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Conclusion
The Islamic world remains today a vast land stretching
from the Atlantic to the Pacific, with an important presence
in Europe and America, animated by the teachings of Islam
and seeking to assert its own identity. Despite the presence
of nationalism and various secular ideologies in their
midst, Muslims wish to live in the modern world but without
simply imitating blindly the ways followed by the West. The
Islamic world wishes to live at peace with the West as well
as the East but at the same time not to be dominated by
them. It wishes to devote its resources and energies to
building a better life for its people on the basis of the
teachings of Islam and not to squander its resources in
either internal or external conflicts. It seeks finally to
create better understanding with the West and to be better
understood by the West. The destinies of the Islamic world
and the West cannot be totally separated and therefore it is
only in understanding each other better that they can serve
their own people more successfully and also contribute to a
better life for the whole of humanity.
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