[jonrick46]

This is a culture problem. It is an old world culture where the human being has no inherent worth. The concept of inherent human value brought forward by the Judeo-Christian Culture was a breakthrough in human endeavor. Such a culture gives all human beings great value as ordained by the Creator. It is something that all humans have desired since the beginning of time. It is a culture that gives the individual the freedom to determine his own destiny. This is a self governance by the individual himself who makes moral decisions conscious of a all-aware Creator. This model of human interaction has produced a civil order that enables the individual to reach their fullest potential.

Opposing the Judeo-Christian model of human treatment is a culture of deception, manuscripted from an old savagery, which sees humans as existing only to perpetuate a totalitarian ruling class. Such a ruling elite class has a narcissist world view where the individual must be controlled through fear and exists only as an instrument of the state. The deception begins when the individual is told he has no value. It continues when the ruling elite elevate themselves or are elevated through cultural custom to the position of gods. Because of this devaluation of the individual, their are no limits to the treatment of the individual. If the state can further their purposes by the enslavement or the killing of the individual, it will take the liberty to do so. If the killing of innocent human beings furthers the interest of the state, people will be sacrificed in this totalitarian system. The effects on individual accomplishment are incalculable.

[FreeKeys]

This is a culture problem. It is an old world culture where the human being has no inherent worth. The concept of inherent human value brought forward by the Judeo-Christian Culture was a breakthrough in human endeavor.

I think you've zeroed in on the fundamental challenge. Isn't it interesting, though, that the Greco-Judeo-Christian Culture PRECEDED Islam?