Visit The Islamist Challenge
The future of the world order hinges to a considerable extent upon what
will happen to the Great Middle East (which stretches from Afghanistan to
Morocco), given its geo-strategic position and energy resources. The most
troublesome and destabilizing factor in that region is Islamism, a cogery of
movements, both Sunni and Shiite, which challenge the present autocratic
yet partly modernizing order. The challenge comes in the name of an
alternative value system, i.e., the supposedly pristine Islam, which had been
corrupted by modernity. Let me emphasize that this is a clash within Islam,
not a Clash of Civilizations.
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