Great Theft

The clash of civilizations focuses on conflict and cooperation between and within states. Dealing with the clash is essential for a peaceful and harmonious world. The clash of civilizations is a topic of great interest around the world and constitutes an important dimension of religion and international relations. In the quarter century since Huntington first aired his controversial framework intercivilizational clash and dialogue have become mainstream issues both in international relations and in many Western countries domestic concerns. The book examines a key question how does Samuel Huntington’s clash of civilizations paradigm help explain current Western governments responses to Muslim migration and related security issues Understanding relations between the WestWesterners and Muslimmajority societiesMuslims is impossible without being aware that rightwing populist politicians in the West as well as some policy makers and commentators seem to view all Muslims in a malign way. This indicates a lack of willingness to make a distinction between on the one hand the mass of moderate ordinary and peaceful Muslims and on the other hand a small minority of Islamist extremists and even smaller number of Islamist terrorists. The result is a crucial topic of our times how do different civilizations coexist in a small and increasingly congested planet without conflict The chapters in this book were originally published as a special issue of The Review of Faith International Affairs.