Globalization and the Revival of Age of Religion A Muslim Perspective

Abstract: Observation of the recent astonishing growth in new technology,
especially in the fields of Information, bio and nanotechnology, may compel
us to believe that the new technology not only may leave a huge impact on
the core of Globalization, i.e. the Western civilization; but also may pose
great challenges and opportunities to the Muslim world, especially if one
considers the two following trends: First, failed repeated attempts at
introducing an operational Islamic model of economic life so that economic
betterment of the Muslim world would be fulfilled, and secondly, a rising
trend in the systematic hate against Muslim individuals and communities,
i.e. Islamophobia, ignited by global mass media campaigns and recent
terrorist activities, above all, the ٩/١١ brutal incident in the US.
This paper asserts that while the emergence of new technology may
offer good prospects in terms of diversification of products and prevalence
of “civilization of choice” in near future in the West, it may entail
detrimental consequences through increasing the level of social uncertainty
sharply and speeding up the degeneration of traditional values out there.
These conflicting outcomes may push for the chance of revival of religion in
the core of Globalization.

Globalization and the Revival of Age of Religion: A Muslim
Perspective