The West, being the most developed part of the world, is globally regarded as an insignia of a successful life. Included in the definition of success are the following key factors: equal work opportunities; job satisfaction; financial stability and continuous professional growth and the West promises to facilitate its residents with all of these. It does not only accommodate natives in a graceful manner but also warmly welcomes foreigners to get benefitted from its prosperity stream.
In the same context, west is a land of prospects for Muslims, too. Only in the UK, Muslims are a great majority. Though they are facing hard times in some countries like France, yet they are free to live according to their religion in most of the western countries. Since Islam is the fastest growing religion here, it is evident that Muslims are provided with an environment which helps them practice Islam. It offers them a fine living experience with a handful of opportunities to grow both in the academic and professional streams. Those Muslims, who have western citizenship, are entitled to all the benefits offered by the government without any discrimination.
Muslims can live a very successful life in west. They can enjoy financial freedom since western society is the most developed. When Western Muslims are inquired about what so special they enjoy being a part of this society; they answer with a smiling face – equal opportunity. They are provided full support to be a successful and effective member of society and through this factor are encouraged to go ahead in life. They can enjoy a career oriented life where there is full job satisfaction; continual training and development leading towards career growth.
West helps through its influential platform a Muslim researcher to advance further in his respective area of study. Western research based program and projects are indeed a gateway for Muslim to earn global recognition for their intellect and wisdom.
Nowadays, west takes a more broad view of Islamic art and thought. Indeed, the age is past when oriental bias promulgated hatred against the West. Today, western scholars consider Islam as a growing factor in the light of its own teachings. Historians of religion contribute much time and space to the development of Islamic thought, which is fascinating in all its glory.
The ”open the door” policy started by the west has encouraged Muslims to settle there. Now the west stands not as a grim prospect hindering the growth of Islam. West, on the other hand, has helped in the democratization of Islam, and has enabled it to realize its own potentialities.
Orientalism and Occidentalism are now being reconciled to produce a harmony, and the west is playing a key role in sustaining this blended identity. As a Muslim, one finds the works, considered as a magnum opus in their respective ages, preserved in full form in Western libraries. Respecting the Islamic limitation on promiscuous intermingling, as a consequence of co-education, western societies and groups are helping Muslim communities to build separate schools, where education is imparted on equal footings.
Our only hope of peace is a world where tolerance is practiced, and tolerance is possible only if we learn to remove our mutual differences. If we can bridge the gap between the Western world and Islam, we can build a world where love and peace prevail.
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