Abstract

Globalization is a buzz word as it is differently interpreted by different people in varied contexts. People talk of globalization of culture, communication, information, media, religion, crime, social movement, environmental concerns, conflict and politics etc. So globalization may be thought of as the widening, deepening and speeding up of worldwide interconnectedness in all aspects of contemporary social life from cultural to the criminal, the financial to the spiritual. Today's tensions should lead to tomorrow's aspirations. What we need now is a culture of peace that would help to broaden cross-cultural understanding between Islam and the West. With proper knowledge of the culture of the Arab and Muslim world, this understanding would help to foster tolerance and resolve conflicts. We need to sustain a diversity of cultures, not a diversity of imagined clashes and conflicts. This paper would explore the impact of globalization over the Islamic world and the cross cultural clash between the ideology of the west and orientalists.

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