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One comes across the name Samuel Huntington every once in a while when it comes to the struggle and conflict between the West and Islamic civilization. Sully lays out a striking quote from him:

The underlying problem for the West is not Islamic fundamentalism. It is Islam, a different civilization whose people are convinced of the superiority of their culture and are obsessed with the inferiority of their power. The problem for Islam is not the CIA or the US Department of Defense. It is the West, a different civilization whose people are convinced of the universality of their culture and believe that their superior, if declining, power imposes on them the obligation to extend that culture throughout the world. These are the basis ingredients that fuel conflict between Islam and the West.

He seems to suggest pathologies on both side. I cannot help thinking that democratic liberalism would be a healthy development for the world at large, but maybe that is progressive thought outstripping our limitations. In any case, it does seem that the world isn't big enough for the both of us.


(Source: Andrew Sullivan Blog)

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