January 02, 2002
Do the Age of Muslim Wars Really There?
Huntington, the clash of civilisation's master, wrote an essay in Newsweek 2002 Special Edition. Is it truly agreeable? But, please, read it free in mind, openly i hope:Contemporary global politics is the age of Muslim wars. Muslims fight each other and fight non-Muslims far more often than do peoples of other civilizations. Muslim wars have replaced the cold war as the principal form of international conflict. These wars include wars of terrorism, guerrilla wars, civil wars and interstate conflicts. These instances of Muslim violence could congeal into one major clash of civilizations between Islam and the West or between Islam and the Rest. That, however, is not inevitable, and it is more likely that violence involving Muslims will remain dispersed, varied and frequent.and, this is at the last line:
The age of Muslim wars will end when its causes change or are changed. With the succession of generations, the intensity of Islamic consciousness may decline, as it clearly has in Iran. The resentment and hostility of Muslims toward the West could be reduced by changes in U.S. policies toward Israel. In the longer run, however, improvements in the social, economic and political conditions in Muslim countries would be necessary. Governments that fail to meet the basic welfare and economic needs of their peoples and suppress their liberties generate violent opposition to themselves and to Western governments that support them. So also do non-Muslim governments, like those of Russia, India and Israel, that attempt to control Muslim populations who prefer to be misruled by their own kind. While the disunity within Islam seems unlikely to abate significantly in the coming years, the demographic prospects are more optimistic. Birthrates in many Muslim countries have been going down, in the Balkans quite dramatically, but in some Muslim societies, including Saudi Arabia, they remain high. By the 2020s, however, the Muslim youth bulge will be shrinking. Conceivably, then, the age of Muslim wars could fade into history and be succeeded by a new era dominated by other forms of violence among the world’s peoples.Read complete version at: The Age Of Muslim Wars
Posted at January 02, 2002 05:31 AM | World
