POLITICAL ISLAM AND EAST – WESTS RELATIONS

Abstract

The historical expe-rience of relations between East and West is characterized by the apparent instability, confl ict and the presence of stereotypes. Successful standoff with the West by some Muslim polities, embarked in the early XXth century on its own path of nationalism and Islamic socialism, in the following years witnessed a dramatic transformation. The instability of the non-Muslim West, is the secret of the instability of the Islamic East. It is exposed to modernization impacts on the one hand and challenges of racial and religious discrimination, ethnic strife, social and political unrest on the other. Their interweaving creates destabilization in Eastern societies and at the same time strengthens the position of political Islam. Western attempts to ignore these processes underlie the formation of extremist ideological aspirations, which are used by the West in their irresponsible adventurous interests..