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Asian Affirmation and Islamic Resurgence

tually become more powerful than the West. The second one stated the Asian belief that its economic and social growth was due to the superiority of its culture when compared to that of the West. The third dealt with the commonality of all Asian cultures. East Asia believed in the Confucian teachings which stressed the importance of family, education, responsibility, and hard work. The forth component was a belief ...that Asian development and values are models which other non-Western societies should emulate in their efforts to catch up with the West... (Huntington, 1996, 109) Countries such as Iran and Mexico, who in the past tried to learn from the West, are now beginning to look to Asian culture in order to grow.Islamic Resurgence is the rise of Islam again. It is a move away form the West and the belief that all of the answers lay within the Islamic way of life. The Resurgence replaced the previously embedded Western law with Islamic law. It also paid more attention to religious observances such as praying and fasting, education, and the codes of social behavior. It was partly brought about by the rapid increase in the population growth during the late Twentieth Century and was further stimulated by the abnormally high proportion of the younger population. Some defined the Resurgence as an increase in Islamic activism which had been fostered by Islamic movements throughout the world. These movements emphasized Islam, not just as a set of beliefs and rituals, but as a moral and social movement to establish the Islamic order. These ideological movements worked for the unification of the so-called sects in Islam. They accepted modernization without compromising the original principles of Islam, and denied westernization. They acted as the alternative movements to unite all sectors of the Muslim society like the ulama, the western oriented Muslims, the students, professionals, and working class, to work together for the cause of Islam....

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