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the muslim world... primarily dominated by conservative tribal governmental institutions...And their cultures are far more tribal and not at all like our liberal western thought.
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Geesh. Does goaliedad know anything about Indonesia? Malaysia? Or even Egypt or Turkey? Each is a "muslim" country, yet no sane person could say these countries have "tribal" or conservative governments, unless you are willing to concede that the US now has "tribal" conservative government. It is interesting to note the similarities between the religious battles in Turkey over religious expression by traditional muslims and the battles in the US, led by evangelicals, over religious expression here, especially in schools, with issues such as prayer in school and creation science.
What makes goaliedad's post all the more sad is that in a number of ways we have even less in common culturally with India. It is easy to be misled by the common language, especially when one realizes English is only a language of the upper classes/castes in India.