It is said that the West had a global policy in regard to Islam. That is stupid. There isn't a global Islam.
One of the reasons the Europeans don't like the Muslims is because they are religious. Americans like the fact that they are religious. They just don't like the form it takes.
Americans intentionally deride what people in the Old World hold sacred.
There seems to be this sense among even well-meaning Americans that Africa is this black hole of murder and mutilation that can never be fixed, no matter what aid is brought in.
Since the intervention in Afghanistan, we suddenly began to notice when, in political discussions, we found ourselves only among Europeans or Israelis.
Borat shows American stereotypes of Eastern Europe but it's an accurate depiction of what a certain type of American is. They think they can buy and sell these girls and then they get bought and sold.
Most inhabitants of these post-Soviet states also resent that people in the West consider their outlook backward and reactionary.
The entrenched beliefs many westerners profess about Islam often reveal more about the West than they do about Islam or Muslims.
