[yankeedame]

Well, considering there Malayasia is in reguard to the Middle East, wouldn't the muslim religon also be part of "the western culture"?

[muawiyah]

That's part of Islam's secret - it really is a Western religion. From the perspective of the Far East, using a Buddhist filter, Christianity, Judaism and Islam are pretty much the same thing except with a different order of worship and a different selection of stories and verses.