Tibetan Buddhists, led by the Dalai Lama, spread the teachings of Buddhist masters of ancient India and Tibet, bringing them to the West and adapting them for western culture. A service listing hundreds of Muslim sites claims that, Through the net, we could influence those who never would have encountered Islam or only received their information from the media, Orientalists or anti-Islam propagandists. Atheists promote free thought and the separation of church and state. The Bahai community, holding that The earth is but one country, and mankind its citizens , preaches the unity of all prophetic religions based on all their contributions to enlightenment. We may hope that their efforts to promote peace, love and sanity will prevail over those who seek revenge or domination.
Religion is both an agent and victim of globalization.
By imposing threats upon and offering opportunities to these religions, today's technologies encourage religious extremism. The cases range from Bangladesh and Biafra during the Cold War to Bosnia, Chechnya, and Kosovo after the Cold War. Without becoming the only explanation for persecution, the historical thesis proved to be more robust than any of the others. In spite of the sophisticated technologies at our disposal today, globalization is unlikely to represent a linear development towards some nirvana.