Islam and Peace
Creating Harmony Amidst Cultural Conflict
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renaissance in Europe. History further moved
forward.
In the twentieth century European and
non-European cultures faced challenges. As a result
of which the USA emerged on the scene with the
greatest of progress ever made in history.
However this is in no way the final phase in human
history. Now the collision is taking place between
American and non-American culture which would
result in a better, more advanced culture, and it is
quite possible that this might be Indian or Asian
culture.
The actual task to be performed by India and other
under-developed countries is not to engage
themselves in protest against the so-called cultural
invasions. What is more important for us is to
devote our attention to educating our people.
Increasing the percentage of literacy among the
people amounts to making them an aware,
enlightened people. Once we have managed to
make them an enlightened people, it is quite
possible that those who are lagging behind today
