Hatred Culture and Its Relation to Islamic and Western Cultures

Abstract

Cultures differ in their philosophical, dogmatic, intellectual fundamentals and in their views of human beings, to the universe and to life in general, and the impact of this difference is reflected in the methodologies adopted by cultures to conduct their political, social, economic affairs and in their relations with other nations and peoples.

There are cultures that respect human dignity, believe in the human right to live free with dignity and call for peaceful coexistence, positive interaction between peoples and civilizations. And there are cultures that believe only in power, materialism, seek to spread its control on others and only believes in its right to live in wealth and privilege, even if that leads to hurt others or come at the expense of others’ freedom and dignity.

This contrast and the difference between cultures would instill mixed feelings among the followers of cultures towards each other according to its contents of values ​​and principles related to dealing with others.

As hatred is a negative value, every nation and group denies hatred for itself and attribute it to others and accuse them of adopting such approaches when dealing with others.

This research seeks to clarify the concept of the culture of hatred and the conditions which must exist in order to describe the culture to be a culture of hatred, then it will consider in brief the components of the Islamic and Western cultures, and what makes their contents near or far from a culture of hatred.