Well-known Egyptian thinkers Dr. Milad Hanna and Counselor Tareq Al-Bishri spoke at a seminar of the Islamic Benevolent Organization about globalization. Hanna said that neither the entire West nor America accepts the idea of cultural conflicts. However, conflicts between cultures are in the interests of the American government. Al-Bishri said that in the West, there are some free voices who may support Arab political or economic requests, but will not do so when matters are related to cultural issues.