to Islamic belief. Are they acting out of pure stupidity? Or is it because globalisation and the coming together of people of different cultural backgrounds and nationalities is more than even people in Europe can cope with?"

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