[Nosterrex]

The problem has to do with a serious philosophical misunderstanding between Western civilization and Islam. The former believe that reason is the answer to conflicts. Islam, just as the Nazis, were irrationalists. Irrationalism does not mean that those people could not make rational arguments, but that they put little importance to reason. Islam is antithetical to liberal democratic ideas, and it is based upon a faith that rejects reason. You do not do something because it is reasonable, but you do it because Mohamed or Allah told you to do it. For what it is worth, the most popular philosopher in Turkey is Nietzsche, and Nietzsche was the grandfather of the Nazis.

[dr_lew]

The former believe that reason is the answer to conflicts.

What reason can one give for this irrational belief? How is it that these devotees of reason can fail so miserably to make a rational assessment of their own situation?