[Marxism] "The Delusion of the 'Clash of Civilizations"

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Hisham Bustani, "The Delusion of the 'Clash of Civilizations' and the 'War  
on Islam'" - 
 
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Imperialism has no problem with Islam.  Even Huntington says: "The age of 
Muslim wars has its roots in more general  causes. These do not include the 
inherent nature of Islamic doctrine and  beliefs, which, like those of 
Christianity, adherents can use to justify peace  or war as they wish." Fukuyama goes even 
further: "There is some hope that a  more liberal strand of Islam will 
emerge. . . . Muslims interested in a more  liberal form of Islam must stop blaming 
the West for painting Islam with too  broad a brush, and move themselves to 
isolate and delegitimate the extremists  among them." It is clear that the 
problem is not Islam, but a resistant Islam,  and, to be more specific, the problem 
is solely the "resistant" part, since any  other formula of Islam is 
acceptable.
 
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