Islam and the West http://www.islamfortoday.com/karenarmstrong02.htm
click here to read the whole artilce A former Catholic nun and author of books on many of the world's religions including Islam, English writer Karen Armstrong speaks about Western views of Islam, the mood after 11 September and her hopes for better relations between Islam and the West. Karen Armstrong "The West has got to learn that it shares the planet with equals & not with inferiors. This means giving equal space in a conflict such as that between Israel & Palestine. It doesn't mean just using governments to get oil: you promote Saddam Hussein one day, & the next day he becomes public enemy number one. The West promoted people like the Shah of Iran simply because of its greed for oil, even though he had committed atrocities against his own people. There should be no more double standards, because double standards are colonialism in a new form. Western people have also got to disassociate themselves from inherited prejudices about Islam." - Karen Armstrong
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