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  • Secularist christophobic fundamentalism and Islamic monoreligionism : obstacles for dialogue and peaceful coexistence
    Ocvirk, Drago
    Various surveys show that there is a severe deficit in trust between the West and the Muslim world. This paper argues that two important obstacles to increase trust and consequently develop upon it a ... dialogue and peaceful coexistence are the secularist Christophobic fundamentalism and Islamic monoreligionism. Western Christianity is paralyzed and its societal influence is weak, which only fosters further antireligious prejudices, due to the secularist Christophobic undermining. So, this society instead of being pluralistic becomes more and more uniform in a secularist fundamentalist manner. Islam on the other hand pervades the Islamic world in all spheres of life. This monoreligionism in the Islamic world is harmful for non-Muslims and unofficial Muslim sects. The case studies of ancient and contemporary Christian minorities, especially Iran and Saudi Arabia, illustrate these difficulties. Transcending the dictatorship of secularist Christophobic fundamentalism and of Islamic monoreligionism will allow the creation of new opportunities for mutual trust, dialogue and peaceful coexistence not only among Christian and Muslim communities and their members, but more widely between people of every different worldview, either religious or secular.
    Vrsta gradiva - članek, sestavni del ; neleposlovje za odrasle
    Leto - 2009
    Jezik - angleški
    COBISS.SI-ID - 5003610