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At a theoretical level no as Islam is supposed to be a universal religion and for all times. But nothing in life exists in a vacuam. Depending on how Islam is interpreted it often can equal to Arab culture. For instance the whole thing about dates and even basing events on moon sighting is very Arab influenced as are many other precepts. For instance if you happen to have lived in Norway the chance of opening your fast with dates or seeing the moon are limited for obvious reasons.
The Islam that evolved in Balkans and Anatolia or what are today Bosnia and Turkey are not same as what you see in Tataristan or in Oman or Somalia or even in Egypt. For instance in Egypt they practice female mutilation. Those are cultural aspects that have seeped in. For those of you who have read Allama Iqbals "Recomstruction of Religious Thought in Islam" he states clearly Islam needs to be cleaned of Arabic cultutal practices.
Cultural practices have nothing to do with Islam and those that have read Quran and understood it knows this well. What does dates have to do with Islam?? Ofcourse its an abudant fruit in arabia but Quran mentions many more and says that Allah have made all these for u. There is nothing in Islam that orders u to eat dates, i dont like dates and never eat it in ramadan or otherwise, doeant make me a kafir. Similarly linar calendar is not just Islamkc and have been used by many cultures before Islam, its just a calendar. Practices like genital mutilation of females is totally against Islam, just coz Egyptians do it, doesnt make it Islamic. Even the pashtun culture of burqa covering whole face is not prescribed in Islam. Similarly women are allowed to go to mosques in Islam but its not allowed in Pakistan. These practices have nothing to do with Islam, same as extremism and barbarianism like ISIS have nothing to do with Islam. U would know that if u studied Islam. Islam is also totally against nationalism based on race or country but today's muslims like turks, arabs and even Pakistanis are nationalists. Even some scholars have equated nationalism to almost kufr.