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ISLAM-MIDDLE EAST Terrorism and migrants: A much needed discussion between Muslims and Christians (Part 2) by Samir Khalil Samir

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Salafis, Wahhabites and Muslim Brotherhood respond to crisis in Islam with a return to the origins and a war against the "infedels." Their belief is similar to that of Al Qaeda and Daesh. War between Sunnis and Shiites. Saudi Arabia's proselytism and the spread of the fundamentalist mosques. Once a model to imitate, Europe has become an example of "decadence" to be fought against.

Rome (AsiaNews) - The crisis of Islam since the fall of the Ottoman Empire, the birth of the Muslim Brotherhood and the spread of Wahhabism by Saudi Arabia and Qatar. From then on, a fight against the "unbelieving" and "immoral" West. At the same time, Europe has increasingly lost a religious dimension in society, striving for "narcissism of rights." Yet there has been a time when Europe was a model of dialogue and positive dialogue with Middle Eastern cultures.

Part 2 of an analysis by Jesuit Fr. Samir Khalil Samir, an Islamist, who pushes for dialogue and coexistence, avoiding a "war of religion" at all costs. For Part 1 click here.