Worldview and the Theory of Knowlegde - An Islamic Perspective

The contemporary world is faced with different and contradicting ideologies. Some of these ideologies may have caused bitter divisions in society, class divisions, and possibly war and bloodshed throughout history. The question that always comes to mind is: what is the reason for the difference in ideologies? Why does one group defend a particular ideology while another
does the group support another ideology?

The answer is that the differences between ideologies are due to differences in worldviews. In other words, differences in worldviews lead to differences in ideologies. A worldview is an interpretation and analysis of existence, the world, man, society, and history. Ideologies then, are the offspring of worldviews.

This begs further questions: why are there different worldviews? Where do the differences in worldviews come from? Why does one group follow a materialistic worldview and the other group a theistic worldview?