The year 2012 has been an eventful year sighting various factors that positively affected the Islam-Western relationship. Many incidents reported initiatives taken from the Western world to bridge the gap that widened after the 9/11 attacks. The U.S. military actions in Iraq and Afghanistan further created a sense of dislike for the Western countries from people mainly due to the impression that was given of Islam. All Muslims were considered terrorists, and the situation was as bad as it could be.
Sighting the enormous gap between the two parts of the world, considerable and noteworthy actions were taken by the Western world to clear their position on the Islam and terrorist stance. The U.S. department was seen on several occasions promoting Islam in the European countries. One such incident included the U.S. ambassador in Spain meeting up with the local Muslim population and apologized for the foreign policy that America had made in the Middle East in particular.
He explained that American President Barack Obama wants to improve the relationship between America and the Muslim countries. Obama is not at all an enemy of Islam, rather he is concentrated on closing all the dark chapters of Iraq and Afghanistan in the wake of promoting America’s relationship with the Muslim world, particularly with the Middle Eastern countries.
The spokesman of the Obama Administration admitted that there have been actions that were performed poorly by the United Nations and that the Obama administration is centered towards improving them and the relationship between the two parts of the World.
The U.S. government, through its embassies, is attempting to promote Islam in the European countries through contacting the Islamic communities in these countries and answering their questions and queries.
The Obama Administration’s strategy is to empower Muslims so that they can act as counter narratives of terrorists. American diplomats are readily apologizing for the imagined slights presented against Islam, and the U.S. department is actively spending millions of dollars annually to promote Islam in the region. The effort includes introducing Shari ‘at law over the continent as well.
Repeated attempts to integrate Muslims in the local financial and business communities are being made in Dublin, Ireland, whereas in Vienna, Austria seminars are being conducted to educate the local population to respect the Muslims that do not want to integrate with the local society.
Also efforts are being made to honor Muslim traditions followed by the Muslim women such as veiling their faces and covering their heads with scarves in public places. Although, the local population in many European countries dislike the Islamic veil and would like it banned, continuous attempts are being made to promote tolerance and acceptance of Islamic traditions.
The Obama government realizes the mistakes it has made and is readily working to amend it and bridge the gap in the Islam-Western relationship. Repeated efforts are being made to promote tolerance and the acceptance of Islam. Muslims are in a constant attempt to clear the fake and false image of a terrorist religion which has been wrongfully pasted over Islam due to the wrong doing of a few extremists dedicated towards destroying its peaceful origins.
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