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Therefore, the anti-Islamic view presents Islam with the following components: Islam is an old and savage religion It is separate from other religions It is inflexible and static It is violent and it supports aggression and terrorism Islam is a political ideology, so violence against Muslims is natural and logical This idea is very popular in the West today, and the war against Muslims has become a decisive part of Western identity today.

It is the Western identity against Muslims that rediscovers its components. The history of the genesis of Western identity shows that this identity was formed in many cases in reflection on the enemy. Nationalist identity developed against Nazi nationalism and socialist identity developed against Soviet socialism.

Just as in recent cases Western identity has been formed in opposition to the identity of the enemy (and of the same kind), today Christian identity is being formed against Islamic identity. The diagrams in this article show the current perception of Islam and Muslims in Western societies (Europe and the…