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Buddhism and Materialist Western Culture

Of course, a person's private life and personal beliefs concern no

one else. People are free to choose any religion they wish. But if these
individuals learned about true Islam, certainly their hearts would be

warmed. But the picture presented so far brings us to an important
conclusion: Buddhism is attracting interest, being adopted and pro-
moted in the West wherever a materialist culture predominates.
Materialism Western culture has become alienated from the Judeo-

Christian basis of its own spirituality.

"If you call on them, they will not hear your call, and were they to hear, they would
not respond to you. On the Day of Rising, they will reject your making associates
of them. No one can inform you like One Who is All-aware." (Qur'an, 35: 14)

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