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JUNE 2022 | Volume 01 | Issue 01 | 18 Pages
RELIGION ON GLOBALIZATION :
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Globalization: Unbarring factions of religions
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eligion is one of the biggest things people have fought over for thousands of years. Countless wars have been fought over religion in the entirety of human history which mostly resulted to the shedding of innocent blood. Hundreds of Islamic websites, YouTube channels, Instagram feeds, and Twitter accounts advance “dawah,” a form of Muslim evangelism that is not limited to apologetics but often includes polemical attacks on the Trinity, the divinity of Christ, and the Bible. But the Muslims are not the only ones insulting the Christian, Christians also insult or anger the Muslims. Certain apologists make caricatures and scorn the Qur’an and the records of Muhammad’s sayings and deeds known as the hadith. But there are still benefits since we are in the 21st century where information has many modes of transmission. With the help of globalization, people have spread information that the Qur’an and the Bible are not far apart in some of their teachings and that we must not only focus on the character in the scriptures but should focus on meaning. The people of McGrath Institute of Church Life have created videos where it shows overlap where Jesus is mentioned in the Qur’an and the Bible. It also showed that both of the meanings of the scriptures are not far apart. What they want to do is for both religions not to fight but to listen to each other. Globalization has a key role in all of this since, with the help of the many ways to share information, it helps us understand other religions. But also, religion has helped globalization in creating a link between people and made them understand that “Christians and Muslims do not need to agree, but they might learn to disagree well.”
Differentiation of Islamist terrorism from Islam
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ews is one of the biggest ways to spread an ideology or send information. It is a way of globalizing it may be local or global news. The problem with this is that they can point and shape a news how positive or negative they want it to be seen. One of the negative effects of globalization towards religions is new focusing on the islamist terrorism happening around the world and people were starting to be afraid. In the United States of america alone, islamophobia increased during September 11, 2001 where the terrorists attacked the twin towers. Islamophobia also rose because immigrants from wartorn countries were migrating to other nations. This scares the locals because they fear war will continue in their country. But there is also the usage of news to help reduce islamophobia. They have news and stories that are also positive. Based on a study in Western European countries 66% does not have any ill-will towards Muslim people. This shows that using the tools for globalization can also help immensely in reducing the slander towards the Islamic religion. Also with the help of globalization there are now people who are interested in their religion and culture which helps them spread their religion and culture to other people. This type of fall and rise outlook towards the Islamic people is an example where religion or “believing” is slowly returning to the people due to globalization. There is still a small percentage of people who might be afraid, but the majority now are not afraid, and they see the true nature where Islam does not immediately relate to terrorism.
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