Poor cross-cultural communications and cultural misunderstandings

One of the better bits of analysis from the region concerning stereotypes, miscommunication and the like:

THE chaos spun from the Dutch cartoons of Prophet Mohammed (PBUH) I believe largely developed due to Western and Islamic nations’ poor cross-cultural communications and cultural misunderstandings. This miscommunication has led to a growing gulf of misunderstanding between Western and Islamic nations and distrust in the other side. The West does not fully understand the outrage of Muslims and the subsequent violence that has ensued. And Muslim nations don’t fully understand Western democracies’ ideals/constitutions and the non-religiosity of many Western nations.

This is a must read in understanding the conflict that exists between western cultures and those that are Islamic in nature.