How could difference in culture result in international confrontation?
Culture can be defined as a code of values, beliefs and traditions practiced by a group of people, affecting their ideas and feelings. Culture is like a window through which people perceive the world outside. Since the values of western culture are well known to most people; it is the unfamiliar Muslim culture which needs a closer look in this situation. What lies at the core of Muslim Culture? There are 1.3 billion Muslims in the world, roughly one in every 5 people on earth today. Regardless of their ethnic background, Muslims worldwide share a common cultural identity based on some core values and holy symbols that are held in highest esteem, those are: God (Allah in Arabic), the Quran, the Muslim holy book, and all prophets from Adam to Muhammad. Muslims will be equally offended if it were Jesus, Moses or Abraham who were mocked, and definitely more so if it were God. When any of the Muslim holy symbols is offended in any way, Muslims worldwide will be insulted and would be expecte
