Islam And The Modern World

Hamas defeating Fatah and winning the elections with a landslide in Palestine; the rise of the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt; Iran defiantly pursuing the enrichment of Uranium for nuclear power; the violence surrounding the Danish cartoon incident and the debate between freedom of press and religious intolerance; Syria instigating the masses against the western civilization – our perception of the Islamic world is of violence, stubbornness and intolerance.

But, is our perception correct? Do we try to see the world from their eyes? Do we actually understand them? I am attaching a very recent video of Muslim leaders talking about Islam in the modern world from the World Economic Forum at Doha…